Water SMART: Drinking Water Solutions for organic Micropollutants using sustainAble and Robust Treatments

Drinking water production is challenged by organic micropollutants (OMPs), including pharmaceuticals and industrial chemicals, like PFAS. Existing OMP removal technologies are energy, chemical, and cost intensive. Water SMART co-creates a new toolbox of green approaches to sustainably remove OMPs. This toolbox includes nature-based technologies, optimized treatments to reduce energy and chemical use and costs, and efficient steering by novel screening of OMP transformation products. Water SMART’s research outputs are integrated into decision support models developed in close collaboration with the drinking water sector, leading to direct uptake of knowledge, technologies and tools to sustainably and robustly treat OMPs.