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Acronym: PROMOTE Scientific executive officer Prof. Dr. Georg Teutsch Phone ++49 341 235-1800 Fax ++ 49 341 235-1388 Prof. Dr. Heike Graßmann Phone ++49 341 235-1801 Fax ++ 49 341 235-1388 Email. heike.peters@ufz.de Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ Permoserstraße 15 | 04318 Leipzig, Germany Phone +49 341 235-1269 Email: info@ufz.de Drinking water quality is potentially threatened by the release of chemicals that we are producing and using. If these chemicals are water soluble and poorly degradable or if poorly degradable and polar transformation products are formed from them, then these chemicals may specifically be of concern. PROMOTE focuses on persistent, mobile organic contaminants (PMOC). PMOC are highly polar compounds and as such likely to occur in the water cycle and in raw waters used for drinking water production. At the same time their physicochemical properties make them very challenging to analyze. Consequently, analytical methods are insufficiently developed and little is known upon their occurrence in environmental and drinking waters. PROMOTE follows two strategies to identify and monitor PMOC: (a) developing and applying analytical methods for screening of water samples for PMOC and (b) selection and prioritization of candidate substances based on REACH data and developing analytical methods for their quantitative analysis. The developed analytical methods will be applied to representative samples from five European river basins, to WWTP effluents, to groundwater samples and to raw waters used for drinking water production. For PMOC occurring in raw waters or likely to occur in such waters PROMOTE will study the potential of different drinking water treatment strategies to remove PMOC. PMOC will be prioritized in terms of their emission sources and removal options and adequate mitigation methods at reasonable effort will be proposed. This will include improved treatment processes for compounds emitted only locally, changes in the use profile and regulation within the REACH legislation. Widely distributed PMOC of environmental or health concern may also be candidates for the watch list of the WFD. Publications Screening for polar chemicals in water by trifunctional mixed-mode liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry (2017) - http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.6b05135 Ranking REACH registered neutral, ionizable and ionic organic chemicals based on their aquatic persistency and mobility (2017) - http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/em/c7em00158d#!divAbstract Halogenated methanesulfonic acids: A new class of organic micropollutants in the water cycle (2016) - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0043135416304146 Mind the gap: Persistent and mobile organic compounds – water contaminants that slip through (2016) - http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.est.6b03338 Book Chapter High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry Identification of Micropollutants Transformation Products Produced During Water Disinfection With Chlorine and Related Chemicals (2016) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166526X16300071 Software tools PREGA is a freeware tool for off-line optimization of HPLC separation, which is able to simplify method development in several chromatographic modes, including Reversed-Phase or Mixed-Mode HPLC - http://www.usc.es/gcqprega/index_archivos/prega.htm Several posters Results and Publications section on http://www.promote-water.eu/
Project LIFE Concrete Action: Monitoring for emerging pollutants of potential concern
Project Duration: 2015 - 2017
Project Status: Completed
Funding Program: 2013 Water JPI Pilot Call
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Descriptive Words: Emerging contaminants trace pollutants water resource REACH drinking water
Project Website: http://www.promote-water.eu/
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