The background for initiating the project is the high public awareness on the effects of xenobiotic organic compounds and especially disrupting chemicals (EDCs) on wildlife and humans. Such compounds are contained in the remaining effluent organic matter (EOM) of the treated sewage.

Particularly, this project is motivated: (1) the widely implemented wastewater reuse practices in Cyprus and (2) the increasing number of reports related to the existence of persistent xenobiotic organic pollutant in the outlet of conventional Urban Wastewaters Treatment Plants (UWTPs) worldwide and (3) the fact that in Cyprus sand filtration and chlorination are applied as a tertiary treatment at the UWTPs for removing microorganisms which is a step that it does not contribute to the complete mineralization of EOM.

 

The following Actions constitute the main structure of the project:

(1) development of the engineering and technological parameters,

(2) design of the pilot plant,

(3) technological development and assessment of the pilot plant,

(4) dissemination and exploitation of the results

(5) management of the project.