Coordinated by IDAEA | 14 partners across Europe | Total budget € 3 993 637,25
Groundwater pollution is a major problem that has many causes – from landfills and effluents released from industries or waste water treatment plants to leakages from petrol filling stations and fertilisers used on farms. The EU-funded UPWATER project is focused on prevention. It will test the effectiveness of different technological and non-technological measures to minimise groundwater pollution by acting at the source. Specifically, UPWATER will develop cost-efficient methods to identify and quantify the pollution sources. These methods will be tested in three EU countries (Denmark, Greece and Spain) with different climate conditions and a combination of rural, industrial and urban pollution sources. The findings will help policymakers update EU chemical priority lists, as well as preventive measures.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101081807.
