The results of the SARS Control project will be presented on March 31. The project consortium includes Universidade de Lisboa, Águas de Portugal and University of Minho.

The project aimed to better understand the behaviour of the SARS-CoV-2 virus over the course of the treatment chain for urban waste waters (liquid phase and solid phase), and assess to what extent wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) are effective barriers to the spread of the virus.

The results will be presented online (live streaming). Registration is required.

PROGRAMME

2.30 p.m. | Opening session, António Eusébio, President of Águas do Algarve

2.40 p.m. | “SARS Control, uma visão global”, António Martins, Process Engineer, Águas do Algarve

2.50 p.m. | “Metodologias analíticas e avaliação preliminar da presença de SARS-CoV-2 nas linhas de tratamento das ETAR monitorizadas”, Ricardo Santos, Microbiology Laboratory coordinator at LAIST, Instituto Superior Técnico

3 p.m. | “Análise de fármacos e sua relação com a incidência da pandemia”, Madalena Alves, Full Professor at the Department of Biological Engineering, University of Minho

3.10 p.m. | “Análise comparativa das diferentes soluções de tratamento na remoção de SARS-CoV-2”, Mónica Vieira Cunha, Professor at the Faculty of Sciences, Universidade de Lisboa

3.20 p.m. | “Deteção de variantes e correlação de SARS-CoV-2 com outros parâmetros microbiológicos”, Ana Reis, Researcher at cE3c

3.30 p.m. | “Avaliação do risco para a saúde pública da descarga e utilização de água para reutilização (ApR) e lamas”, Joana Pinto Coelho, technical adviser at the Directorate of Engineering team, AdP VALOR

3.40 p.m. | Q & A

4 p.m. | Break

4.15 p.m. | Round table on the perspective of management entities involved in the project, moderated by Cristina Gonçalves, Water and Wastewater Operations Manager, Águas do Norte

5.15 p.m. | Closing session, Cristiana Barbosa, Executive Board Member, Águas do Norte