“We care for the water we drink and the air we breathe”
MAGO
The aim of MAGO (Mediterranean wAter management solutions for a sustainable aGriculture supplied by an Online collaborative platform) is to demonstrate novel solutions to enhance integrated water resources management (IWRM) for a sustainable agriculture in the Mediterranean Region. These solutions, which will be demonstrated in Tunisia, Spain, France and Lebanon, will boost water use efficiency in agriculture, the use of alternative water resources, and climate change adaptation (CCA). These solutions will build upon (1) a novel participatory approach with end-users and stakeholders and (2) a new online collaborative platform for researchers and entrepreneurs for delivering web applications.
Funded by EC, PRIMA (Horizon 2020)
Start Date: 01/04/2021 – End Date: 31/03/2024
Project Leader: Miren López de Alda Villaizán
Funding: International Project
ESAR-Net 2.0
Exploración de las aguas residuales como indicador complementario, rápido y objetivo sobre el consumo de sustancias de abuso.
The main aim of this project is to implement the sewage water based epidemiology as a tool, complementary to the classic epidemiological indicators, to estimate the consumption of substances of abuse, including illegal (cannabis, cocaine, amphetamine, methamphetamine and ecstasy), legal (alcohol and tobacco), and new psychoactive substances, in Spain. The objective is to include in the study a large number of wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) giving service to different types of populations (in terms of size and main economic activity), located in different autonomous communities, representing a large part of the Spanish population. The research team includes 33 researchers from 12 different centers, many of which have already worked together, and with public entities such as the Observatory European Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) and the Spanish Observatory on Drugs and Addictions, on this issue through the ESAR-Net network
Funded by: Ministerio de Sanidad. Delegación del Gobierno para el Plan Nacional sobre Drogas (Exp. Núm. 2020I009).
Start Date: 01/01/2021 – End Date: 31/12/2023
Project Leader: Miren López de Alda Villaizán
Funding: National Project
https://www.esarnet.es/
CopPerMix
European training network on control prediction and learning in mixing processes
Start Date: 01/01/2021 – End Date: 31/12/2025
Project Leader: Marco Dentz , Juan José Hidalgo González
Funding: European Project
Prenatal exposure to poly- and perfluorinated substances (PFAS) in drinking water and neurodevelopment in early life.
The objectives of this project are:
Evaluate exposure during pregnancy to poly- and perfluorinated substances (PFASs) in drinking water.
Estimate the contribution of drinking water to the total exposure burden.
Estimate the association with neurodevelopment at 6 months in the framework of the BISC project (Barcelona Life Study Cohort).
ISGlobal, ASPB, IDAEA-CSIC
Start Date: 01/01/2021 – End Date: 31/12/2023
Project Leader: Cintia Flores Rubio
Funding: National Project
Biological dynamics of CO2 in classrooms given the current context of climate change and pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19 disease)
The project studies how the natural ventilation required during the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic influences air quality in classrooms, in line with the recommendations of the guide published by CSIC (https://www.ciencia.gob.es/stfls/MICINN/Ministerio/FICHEROS/Guia_para_ventilacion_en_aulas_CSIC_v4.pdf). CO2, PM2.5 and NO2 are measured in different classrooms of urban and rural schools of Barcelona province during 2021 and placed into the context of anthropogenic climate change concerning seasonal variation of CO2, temperature, humidity, wind speed-direction, precipitation and surrounding vegetation cover.
SINERGIA Project (Severo Ochoa)
Start Date: 01/01/2021 – End Date: 31/12/2021
Project Leader: Natalia Moreno Palmerola , Belen Martrat
Funding: National Project
EUROqCHARM
Plastic pollution has become a global environmental and societal concern in recent years. To develop long-term solutions to reduce plastic pollution, it is essential to establish harmonised methodologies.
Plastic pollution has become a global environmental and societal concern in recent years. To develop long-term solutions to reduce plastic pollution, it is essential to establish harmonised methodologies. EUROqCHARM recognises that harmonisation for large scale monitoring requires flexibility, comparability and reliability. We will identify Reproducible Analytical Pipelines (RAP), resulting in a catalogue of RAP procedures for nano-, micro- and macro-plastics for the four target matrices. Each RAP will be validated in terms of Technology Readiness Level to decide if further validation is needed (by ILC).
Start Date: 01/11/2020 – End Date: 31/10/2023
Project Leader: Marinella Farré Urgell
Funding: European Project
MixUQ
Quantification of mixing and dynamic uncertainty for transport in heterogeneous porous media
Natural and engineered porous systems exhibit heterogeneity across several spatial scales leading to complex flow fields with strong fluctuations. We here propose to predict mixing within a unified framework which leverage on the lamellar description of transport and capture the early and late time impact of fluctuations.
Start Date: 16/09/2020 – End Date: 15/09/2021
Project Leader: Marco Dentz
Funding: European Project
WATSON
Water isotopes in the critical zone: from groundwater recharge to plant transpiration
Understanding water exchange within the critical zone, i.e.the dynamic skin of the Earth that extends from vegetation canopy to groundwater, is vital for addressing key environmental problems linked to the sustainable management of water resources. The main aim of WATSON is to collect, integrate, and synthesize current interdisciplinary scientific knowledge on the partitioning and mixing of water in the critical zone taking advantage of the unique tracing capability of water isotopes.
Funding: H2020-COST Accion-OC-2019-1-23936
Start Date: 01/09/2020 – End Date: 31/08/2024
Funding: European Project
Ciguarisk
Food risks associated with ciguatoxins: monitoring and tracking the toxins and toxin-producing organisms in marine ecosystems (CIGUARISK). This project focuses on the risk characterization of ciguatera food poisoning in the Balearic Island and the Canary Island.
SubProject 1: Spatio-temporal dynamics of ciguatoxin-producing microalgae in marine ecosystems and transfer of ciguatoxins through the food web (CIGUATROFIC)
SubProject 2: Ciguatoxin in food web: a controlled study of bioaccumulation in fish species (CIGUAFOOD)
The partners belong to five research centers from three national institutions from Spain:
IRTA, ULPG, Banco Español de Algas, IUSA, OCHABs, IDAEA-CSIC
Funding: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Start Date: 01/07/2020 – End Date: 30/06/2023
Project Leader: Cintia Flores Rubio
Funding: National Project
https://ciguarisk.es/
COPEPOBIOME
Effect of pollution on marine environmental DNA and copepod-associated microbiome
The aim of this project is to study the effects of environmental relevant concentrations of pollutants on marine environmental DNA (eDNA) and copepod-associated microbiome composition across a longitudinal and latitudinal oceanic transect.The field work will be performed taking advantage of the trans-oceanic surveillance project to study the concentrations, dynamics and effects of contaminants present in the upper ocean (atmosphere-surface water and plankton).
Start Date: 01/06/2020 – End Date: 31/05/2021
Project Leader: Carlos Barata Martí , Maria Vila Costa , Claudia Sanz Lanzas
Funding: National Project
MAPE
Reducción del uso de mercurio en comunidades dedicadas a la minería artesanal y en pequeña escala en Colombia (MAPE)
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining represents the largest source of anthropogenic mercury contamination. The final objective of the project is to promote sustainable processes to improve the environmental situation and living conditions of artisanal mining communities. As an indicator of success, a control of mercury concentrations in the population will be carried out before and after the training of miners in safety measures and alternative techniques.
Start Date: 01/04/2019 – End Date: 31/12/2020
Project Leader: Sergi Díez Salvador
FitoFarmGest
Análises de pesticidas em águas, solos e plantas, no âmbito do projeto FITOFARMGEST
This project aims at the sustainable management of phytopharmaceuticals in olive groves, vineyards and arable crops, in the area of influence of the Alqueva Multiple Purpose Enterprise (EFMA), through evaluation of their dynamics, monitoring of their use to ensure a better degree of protection for the human population and ecosystems, and development of a Manual of Good Practices contributing to the improvement of the quality of production, protection and conservation of soil and water resources.
Funded by: Instituto Politécnico de Beja/Fondo Europeo Agrícola de Desarrollo Rural.
Start Date: 01/03/2019 – End Date: 28/02/2021
Project Leader: Miren López de Alda Villaizán
Funding: European Project
https://www.fitofarmgest.com/
URBANWAT
URBANWAT
Start Date: 01/01/2019 – End Date: 01/01/2019
Project Leader: Enric Vázquez Suñé
Researchers: Sandra Pérez Solsona
CAPTOR
Together with researchers and European citizens CAPTOR aims to – install and maintain a network of low-costs sensors for Ozone measurement with and for European citizens – deliver high quality, low cost and valid Ozone data from the sensor network – support processes of discussion and learning on local level to find solutions to Ozone problems (involving local decision makers, citizens, organisati – …
Together with researchers and European citizens CAPTOR aims to
- install and maintain a network of low-costs sensors for Ozone measurement with and for European citizens
- deliver high quality, low cost and valid Ozone data from the sensor network
- support processes of discussion and learning on local level to find solutions to Ozone problems (involving local decision makers, citizens, organisations and researchers)
- actively involve and empower European citizens to stimulate ownership and responsibility
www.captor-project.eu
Start Date: 01/12/2018 – End Date: 31/12/2018
Project Leader: Mar Viana Rodríguez
Researchers: Xavier Querol Carceller , Andrés Alastuey Urós , Anna Ripoll
http://www.captor-project.eu
REALITZACIÓ D’UN MODEL HIDROGEOLOGIC 3D DELS AQÜÍFERS DEL DELTA DEL LLOBREGAT
REALITZACIÓ D’UN MODEL HIDROGEOLOGIC 3D DELS AQÜÍFERS DEL DELTA DEL LLOBREGAT
Entidad Financiadora: Comunitat d’Usuaris del Delta del Llobregat (CUADLL)
Start Date: 01/12/2018 – End Date: 31/10/2019
Funding: Technology Transfer Contract
SIMAGUA
Unravelling the effect of chemical signalling on the attenuation of contaminants by symbiosis. Advances in the biological treatment of wastewater. CTM2017-91355-EXP
To demonstrate the advantages of phyto/ phycoremediation in the biodegradation of pollutants, but without the presence of vegetation (plants and microalgae) and therefore reduce both the high surface area and light demand.
Funding: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (CTM2017-91355-EXP)
Start Date: 01/11/2018 – End Date: 31/12/2020
Project Leader: Víctor Matamoros Mercadal
Researchers: Mònica Escolà Casas
Funding: National Project
https://simagua.site123.me/
Knowing the enemy
Knowing the enemy: a mechanistic approach to fight against OPIDN.
Knowing the enemy: a mechanistic approach to fight against OPIDN.
Project submitted to Science for Peace and Security Programme (NATO)
MD.SFPP 984777 (October - 2018).
Coordinated by Demetrio Raldúa, IDAEA-CSIC (324,105€)
Start Date: 01/10/2018 – End Date: 31/10/2018
Project Leader: Demetrio Raldúa Pérez , Carlos Barata Martí
Researchers: Melissa Faria
Funding: International Project
http://nato-sfp-984777.es/
EVALUACIÓN DE LA VARIACIÓN EN PROFUNDIDAD DE LA COMPOSICIÓN QUÍMICA DE LAS AGUAS DE DRENAJE DEL MINADO DE CLC, ATRAVÉS DEL SDR Y MINA DE INTERIOR
EVALUACIÓN DE LA VARIACIÓN EN PROFUNDIDAD DE LA COMPOSICIÓN QUÍMICA DE LAS AGUAS DE DRENAJE DEL MINADO DE CLC, ATRAVÉS DEL SDR Y MINA DE INTERIOR.
Entidad Financiadora: COBRE LAS CRUCES
Start Date: 01/09/2018 – End Date: 31/12/2018
Project Leader: Enric Vázquez Suñé
Funding: Technology Transfer Contract
CLIMOVAR
CLImatic MOdes of VARiability over the Holocene: model-data synergies to improve future projections (CLIMOVAR)
CLImatic MOdes of VARiability over the Holocene: model-data synergies to improve future projections (CLIMOVAR)
Project Leader: Armand Hernandez; Belen Martrat; Celia Martín-Puertas; Pablo Ortega; Jacob Bendle; Paola Moffa-Sánchez; Didier Swingedouw
http://www.pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/upcoming/127-pages/1831-climovar-19
Start Date: 01/06/2018 – End Date: 31/12/2019
Researchers: Belen Martrat
REVISIÓN CÁLCULOS HIDROGEOLÓGICOS Y SEGUIMIENTO DE LOS EFECTOS PRODUCIDOS POR EL AGOTAMIENTO DEL FREÁTICO EN EL ÁMBITO DE LA EJECUCIÓN DEL TÚNEL DE LA PLAZA DE LAS GLORIAS
REVISIÓN CÁLCULOS HIDROGEOLÓGICOS Y SEGUIMIENTO DE LOS EFECTOS PRODUCIDOS POR EL AGOTAMIENTO DEL FREÁTICO EN EL ÁMBITO DE LA EJECUCIÓN DEL TÚNEL DE LA PLAZA DE LAS GLORIAS.
Entidad Financiadora: Ajuntament de Barcelona / BIMSA