Project LIFE Impetus

The project LIFE Impetus Improving current barriers for controlling pharmaceutical compounds in urban wastewater treatment plants was co-funded by the European Commission under the 2014 call of LIFE Environment programme. Led by LNEC – National Civil Engineering Laboratory, LIFE Impetus has 7 Associated Beneficiaries: 3 water utilities (AdA, AdTA, EPAL), 1 SME (EHS) and 3 academic institutions (FCUL, FFUL, UAlg):

• LNEC – Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, IP
• AdA – Águas do Algarve, SA
  
• AdTA – Águas do Tejo Atlântico, SA
• EPAL – Empresa Portuguesa das Águas Livres, SA
• EHS – Environment and Regional Development Consulting, Lda
• FCUL – Faculty of Sciences of Lisbon University
• FFUL – Faculty of Pharmacy of Lisbon University
• UAlg – University of Algarve

Project EMBRACE

Engineered photocatalytic carbon-based materials for advanced water treatment by hybrid membrane systems