Deliverable D1.1 Target CECs

Contaminants of emerging concern have been selected for assessing the capacity of the proposed technology to remove them and reduce their spread in the environment and in the food chain. The selection is the result of an in-depth survey among literature data in the four showcase regions relevant for the project (Spain, Portugal, Italy and South Africa). The selection is combined with an analysis of their persistence, bioaccumulation and toxicity. At the same time, the same classes of contaminants selected in the other projects funded by the same call JPI Aquatic Pollutants were included as well as the categories recommended by recent European Reports on strategic approaches on environmental quality and sustainability. Lastly, an analysis of the potential of the selected compounds to be removed by solar irradiation and a comparison with the CECs monitored in other projects of reuse of reclaimed water validate the list of compounds selected within SERPIC.