Clear waters from pharmaceuticals

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Baltic Sea

Date of latest update: 2023-06-16

Description

Description (EN):

Active pharmaceutical ingredients are active medicines, e.g. hormones, analgesics and antibiotics, that contaminate the water and marine life if disposed into the Baltic Sea. Following HELCOM’s status report on pharmaceuticals, partners from seven countries work on tools and recommendations for policy makers, authorities and municipalities to map sources and environmental concentrations of these ingredients and propose methods to reduce these harmful emissions. Active pharmaceutical ingredients: Contamination of water with residues of active pharmaceutical ingredient (APIs), such as hormones, analgesics and antibiotics, is an emerging environmental concern. CWPharma gives tools and recommendations to policy makers, authorities and municipalities on the best ways to reduce emissions of APIs in the Baltic Sea region. How to tackle emissions of APIs? The CWPharma project works on reducing information gaps regarding sources, emissions and environmental concentrations of APIs, identified in e.g. HELCOM status report on pharmaceuticals in the Baltic Sea. Based on data from the case studies and literature, the overall emissions of APIs and their impact on the environment in the Baltic Sea region are assessed. The project evaluates different API emission reduction measures, such as advanced wastewater treatment, improved take-back schemes and disposal for unused medicines, dissemination of environmental data on pharmaceutical products, and environmental permitting of pharmaceutical plants. The best existing practices of the partner countries shall be shared in order to promote the sustainable management of APIs in the Baltic Sea region.

Achievements (EN):

Partners from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Poland and Sweden worked together to get a more complete and reliable picture of contamination by pharmaceuticals in the Baltic Sea region. This was done through filling in data gaps in concentrations of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) e.g. in Poland, Latvia and Estonia. To achieve that the partners performed sampling and analyses of APIs in various matrices, including sludge, soil and landfills. The partners reviewed national collection and disposal schemes to prepare the recommendations on good practices for take-back and disposal of unused medicines in the Baltic Sea region. Partners from Denmark, Germany, Finland and Sweden worked on optimising advanced wastewater treatment techniques to achieve the best removal of pharmaceuticals. Optimised treatment was piloted in Kalundborg (Germany), Linköping (Sweden) and Helsinki (Finland). The partners discussed the project findings with permitting authorities, pharma industry, wastewater treatment utilities, researchers, engineering and consulting companies, veterinarians, pharmacists and doctors during national meetings, project seminars and workshops. http://interreg-baltic.eu/project/cwpharma/

Website: http://www.cwpharma.fi/en-US

Delivered Outputs (EN): Current API emissions into the BSR Guideline for advanced API removal processes Take-back and disposal of unused medicines Action Plan for API Emission Reductions

Thematic information

Managing natural and man-made threats, risk management

Specific Objective: ‘Clear waters’: To increase efficiency of water management for reduced nutrient inflows and decreased discharges of hazardous substances to the Baltic Sea and the regional waters based on enhanced capacity of public and private actors dealing with water quality issues

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06b) investing in the water sector to meet the requirements of the Union's environmental acquis and to address needs, identified by the Member States, for investment that goes beyond those requirements

Partners (15)

Lead Partner: Suomen ympäristökeskus

Department: Labratory centre

Address: Mustialankatu 3, 00790 Helsinki, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.syke.fi

Total budget: EUR 671 103.10

ERDF budget: EUR 503 327.32

Latvijas Vides, ģeoloģijas un meteoroloģijas centrs

Name: Latvijas Vides, ģeoloģijas un meteoroloģijas centrs

Department: Inland waters division

Address: Maskavas iela 165, LV-1019 Riga, Latvia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.lvgmc.lv/en/

Total budget: EUR 187 912.20

ERDF budget: EUR 159 725.37

Daugavpils Universitātes aģentūra “Latvijas Hidroekoloģijas institūts”

Name: Daugavpils Universitātes aģentūra “Latvijas Hidroekoloģijas institūts”

Department: Department of Experimental hydrobiology

Address: Str. Voleru 4, LV 1007 Riga, Latvia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.lhei.lv

Total budget: EUR 158 818.40

ERDF budget: EUR 134 995.64

Länsstyrelsen Östergötland

Name: Länsstyrelsen Östergötland

Department: Environmental Protection

Address: Östgötagatan 3, SE-581 86 linköping, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.lansstyrelsen.se

Total budget: EUR 231 581.75

ERDF budget: EUR 173 686.31

Eesti Keskkonnauuringute Keskus OÜ

Name: Eesti Keskkonnauuringute Keskus OÜ

Department: Department of Environmental Chemistry

Address: Marja 4d, 10617 Tallinn, Estonia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.klab.ee

Total budget: EUR 120 131.70

ERDF budget: EUR 102 111.94

Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin gGmbH

Name: Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin gGmbH

Department: Department Water and Wastewater Technology

Address: Cicerostrasse 24, 10709 Berlin, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.kompetenz-wasser.de

Total budget: EUR 357 105.05

ERDF budget: EUR 267 828.78

Aarhus Universitet

Name: Aarhus Universitet

Department: Department for Environmental Science

Address: Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark

Legal status: public

Website: http://envs.au.dk/en/

Total budget: EUR 504 660.80

ERDF budget: EUR 378 495.60

Kalundborg Renseanlæg A/S

Name: Kalundborg Renseanlæg A/S

Address: Dokhavnsvej 15, 4400 Kalundborg, Denmark

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.kalfor.dk

Total budget: EUR 395 598.90

ERDF budget: EUR 296 699.17

Tekniska verken i Linköping AB (publ)

Name: Tekniska verken i Linköping AB (publ)

Department: Business unit Water and Wastewater

Address: Box 1500, 58115 linköping, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.tekniskaverken.se

Total budget: EUR 305 062.55

ERDF budget: EUR 228 796.91

Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus Fimea

Name: Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus Fimea

Department: Pharmacovigilance

Address: Microkatu 1, 70210 Helsinki, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.fimea.fi

Total budget: EUR 77 343.45

ERDF budget: EUR 58 007.58

Helsingin seudun ympäristöpalvelut -kuntayhtymä HSY

Name: Helsingin seudun ympäristöpalvelut -kuntayhtymä HSY

Department: Water services, Wastewatertreatment department

Address: Opastinsilta 6 A, 00066 HSY Helsinki, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.hsy.fi

Total budget: EUR 58 971.25

ERDF budget: EUR 44 228.43

Instytut Ochrony Środowiska - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy

Name: Instytut Ochrony Środowiska - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy

Department: Department of Ecotoxicology

Address: Krucza 5/11D, 00-548 Warsaw, Poland

Legal status: public

Website: http://ios.edu.pl

Total budget: EUR 294 709.05

ERDF budget: EUR 250 502.69

Eesti Vee-ettevõtte Liit

Name: Eesti Vee-ettevõtte Liit

Address: Järvevana tee 3, 10132 Tallinn, Estonia

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.evel.ee

Total budget: EUR 89 047.30

ERDF budget: EUR 75 690.20

Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall e.V. (DWA)

Name: Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall e.V. (DWA)

Department: Regional group north-east

Address: Halberstädter Str. 40a, 39112 Magdeburg, Germany

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.dwa-no.de

Total budget: EUR 93 880.60

ERDF budget: EUR 70 410.45

Umweltbundesamt

Name: Umweltbundesamt

Department: Section "Analytical methods, wastewater management"

Address: Schichauweg 58, 12307 Berlin, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/en

Total budget: EUR 180 522.26

ERDF budget: EUR 135 391.69

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Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology centre

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Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology (LIAE)

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Finnish environment institute

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County Administrative Board of Östergötland

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Estonian Environmental Research Centre (EERC)

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Berlin Centre of Competence for Water

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University of Aarhus

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Kalundborg Utility

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Technical facility Linköping (TVAB)

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Finnish Medicines Agency Fimea

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Helsinki Region Environmental services Authority (HSY)

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Institute of Environmental Protection - National Research Institute (IOS)

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Estonian waterworks association (EVEL)

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German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA)

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German Environment Agency

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Summary

Project name (EN): Clear waters from pharmaceuticals

Project acronym: CWPharma

Project start date: 2017-10-01

Project end date: 2021-03-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 3 726 448.36

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 879 898.08

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 77.30%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 2 879 898.08.

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CWPharma

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Website / webtool / webforum / cooperative platform

Data source: https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/cwpharma/

Publication date: 2022-07-29

Document date: 2019-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment link: https://www.cwpharma.fi/en-US

Clear waters from pharmaceuticals - Interreg Baltic Sea Region

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Website / webtool / webforum / cooperative platform

Data source: https://projects.interreg-baltic.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-30

Document date: 2020-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment link: https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/cwpharma/

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Baltic Sea

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