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Hydraulics and Environment Department Hydraulics and Environment Department

Catarina da Silva Reis

Catarina da Silva Reis
Phone: 218 443 626

Professional Situation

Assistant Researcher

Academic and Scientific Degrees

  • PhD in Environmental engineering (2016), Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon.
  • Master in Environmental engineering (2008), University of Algarve.
  • Environmental Engineer (2006), University of Algarve.

Areas of Research / Interest

  • Performance assessment and benchmarking of water and wastewater treatment plants
  • Drinking water and wastewater treatment
  • Energy efficiency in urban water cycle
  • Strategic asset management
  • Control of contaminants of emerging concern

Research and Professional Activity

Projects participated (nacional and international):

  • 2020-2024. B-watersmart: Accelerating Water Smartness in Coastal Europe. H2020-EU.3.5.4. & H2020-EU.3.5.2.2, Grant agreement ID: 869171 (Co-coordinator of tasks T1.4 and T6.3)
  • 2018-2021: Avaler+ Assessment of energy efficiency and sustainability in urban water services
  • 2017-2020: iEQTA: National Initiative for Energy, Water Quality and Treatment (Co-Coordinator and responsible of WWTP and IAM themes)
  • 2016-2019: LIFE IMPETUS – Improving current barriers for controlling pharmaceutical compounds in urban wastewater treatment plants
  • 2014-2015: WaCCliM – Water and Wastewater Companies for Climate Mitigation
  • 2014-2016: LIFE HyMemb: Tailoring hybrid membrane processes for sustainable drinking water production
  • 2011-2015: TRUST - TRansitions to the Urban Water Services of Tomorrow
  • 2009-2014: PIP DHA_NES_5 "Tratamento de água e de águas residuais”
  • 2009-2011: PASt21 – The Portuguese Initiative for Performance Assessment of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants
  • 2007-2009: PAS – Performance Assessment of Water and Wastewater treatment plants
  • 2008-2009: ETAR Lagos – Technical-scientific studies for diagnosis the operation of the Lagos wastewater treatment plant
  • 2007-2009: ETA21 – Performance assessment and optimisation studies for Águas do Algarve water treatment plants

Relevant Publications

Teses
  • Silva Reis C. (2016). Assessing and Improving Wastewater Treatment Performance. A Contribution to the 3rd Generation of the Assessment System. Doutoramento em Engenharia do Ambiente. Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto SuperiorTécnico, Lisboa.
BooksCapítulos de Livro
  • Loureiro D., Silva C., Cardoso M. A., Alegre H., Cabral M., Covas D., Rosa M. J. (2021) Avaliação da eficiência energética nos serviços urbanos de águas. Guia para diagnóstico, priorização de alternativas, monitorização e revisão do plano de ação. Avaler+. Lisbon, december
  • Cardoso M. A., Rosa M. J., Brito R. S., Silva C., Beceiro P., Jorge C., Alegre H., Martinho G., Pina J., Silveira A., Alves A. V., Brito J., Ramos M., Carrega M. (2021) Guia técnico de avaliação da qualidade dos serviços de águas e resíduos prestados aos utilizadores. 4.ª geração do sistema de avaliação”. ERSAR, Lisbon, december
  • Campinas M., Viegas R.M.C., Silva C., Rosa M.J. (2016) Technical Guidelines of PAC/MF – Powdered Activated Carbon/Ceramic Microfiltration for Drinking Water Production. Deliverable of LIFE Hymemb. LNEC, Lisbon. ISBN: 978-972-49-2299-7
Published book chapters
  • Silva C., Alegre H., Rosa M. J. (2015) Chapter 3. Introduction to energy management in wastewater treatment plants.  In Sewage Treatment Plants: Economic Evaluation of Innovative Technologies for Energy Efficiency, ed. Konstantinos P. Tsagarakis and Katerina Stamatelatou, 1 - 376. ISBN: 9781780405018. London: IWA Publishing.
Papers with scientific refereeing
  • Silva C., Rosa M. J. (2022) A Comprehensive Derivation and Application of Reference Values for Benchmarking the Energy Performance of Activated Sludge Wastewater Treatment. Water 14 (10) 1620
  • Silva C., Rosa M. J. (2022) A treatment reliability-based method for supporting infrastructure asset management of wastewater treatment plants. Water 14 (78) 1106
  • Silva C., Rosa M. J. (2021) A Practical Methodology for Forecasting the Impact of Changes in Influent Loads and Discharge Consents on Average Energy Consumption and Sludge Production by Activated Sludge Wastewater Treatment. Sustainability 13 (21) 12293
  • Silva C., Almeida C. M. M., Rodrigues J. A., Silva S., Coelho M. R., Martins A., Alves R., Cardoso E., Cardoso V. V., Benoliel M. J., Rosa M. J. (2021) Occurrence and seasonality of pharmaceutical compounds in urban wastewaters in two Portuguese regions. Urban Water Journal 18 (6) 465–478
  • Campinas M., Viegas R. M. C., Silva C., Rosa M. J. (2021) Operational performance and cost analysis of PAC/ceramic MF for drinking water production: exploring treatment capacity as a new indicator for performance assessment and optimization. Separation and Purification Technology
  • Campinas M., Silva C., Viegas R. M. C., Coelho R., Lucas H., Rosa M. J. (2021) To what extent may pharmaceuticals and pesticides be removed by PAC conventional addition to low-turbidity surface waters and what are the potential bottlenecks? Journal of Water Process Engineering 40, 101833
  • Silva C., Rosa M. J. (2020) Performance assessment of 23 wastewater treatment plants - a case study. Urban Water Journal 17(1) 78–85
  • Loureiro D., Silva C., Cardoso M.A., Mamade A., Alegre H., Rosa M.J. (2020) The Development of a Framework for Assessing the Energy Efficiency in Urban Water Systems and Its Demonstration in the Portuguese Water Sector. Water 12(1)
  • Silva C., Rosa M. J. (2020) Performance assessment of 23 wastewater treatment plants - a case study. Urban Water Journal 17(1), 78-85, doi: 10.1080/1573062X.2020.1734634
  • Loureiro D., Silva C., Cardoso M.A., Mamade A., Alegre H., Rosa M.J. (2020) The Development of a Framework for Assessing the Energy Efficiency in Urban Water Systems and Its Demonstration in the Portuguese Water Sector. Water 12(1). 14 pp. doi: 10.3390/w12010134
  • Campinas, M.; Viegas, R.M.C.; Silva, C.; Sousa, I.; Coelho, R.; Costa, L.; Lucas, H.; Rosa, M.J.. 2017. "Tratamento de água com carvão ativado em pó/microfiltração cerâmica (PAC/MF) – quando e onde?", Águas e Resíduos 2, 17 - 29.
  • Ribeiro, R.; Silva, C.; Rosa, M.J.. 2017. "Estratégia para recuperação de fósforo de águas residuais urbanas", Águas e Resíduos 2, 38 - 50.
  • Silva C., Saldanha Matos J., Rosa M.J. (2016). Performance indicators and indices of sludge management in urban wastewater treatment plants. J. Environmental Management 184 (2) 307-317. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.09.056
  • Silva C., Saldanha Matos J., Rosa M.J. (2016). A comprehensive approach for diagnosing opportunities for improving the performance of a WWTP. Water Sci. & Technol, 74 (12) 2935-2945. doi: 10.2166/wst.2016.432
  • Silva C., Matos J. S, Rosa M.J. (2016). Estratégia para o desenvolvimento da 3.ª geração do sistema de avaliação de desempenho de ETAR, Águas&Resíduos 1 (70-82). doi: 10.22181/aer.2016.0107
  • Silva C., Quadros S., Ramalho P., Alegre H., Rosa M. J. (2014). Translating removal efficiencies into operational performance indices of wastewater treatment plants, Water Research 57, 202 - 214. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.03.025
  • Silva C., Quadros S., Ramalho P., Rosa M. J. (2014). A tool for a comprehensive assessment of treated wastewater quality, Journal of Environmental Management, 1 - 7. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.03.028
  • Silva C., Ramalho P., Quadros S., Alegre H., Rosa M. J. (2012). Results of ‘PASt21’ – the Portuguese initiative for performance assessment of water and wastewater treatment plants, Water Science and Technology: Water Supply 12(3), 372 - 386. doi: 10.2166/ws.2012.004
  • Quadros S., Rosa M. J, Alegre H., Silva C. (2010). A performance indicators system for urban wastewater treatment plants, Water Science and Technology, 62: 2398 - 2407.
120 technical reports and 16 tools

Other scientific and technical Activities

Taught short course
  • Abastecimento de água e gestão de águas residuais e pluviais e Tratamento de águas residuais (2019). Módulos ProAguas - Programa avançado de gestão de serviços de águas (in Portuguese).
  • Estratégias de controlo de agentes biológicos resistentes e de subprodutos da oxidação química no tratamento de águas (2013), LNEC, APESB, APRH (in Portuguese).
  • Curso de Avaliação de Desempenho de ETA e ETAR (2011), LNEC/APESB/APRH (in Portuguese).

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