SafeWat

Members of the SafeWat team participated in the 27th Water Workshop, titled "WATER QUALITY," held at the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Sciences (UNS)

The project leader, Prof. Dr. Jasmina Agababa, along with team members Prof. Dr. Aleksandra Tubić, Prof. Dr. Dejan Krčmar, Prof. Dr. Marijana Kragulj Isakovski, and Prof. Dr. Jelena Molnar Jazić, participated in organization and implementation of the 27th Water Workshop, which was held at the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad.

The main topics of Water Workshop 2024 included: sustainable management of sludge from drinking water treatment plants; Smart Water Summer Forum: technological and other aspects of circularity in sludge management after wastewater treatment; and safe water for everyone: water resource quality and sustainable approaches for arsenic removal. Additionally, discussions were held about the challenges and new approaches in the treatment of organic micropollutants in water, with a focus on the application of ozone and advanced oxidation processes. On this occasion, Prof. Dr. Jelena Molnar Jazić presented the most important research conducted in the field of advanced oxidation processes in water treatment, as part of the SafeWat project activities.

Participation of the project team in the workshop "2nd TwiNSol-CECs Workshop - Advanced Water Treatments in Emerging Contaminants Mitigation with Cutting-Edge Technologies"

Members of the SAFEWAT project team from the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Environmental Protection at the Faculty of Sciences in Novi Sad, Prof. Dr. Marijana Kragulj Isakovski, Prof. Dr. Jelena Molnar Jazić, and Dr. Jasmina Nikić, participated in the workshop "2nd TwiNSol-CECs Workshop - Advanced Water Treatments in Emerging Contaminants Mitigation with Cutting-Edge Technologies," organized at the Faculty of Technology, University of Novi Sad, on June 6-7, 2024. On this occasion, they exchanged knowledge and experiences with colleagues from both domestic and international institutions in the field of contemporary methods for treating contaminants. Prof. Dr. Jelena Molnar Jazić presented research conducted in the application of advanced oxidation processes in water treatment, as part of the activities of the EUREKA project.

Participation of the SafeWat team at the conference "Water Supply and Sewerage Systems"

Dr. Jasmina Agbaba, Dr. Aleksandra Tubić, Dr. Marijana Kragulj Isakovski, Dr. Malcolm Watson, Dr. Nataša Duduković, Dr. Jasmina Nikić, and Dr. Miloš Dubovina participated in the conference "Water Supply and Sewerage Systems," held from May 28-31, 2024, in Banja Koviljača. Dr. Jasmina Agbaba and Dr. Marijana Kragulj Isakovski were moderators of the session "Water Quality." During this session, Dr. Marijana Kragulj Isakovski presented a paper on "Assessment of the impact of Danube water quality on the quality of groundwater from the alluvium," which included some of the results achieved within the SafeWat project.

Prof. Dr. Jelena Molnar Jazić, a member of the SafeWat team, participated in the work of the 4th Regional Consultation "Surface, groundwater, wastewater treatment and sludge ", which was held in Vršac, 15-16. May 2024.

At the 4th Regional Consultation entitled "Surface, groundwater, wastewater treatment and sludge", which was held in the period from 15-16. May 2024 in Vršac, member of the team of prof. Dr. Jelena Molnar Jazić gave a lecture on the topic "Challenges in the field of treatment of organic micropollutants in water - application of ozone and advanced oxidation processes" and presented the international project "SAFEWAT" from the EUREKA program. On that occasion, the professor shared her experiences and research results that are carried out at the University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection, Chair of Chemical Technology and Environmental Protection with representatives of the competent Ministry - Republic Directorate for Water, waterworks and public utility companies, industry and the academic community.

The participation of SafeWat team member, prof. dr Malcolm Watson at the meeting entitled "SUPREMS workshop - Innovative technologies in water treatment to remove contaminants of concern - examples of solutions for microcystins, drugs and PFAS" in Novi Sad

At the meeting entitled "SUPREMES workshop - Innovative technologies in water treatment to remove contaminants of concern - examples of solutions for microcystins, drugs and PFAS", which was held in the period from January 31 to February 1, 2024 in Novi Sad, team member prof. dr Malcolm Watson had the opportunity to present the main goals of the SafeWat project and some of the achieved results. The meeting was also attended by the head of the project leader prof. dr Jasmina Agbaba and team member dr Jasmina Nikić.

This workshop is part of the project "Sustainable and profitable production of drinking water using a membrane hybrid process from eutrophic water polluted with micropollutants" (acronym SUPREMES). The project SUPREMES is bilateral scientific cooperation between University Duisburg-Essen, Depertment of Process Engineering/Water Technology and University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection and Department of Biology and Ecology.

Participation of the project team of the Faculty of Science at the leading regional event Exhibition on Water / Water Forum 2023 in Belgrade

At this year's Water Forum << WATER SECTOR –LOOK INTO THE FUTURE >> held from 7-9. December 2023 in Belgrade discussed the necessary reforms in the Water Management Sector and opportunities for improving water services through the development and strengthening of capacities within the framework of regional and international cooperation, as well as the application of digital technologies and artificial intelligence.

Members of the project team of the Faculty of Science, prof. Jasmina Agababa, Ph.D., prof. Aleksandra Tubić, Ph.D., Tajana Simetić, Ph.D., and Miloš Dubovina, Ph.D., had the opportunity to participate in the Water Forum 2023, a unique event in the South East Europe region, that brings together experts from Water Management Sector. Dr. Tajana Simetić presented the goals and part of the achieved results of the SafeWat project within the session "Young Water Professionals IWA - YWP " The forum "Young experts in the field of water", as an integral part of the "Water Forum 2023", is organized by IWA YWP Srbija, a section of the Association for Water Technology and Sanitary Engineering, under the auspices of the World Water Association – IWA-e.

Visit of the project team from the Faculty of Science and the public utility company "Water and Sewerage" Novi Sad to the project partners in Budapest

Members of the project team from the University of Novi Sad, the Faculty of Science (Prof. Jasmina Agbaba, Ph.D., Prof. Aleksandra Tubić, Ph.D. and Prof. Malcolm Watson, Ph.D.) and the Public Utility Company "Water and Sewerage" Novi Sad (Gordana Aćimović, master chemist) visited project partners in Budapest from 15-16. November 2023. During the visit, the project activities of the partners carried out until then were analyzed, the results achieved and further tasks agreed upon. Also, as part of this visit, a tour of the distribution center of the Budapest water supply system and the spring on St. Andrew's Island (one of the three sources of drinking water in Budapest) was performed.