The 12th Micropol & Ecohazard Conference is part of the IWA Specialist Group ‘Assessment and Control of Hazardous Substances in Water’ conference series, which are conceived as a international forum for discussion on the state of the art in scientific development and technical solutions concerning emerging pollutants emission, treatment and effects.
Some of the main topics included are: treatment at the source, monitoring & analysis, fate & behaviour during wastewater and sludge treatment, environmental & risk assessment, monitoring & control and prioritization/regulation & public acceptance. Additionally, other themes are considered such as biotransformation mechanisms, fate of nanoparticles, antibiotic resistance or microplastics in natural as well as engineering environments, etc.