General Objective: Determine the occurrence and impact of emerging pollutants in Esmeraldas rivers, and evaluate the development of an alternative for their removal.
Specific objectives
- Determine the occurrence of emerging contaminants triclosan, sulfamethoxazole, diclofenac, ibuprofen, nicotine, paracetamol, trimethoprim and estradiol, in rivers of Esmeraldas Santiago de Maldonado, Cayapas in Punta de Piedra, Verde in El Alto, Colope in Colope, Esmeraldas in San Mateo, Teaone in Vuelta Larga and Muisne in Colorado.
- Determine the impact of emerging pollutants, triclosan, sulfamethoxazole, nicotine and estradiol, in the aquatic ecosystem of the Esmeraldas rivers.
- Evaluate a ternary water treatment process for the removal of emerging contaminants, triclosan, sulfamethoxazole, nicotine, and estradiol using cladoceras and zeolite and/or bentonite
Participating Institutions:
UCE, PUCE, IKIAM, UDA.
Participants:
Project Director Ing. Verónica Patricia Pinos Vélez, PhD.
- Veronica Patricia Pinos Velez
- Andres Alvarado
- John Cisneros
- Eva Isabella Cipriani
- Jon Miller
- Eliza Jara
- Mariana Vellosa Capparelli
- Piercosimo Tripaldi
- Bolivar Andres Perez Gonzalez
- Augustine Sparer
- Cristian Rojas
Awarded budget: $55920
Project status: Signing of agreements.
