Model Areas for Removal of Pharmaceutical Substances

in the South Baltic

Model Areas for Removal of Pharmaceutical Substances Model Areas for Removal of Pharmaceutical Substances Model Areas for Removal of Pharmaceutical Substances

in the South Baltic

www.morpheus-project.euwww.morpheus-project.eu @morpheus_eu

Main Outputs•Recommendations for actions on how to reduce

the chemical burden of pharmaceutical substances,

•Roadmaps for investment in advanced treatment technologies at selected regional wastewater treatment plants,

•Training courses on basic pharmaceutical analysis and advanced treatment technologies,

•Awareness raising among consumers.

The expected change is increased knowledge among wastewater treatment plants’ staff and management as well as regional and national authorities on pharmaceuticals released to the South Baltic Sea. This will lead to more informed investment decisions when wastewater treatment plants in coastal regions are updated in the coming decade, thereby improving the water quality of the Baltic Sea.

Contact

Lead Partner

Kristianstad University Erland Björklund

erland.bjorklund@hkr.sewww.hkr.se

Project Management

REM Consult Lang + PartnerHauke Siemen

morpheus@rem-consult.euwww.rem-consult.eu

Project Communication

EUCC - The Coastal Union GermanyFranziska Stoll

stoll@eucc-d.dewww.eucc-d.de

Project duration: 1/2017-12/2019

© Erland Björklund

© Kristianstad University

The background to this project is the constant release of pharmaceuticals and other micropollutants via wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) to the South Baltic Sea.

The project will combine information on upstream pharma-ceuticals consumption patterns with estimates of the down-stream discharge of pharmaceuticals from a few selected WWTPs located in the coastal regions Skåne (Sweden), Mecklenburg (Germany), Klaipeda (Lithuania) and Pome-rania (Poland). Additionally an inventory of the status of existing treatment technologies will be made available.

This information will aid WWTPs and authorities in a future implementation of the most suitable advanced treatment technology.

MORPHEUS is a part of the BSR pharmaceuticals platform, a flagship project of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region. www.swedishepa.se/hazards/pharmaceuticals© Erland Björklund

Kristianstad University, SEwww.hkr.se

EUCCThe Coastal Union Germany, DEwww.eucc-d.de

University of Rostock, DEwww.auf.uni-rostock.de

Gdansk Water Foundation, PLwww.gfw.pl

Gdansk University of Technology, PLwww.pg.edu.pl

Environmental Protection Agency, LTwww.gamta.lt

Klaipeda University, LTwww.ku.lt

Project Partners