Development and application of analytical techniques aimed at the identification, detection, characterisation, quantification and behaviour of micropollutants in the water and sludge lines of current WWTPs, as well as in the new processes for the removal of organic matter (membrane reactors) and nutrients (microalgae cultivation). The presence of these micropollutants in the receiving natural environment is also studied, for which not only water samples are analysed, but also sediments and biota in contact with them. In this way, it is possible to monitor these substances in the receiving environment in order to evaluate the impact that their discharge causes in the aquatic environment.
micropollutants, priority substances, wastewater, coastal waters, transitional waters, continental waters, sediments, biota
