Water
Water
QUALITY
- Improvement of processes for removing organic matter and nutrients present in waste water
- Determination of design parameters for treatment plants
- Recovery and removal of products such as heavy metals from cleaning waters, acids, surfactants, colorants, etc.
- Optimization of processes for the application of cleaner technologies
- Biological pollutant removal (SBR) in wastewater.
- Increased biodegradability of industrial waste
- Application of isotopic techniques to understanding environmental problems
- Effects of natural disturbances on Mediterranean rivers
- Ecology of rivers and wetlands
- Hydrometeorology
- Intensity of rainfall, extreme rainfall, floods, meteorological radar
- Dynamics of nutrients and particulate matter in rivers
- Biological monitoring of water quality
- Ecotoxicology
- Study of biofilm in rivers
- Nitrogen dynamics in Mediterranean rivers
- Monitoring of inorganic elements in water
TREATMENT
- Development of new processes for treatment of industrial and urban wastewater. Feasibility and pilot plant studies.
- Energy valuation of solid organic waste with a high organic load (solid urban waste, treatment of plant sludge, waste from the food and agriculture industry…)
- Biological treatment of urban and industrial wastewater
- Anaerobic digestion of organic waste (treatment plant sludge, waste from energy cultures…)
- Electrochemical treatment of recycled and waste water
- Advanced electrochemical oxidation processes applied to the destruction of drugs in wastewater
TOXICOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY
- Ecotoxicity
- Toxicology and environmental health
- Study of contamination by viruses and bacteria of human origin in continental and marine aquatic environments
- Studies of the elimination of pathogens and indicators in water treatment plants
- Study of the heterogeneity of plankton bacteria
- Bioremediation of waters and soils polluted by hydrocarbons