
Development of modeling frameworks predicting the performance of different elements and processes across the whole urban water system (water treatment, transport, and resource recovery) and integration with tools for holistic analysis (e.g., LCA) or process monitoring and control. Emphasis on development of models to estimate emissions from urban water systems to other environmental compartments (wet weather discharges to natural waters, N2O emission to atmosphere), fate of trace chemicals, digitalization of the water infrastructure (including instrumentation, control, and operation), use of modelling tools in an uncertainty framework, biofilm reactor systems, nutrient removal systems, sedimentation and separation processes, and antibiotic resistant bacteria/genes, algal processes, GHG emissions and anaerobic digestion.