ESARNET2
Details
Title: Wastewater screening as a complementary, rapid, and objective indicator of substance abuse.
Duration: 2021 - 2022
Research groups: Aquatic ecology and biotechnology
Description
Objectives The objective of the ESARNET2 project is to monitor and quantify the consumption of licit and illicit drugs by the Spanish population. General activities Monitoring of drugs or drug markers in wastewater in different WWTPs to estimate temporal patterns of drug use in at least 25% of the Spanish population. Expected results A database of drug concentrations and consumption data by province and statistical analysis to compare these results with other monitoring sources.
Funder
Funded by the Government Delegation for the National Plan on Drugs. 





