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The Water Quality and Treatment Laboratory (UQTA) is integrated in the Urban Water Unit of the Hydraulics and Environment Department of LNEC. Since 2006, UQTA has been mostly engaged in R & D & Innovation on water quality and treatment, including water distribution and water reclamation and reuse aiming at increasing the competitiveness and sustainability of urban water services. Additional information can be found at this laboratory's flyer. Field of expertiseUQTA activity is focused on conventional treatment optimization studies and on the development & tailoring of advanced water treatments, in particular for safe drinking water supply and water discharge & reuse. UQTA develops strategies to remove contaminants resistant to conventional treatment, such as natural and anthropogenic organic matter, emerging contaminants (endocrine disruptors, pharmaceuticals, cyanotoxins), oxidation by-products and biological forms resistant to oxidation (viruses and protozoan (oo)cysts). The technological options are preferentially based on physical separation and/or biodegradation and adsorption, and include powdered activated carbon adsorption or activated carbon biofiltration, coagulation, (dissolved air) flotation, membrane processes and hybrid processes. Demonstration studies and technicaleconomic evaluation are carried out for:
This cross-cutting approach, and the partnership with management entities of urban water systems in R&D&I projects, is reflected in the nature and content of the projects that UQTA participates in its area of activity. TestingAmong the different works done in UQTA, we highlight the following:
Other servicesUQTA is also engaged in training activities and capacity building of the water sector through MSc and PhD theses, Post-Doc fellows, short technical courses and seminars. |