Abstract
Climate change will increase the severity and frequency of droughts, eutrophication episodes and harmful algal blooms events in our water bodies. Consequently, water-stressed areas that rely on the withdrawal of surface water for crop irrigation will face water shortages in the upcoming future. Eco-technologies such as constructed wetlands (CWs), offer a promising solution for different future climate challenges. We propose CWs as a potential solution for remediating harmful algal blooms in water bodies. Nevertheless, there are many variables in this treatment process of cyanotoxins that remain unknown. Therefore, several different experiments are set up to disclose the degradation metabolic pathways of the cyanotoxins, together with the analysis of the degrading microbial structure existing in the substrate. The different promising hypotheses of the mechanistic understanding are been proposed and the first results will be shown in the conference.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication date | 2024 |
| Publication status | Published - 2024 |
| Event | IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition - Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 11 Sept 2022 → 15 Sept 2022 |
Conference
| Conference | IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition |
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| Country/Territory | Denmark |
| City | Copenhagen |
| Period | 11/09/2022 → 15/09/2022 |