BioTreatED - Advanced bio-based solutions to monitor and mitigate hormonal risks of irrigation waters originating from manure separation technologies
Last modified: 28. July 2025
The Water4All Partnership – Water Security for the Planet – was launched in 2022 under the framework of the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme, with the aim of focusing research and innovation activities on water issues in Europe and beyond. Water4All annually announces Joint Transnational Calls, pooling national financial resources with the participation of ministries, funding authorities, and organizations. The primary goal of these calls is to strengthen research, development and innovation collaboration in the field of water management, as well as to generate and share knowledge and data on water-related topics. The 2023 call on aquatic ecosystem services was the second of its kind. A total of 36 funding organizations from 30 countries participated in the implementation of the call, with financial support from the European Union. At the end of a two-stage evaluation process, 23 excellent RDI projects were selected for funding, receiving nearly €27 million in total, including the BioTreatED project coordinated by the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
About the project:
Title: Advanced Bio-Based Solutions to Monitor and Mitigate Hormonal Risks from Irrigation Waters Derived from Manure Separation Technologies
Acronym: BioTreatED
Project ID: Water4All2023-334 (2024-1.2.1-HE_PARTNERSÉG-2024-00024)
Duration: 3 years (March 1, 2025 – February 28, 2028)
Total budget: €1,272,906
Summary:
The BioTreatED project offers a new concept to mitigate the risks of steroid hormones and hormonally active compounds found in the solid and liquid fractions separated from livestock slurry. The project aims to develop a hormone-degrading microbial consortium and a comprehensive monitoring methodology to protect agricultural and aquatic ecosystems. Seven partner institutions from six countries – Hungary, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and Türkiye – are collaborating in this multidisciplinary research, combining their expertise from various scientific fields to improve the safety of irrigation water originating from circular agriculture, thereby enhancing the quality and availability of aquatic ecosystem services.
Project Objectives:
- Monitoring hormonally active compounds found in agricultural slurry and their effects
- Studying the fate of hormonally active compounds in irrigated fields and groundwater under various water flow and soil conditions
- Identifying and selecting microbial strains capable of degrading these compounds
- Developing and validating bio-based methods for the degradation and detoxification of hormonally active compounds
- Evaluating the effectiveness of the targeted treatment through laboratory and field trials
- Engaging stakeholders (farmers, water management actors) and building networks
Last modified: 28. July 2025
The Water4All Partnership – Water Security for the Planet – was launched in 2022 under the framework of the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme, with the aim of focusing research and innovation activities on water issues in Europe and beyond. Water4All annually announces Joint Transnational Calls, pooling national financial resources with the participation of ministries, funding authorities, and organizations. The primary goal of these calls is to strengthen research, development and innovation collaboration in the field of water management, as well as to generate and share knowledge and data on water-related topics. The 2023 call on aquatic ecosystem services was the second of its kind. A total of 36 funding organizations from 30 countries participated in the implementation of the call, with financial support from the European Union. At the end of a two-stage evaluation process, 23 excellent RDI projects were selected for funding, receiving nearly €27 million in total, including the BioTreatED project coordinated by the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
About the project:
Title: Advanced Bio-Based Solutions to Monitor and Mitigate Hormonal Risks from Irrigation Waters Derived from Manure Separation Technologies
Acronym: BioTreatED
Project ID: Water4All2023-334 (2024-1.2.1-HE_PARTNERSÉG-2024-00024)
Duration: 3 years (March 1, 2025 – February 28, 2028)
Total budget: €1,272,906
Summary:
The BioTreatED project offers a new concept to mitigate the risks of steroid hormones and hormonally active compounds found in the solid and liquid fractions separated from livestock slurry. The project aims to develop a hormone-degrading microbial consortium and a comprehensive monitoring methodology to protect agricultural and aquatic ecosystems. Seven partner institutions from six countries – Hungary, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and Türkiye – are collaborating in this multidisciplinary research, combining their expertise from various scientific fields to improve the safety of irrigation water originating from circular agriculture, thereby enhancing the quality and availability of aquatic ecosystem services.
Project Objectives:
- Monitoring hormonally active compounds found in agricultural slurry and their effects
- Studying the fate of hormonally active compounds in irrigated fields and groundwater under various water flow and soil conditions
- Identifying and selecting microbial strains capable of degrading these compounds
- Developing and validating bio-based methods for the degradation and detoxification of hormonally active compounds
- Evaluating the effectiveness of the targeted treatment through laboratory and field trials
- Engaging stakeholders (farmers, water management actors) and building networks
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