ATALAYA project

Texto: Identification and quantification of emerging contaminants in wastewater (viruses and pharmaceuticals) and their potential impact on water quality.

 

The health crisis caused by SARS-CoV-2 has had a significant global impact on health, economy, and society. As a result, efforts by countries to implement containment measures have multiplied since the beginning of the pandemic.

 

New technological solutions have therefore been explored to monitor and prevent the spread of disease. In this regard, since the beginning of the pandemic, GOservicios, the Laboratory and Specialized Inspection Entity of the Global Omnium business group, has been working on the development of a molecular diagnostic technique that allows the quantification of genomic units of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in wastewater.

 

Due to the successful results obtained in this project, GAMASER decided to expand its research scope to other types of pathogens and contaminants, giving rise to the ATALAYA project.

 

The objective of the ATALAYA project is to design and develop a tool that enables monitoring of population health and water quality based on the evaluation of emerging contaminants.

 

ATALAYA is co-financed by the Valencian Innovation Agency (AVI) and by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Operational Programme of the Valencian Community 2014–2020 (INNCAD/2021/106).