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Project

Toilet Rim BLock for the removal of persistent micropollutants in Sanitary waste (Sani-TRouBLe)

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are currently not designed to remove micropollutants originating from the human consumption of pharmaceuticals. Consequently, many pharmaceutical micropollutants reach the aquatic environment through WWTP discharges, causing a risk to aquatic ecosystems and human health. The aim of this project is to tackle the source of this pollution by developing a novel toilet rim block that provides a chemical oxidation of pharmaceutical micropollutants from toilet discharges. Toilet hygiene products are widely used home-care chemicals that are designed to freshen and clean toilets and prevent bacterial growth and limescale. The product developed in this proposal will be introduced in this standard of home-care to enable an upstream removal of pharmaceutical pollutants in a compact and flexible way at the source of the contamination in households before reaching the WWTPs. In this way, the functionality of market available toilet rim blocks will be upgraded.
Date:1 Oct 2021 →  Today
Keywords:Micropollutants, Pharmaceuticals, Toilet, Water treatment, Advanced oxidation
Disciplines:Environmental management, Analytical separation and detection techniques, Chemical process design, (Waste)water treatment processes