The Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM) and the BioForMoz Project (Italian Development Cooperation Agency – AICS) promoted a Workshop on “Water Quality Monitoring” on the 28th and 29th of November 2023, in Maputo.

The initiative comes within the scope of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between UEM and Maputo Metropolitan Waters (Águas da Região Metropolitana de Maputo, SA – AdRMM) for cooperation and transfer of skills in diverse areas of knowledge for better management of the public water supply service and drinking water quality monitoring.

Eduardo Mondlane University (CB-UEM) has been developing, in its Organic Units, interdisciplinary research focused on evaluating the quality of surface drinking waters and wastewaters, thus generating a positive impact on the health of consumers in small and large cities across the country.

The event aimed to (i) advertise ongoing activities related to water quality monitoring at UEM; (ii) Identify potential synergies and mutual contributions between UEM and different relevant institutions in the management of drinking water supply; (iii) improve inter-institutional coordination in water quality analysis and (iv) share experiences and research results regarding water quality monitoring.

In this way, the Workshop allowed the dissemination of relevant scientific and technical knowledge and activities developed at UEM regarding water quality to government institutions, companies, private institutions and society in general, and facilitated the creation of synergies between UEM and the different Institutions responsible for managing and operating the public water supply service, aiming to safeguard the health of consumers.

Dr. Anna Barra Caracciolo

Dr. Paola Grenni

As part of BioForMoz’s activities to implement studies for the control of water for human consumption, two researchers from the CNR Water Research Institute of Italy, came on a mission to Maputo on October 20th, to collaborate with the Molecular Toxicology department of the Biotechnology Center: the researchers Dr. Anna Barra Caracciolo and Dr. Paola Grenni.

In addition to collaborating on two ongoing projects: “Assessment of emerging contaminants in the Umbeluzi River: their presence and effects on fish” and “Using biomarkers as a biomonitoring tool for environmental pesticide pollution: case study of the Umbeluzi River”, with laboratory and field activities, two public seminars will be held:

Assessment of the effects of legacy and emerging contaminants in soil and water ecosystems, speaker Dr. Anna Barra Caracciolo;

Application of ecotoxicological tests for evaluating single, mixture and contaminated matrix effects on ecosystems, speaker Dr. Paola Grenni.

The seminars were held at the UEM Complexo Pedagogico on October 26th.