BATA (MONTEROTONDO) (DTA.AD005.049)

Thematic area

Earth system science and environmental technologies

Project area

Structure responsible for the research project

Water research institute (IRSA)

Project manager

SIMONA ROSSETTI
Phone number: 08090672769
Email: rossetti@cnr.it

Abstract

BATA project aims to propose innovative strategies for the removal of arsenic from
water. Particularly, the objective of the different actions of the present project are:
1) Discovering new bacteria present in As contaminated water bodies localized in Lombardia that could be
used as biocatalizers in arsenic mitigation processes.
2) Developing new methodologies to provide science-based evidence for the use of indigenous AsIII
oxidizing bacterial strains in association with iron-based adsorbing materials.
3) Contributing to the implementation of a pilot-scale treatment process to verify the hypothesis
postulated in laboratory-scale experiments.
4) Reinforcing excellence of research and increasing performance, internalization and impact of R&D,
spillovers and innovation systems and support high-level education for young scientists fostered by the
robust and multidisciplinary specialism offered.

Start date of activity

01/04/2015

Keywords

As removal treatment, drinking water, AsIII oxidizing bacteria

Last update: 06/07/2025