Project Results
The project collaborators have participated in different work and achieved some significant results, as briefly introduced below:
1) Provide baseline data: A dataset of emerging pollutants (EP) (including persistent organic pollutants (POPs), antibiotics, micro/macroplastics, antibiotics and cyanotoxins) in surface water in 7 large cities (Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Beijing, Bangkok, Singapore, Phnom Penh, and Seoul) in East and Southeast Asia: Present situtation of water pollution; variables controlling pollutants and risk of EPs for human health and for eco-environment.
The details of different dataset are presented in Project Results/Data
2) Publication of peer-reviewed papers and attendance at conferences/workshops
Briefly, 10 SCIE papers published in different international peer-review journals (Range A ) and 03 manuscripts submitted/in revision; 08 papers published in national journals; and 14 oral presentations in international and national conferences.
For next steps, all activities of the second year of project have been done, including sampling campaigns, laboratory analysis and data treatment and then evaluate the EP potential risks to ecosystem and human health in order to propose better management practices for their disposal in large cities in East and Southeast Asia.
The list of publication is presented in Project Results/Publications
3) Website construction on water environment and emerging pollutants in aquatic system of in 7 large cities in East and Southeast Asia.
The present project website (http://depscaproject.com) has been opened for giving information and data concerning water environment and water quality in 7 large cities in East and Southeast Asia. All major collaborations of the present project have tried to update all possible information and data relating to water environment and water quality of these 7 cities of the present project.
4) Enhancing the communication and collaboration, and the scientific capacity of the scientists of different countries in East and Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Singapore, China, Cambodia, Thailand, Korea…) on the study of emerging pollutants
The project has opened a good chance to enhance scientific communication and collaboration between different countries in Asia (Vietnam, Singapore, China, Korea, Thailand, Cambodia ...) and Europe (e.g. France), especially on the field study of emerging pollutants in water environment.
5) Training for young scientists, and the mentoring of Masters and PhD students.
The present ARCP project has supported young scientists and graduate/undergraduate students who work on the topic of surface water quality observation.
+ 02 PhD students, 08 Master students and 12 undergraduate students
+ a training course titled “Microplastic pollution in water: monitoring, modeling and ecological risk assessment” was organized at INPC in July 2024. 44 young scientists and young lecturers and also graduate students participated to this training.
The details of training course and of mentoring of Masters and PhD students are presented in Project Result/Training results
6) Events
In the framework of the project, one online-meeting and two international conferences were successfully organized.
The details of different events are presented in Project Result/Meetings and Conference organization.
