The LIFE Fitting project (2023-2025) involved 3 partners (LNEC, TRATAVE, SA, Universidade Católica do Porto) and successfully achived its two main objectives: (i) to soundly evaluate, at full scale, operational strategies ...
This document is a strategic manual produced within the Water4All Partnership, specifically for Pillar D Demonstration activities, task D2.6 – Replication of Methodologies. The core purpose of this task is to create ...
Cardoso, M. A.; Almeida, M. C.; Telhado, M.; Teixeira, P.; Oliveira, P.; Mendes, R.; Brito, R.(ENEG, 2025-11)
De acordo com o IPCC, as cidades são responsáveis por mais de 70% das emissões globais de gases de efeito de estufa. Como definido no Pacto Ecológico Europeu, é fundamental reduzir as emissões para 2030 e 2050. A descarbonização ...
Rodrigues, R.; Rosa, M. J.; Silva, C.; Catarino, A. R.; Alegre, H.; Cardoso, M. A.; Rodrigues S.(ENEG, 2025-11)
A melhoria, avaliação e comparação dos serviços públicos de abastecimento de água e de gestão de águas residuais urbanas, regulados pela Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços de Águas e Resíduos (ERSAR), baseiam-se no sistema ...
Rosa, M. J.; Silva, C.; Rodrigues, R.; Catarino, A. R.; Rodrigues S.; Eiró, V.; Alegre, H.; Cardoso, M. A.(IWA, 2025-06)
In Portugal, the public services of water supply (WS) and urban wastewater management (UWW) are regulated and supervised by ERSAR, an independent administrative authority. The improvement, evaluation, and benchmarking of ...
A redução da água não faturada e das perdas de água é crucial em regiões como o Algarve, que enfrentam situações de seca prolongada e de escassez hídrica cada vez mais frequentes. A região hidrográfica das Ribeiras do ...
A proteção das águas superficiais dos efeitos de descargas poluentes tem assumido uma importância crescente no contexto da drenagem urbana, sendo importante a deteção de uma afluência anómala, independentemente da sua ...
Urban regions are dynamic and complex systems, highly sensitive to disruptions, requiring coordination among diverse stakeholders due to the interdependence of their strategic services and assets. Climate change (CC) ...
Urban areas are characterized by strategic services and assets that are interconnected and interdependent. The increasing interrelationship between ecosystems, human settlements, and urban services emphasizes the critical ...
Built drainage systems are large linear infrastructures, mostly with considerable service lives. Their value is substantial, their function is vital, and some are heritage. The rehabilitation and maintenance are low despite ...
Jorge, C.; Almeida, M. C.; Brito, R.(LESAM, 2025-04)
Excessive or unintended inflows into sewers or natural drainage systems are a well-known source of operational, environmental, and safety concerns. Inflows can be illicit, excessive, or detrimental to system performance. ...
Water-Oriented Living Labs (WOLLs) are one of the main environments boosting innovations in the water sector and supporting the transition to a water-smart society. The current document is the roadmap for creating and ...
Silva, C.; Rosa, M. J.; Manaia, C; Costa, C.(2025-06)
This document is a deliverable of Task 7.2 “Exploitation plan including replication component (during and After-LIFE)” and presents the exploitation and the replication strategies and activities designed to maximize the ...
LIFE Fitting has evaluated, at full scale, operational strategies to enhance the removal of micropollutants and other chemical contaminants of emerging concern (CECs, mostly pharmaceutically active compounds) as well as ...
Silva, C.; Viegas, R.M. C.; Campinas, M.; Rosa, M. J.(2025-06)
This document is a deliverable of the tasks T.5.2 “Forecast WWTPs’ performance towards CECs with CEC ForecasTool”, T.5.3 “Simplified monitoring protocols with MonitorTool”, T.5.4. “Smart discharge-driven WWTP operation ...
This documet is a deliverable of Task 7.1 "Life Cycle Assessment of smart-discharge-driven operation of urban WWTPs towards regular and emerging contaminants", and presents the Cycle Assessement (LCA) for assessing the ...
Rosa, M. J.; Campinas, M.; Silva, C.; Manaia, C; Costa, C.(2025-08)
This policy brief offers key messages and recommendations to address the implementation of the new Urban Wastewater Directive (UWWTD) on microplollutants and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and to pave the way into a ...
Silva, C.; Faria, G.; Costa, C.; Rosa, M. J.(IWA, 2025-06)
To address the multiple objectives and requirements in the urban wastewater treatment driven by the revision of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD), it is crucial to develop a strategic plan that supports the ...
Wastewater treatment services, responsible for about 3% of global electricity consumption and 1.6% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, face increasing pressure to adopt sustainable practices as wastewater production rises ...
Duarte, B.; Silva, C.; Matos, J. S.(APRH, 2025-04)
À medida que o tratamentode águas residuais aumenta, tanto em quantidade como em nível de tratamento, e os efeitos das alterações climáticas se intensificam, a sustentabilidade dos sistemas de saneamento torna-se uma questão ...