Announcements
PROMISCES is organising a Water Projects Europe event
November 14, 2024
The three European projects PROMISCES, SCENARIOS and
LIFE SOuRCE join forces for a Water Projects Europe event on
“PFAS Solutions: Technologies and Policies for Circular Water Cycles in Support of the Zero Pollution Action Plan”, providing a deep dive into their PFAS management strategies.
Join us on 10 December, 2024, from 9:00 - 12:30 CET to explore strategies to move towards the Zero Pollution Action Plan and for the opportunity to meet with experts on PFAS treatment technologies and policies for water cycles!
The event is part of Water Knowledge Europe and will be free of charge.
PROMISCES 5th Steering Committee Meeting
November 12, 2024
On November 8, 2024, we had our 5th Steering Committee Meeting!
All partners met online to present their work and to discuss the project's outcomes. We had very fruitful conversations and also interactive sessions about policy recommendations and exploitable results.
Another focus was on the partners' next steps in PROMISCES. You can look forward to several new publications and many results with a big impact!
Our conclusion: The project is progressing very well towards its end!
PROMISCES Session at REMTECH Europe
September 20, 2024
On September 18, our PROMISCES session "PFAS treatment technologies for contaminated sites : soils, sediments and groundwater" took place at REMTECH Europe. During the session, the project was introduced. After that, our speakers gave all participants a deep dive into the PFAS treatment technologies that are used and developed in PROMISCES.
PROMISCES at SCENARIOS Workshop
September 5, 2024
This week, the workshop on PFAS remediation in action, organised by our sister project SCENARIOS, took place in Denmark. Floris Naus from our partner National Institute for Public Health and the Environment took part and even gave a presentation on the Decision Support Framework and the lessons learned from the PROMISCES co-creation workshops.
Policy Brief: Achieving zero pollution by 2050 needs regulatory change
August 12, 2024
Together with our sister projects from the Green Deal Health Cluster, we published a Policy Brief: "Achieving zero pollution by 2050 needs regulatory change: a call for policy support of New Approach Methodologies (NAMs)"
The Policy Brief has been developed especially for policy makers and provides key findings and recommendations from these projects that are deemed essential to achieve the goal of a zero-pollution Europe.
PROMISCES' session at REMTECH Europe 2024!
July 26, 2024
Save the date! On 18 September, 2024, PROMISCES will be attendig REMTECH Europe with a dedicated session about PFAS treatment technologies for contaminated sites.
Don’t miss this opportunity to be at the forefront of PFAS treatment technology discussions.
2nd PROMISCES Review Meeting
July 19, 2024
On July 9, we had our second review meeting which was held online. During the meeting, all partners had the opportunity to present their results and to answer the questions of the reviewers. All went well and we are looking forward to further working on PROMISCES!
PROMISCES at KWB WasserWerkstatt
July 18, 2024
On 9 July, 2024, our partners from Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin (KWB) hosted again a "WasserWerkstatt". Regina Gnierss, Frederik Zietzschmann and Fiona RückbeilFrederik Zietzschmann from our partners Berliner Wasserbetriebe presented the PROMISCES Case Study 1 "PFAS and (i)PM(T) fate and remediation in the semi-closed urban water cycle".
KWB also published a video!
PROMISCES' 2nd Newsletter out now!
April 30, 2024
We published our second newsletter!
Delve deeper into the case studies and their interesting findings - from the fate and migration of PFAS from soil contaminated by aqueous film forming foams to analysing stormwater runoff and monitoring PFAS at river bank filtration sites. It's definitely worth a read!
Webinar on "Remediating Contaminated Sites by Persistent, Mobile, and Toxic Substances: H2020 Projects Case Studies & Results"
March 11, 2024
Save the date! On 10 April, 2024, PROMISCES, ZeroPM and SCENARIOS are planning a webinar about PFAS remediation techniques.
The webinar is a unique opportunity to gain valuable insights into innovative solutions for addressing persistent, mobile, and toxic substances. Don't miss the chance to broaden your knowledge and engage with experts in the field.
Kick-off meeting for CEN Workshop Agreement
February 23, 2024
On 15 February, we met for the kick-off meeting of our CEN Workshop on “Soil-sediment-water system - Solutions to deal with PMT/vPvM substances”! During this meeting, all participants got a deeper insight on what the CWA is about and an overview about the involved projects. Further, the project plan was introduced. The participants also had the opportunity to discuss the CWA topics and bring in their expertise.
PROMISCES at CWP's "Water Innovation Day"
16 February, 2024
PROMISCES was presented at the Catalan Water Partnership CWP "Water Innovation Day" on 14 February, 2024!
Our partner Maria José Muñoz from Consorci Besòs Tordera (CBT) not only told the audience in an elevator pitch about their tasks in the project but also explained Case Study 3. In this Case Study, CBT together with other partners is working on promoting the water reuse in the Besòs River basin. This is very important, especially in the dry areas of Catalonia where water restrictions and consumption cuts are often adopted due to the occurrence of severe droughts.
At the event, 15 innovative water projects were presented to ca. 135 people in the audience.
Video of the second online webinar on "Models of Toxicology" now online
February 14, 2024
Did you miss the second online webinar on "Models of Toxicology" of our sister project ALTERNATIVE? No problem! You can now find the video of the webinar online to rewatch.
Our colleague Anita Sosnowska from QSAR Lab presented their Structure-based approach for predicting toxicity of PFAS at the webinar.
CEN Workshop Agreement
Great news ahead! PROMISCES, in collaboration with our sister projects ZeroPM and SCENARIOS, is developing a CEN Workshop Agreement focused on the soil-sediment-water system. This agreement aims to provide solutions for managing PMT/vPvM substances.
PROMISCES at Ecomondo
At the Ecomondo 2023, PROMISCES will be represented at the European Commission stand. In addition, there will also be presentations about PROMISCES by partners.
Article: More knowledge on PFAS in water
Our partners from Deltares recently published an article about PROMISCES in their deltalife magazine. To give an overview over the project and why it is so important, Deltares talked to Julie Lions, the project coordinator from BRGM.
Further, they tell more about their task in the project which is, e.g., developing in collaboration a model train to simulate the PFAS transportation. Here, artificial intelligence and machine learning play a vital role.
New Scientific Publications
Our partners from TU Wien have published two new scientific papers:
-The occurence and persistence of PFAS at riverbank filtration sites in the Upper Danube basin
We published our first Newsletter
Find out what news there are in the world of PROMISCES, learn more about the project and have a look at our next events.
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