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Benedetti et.al WWTmod2010 Workshop Modelling micropollutants fate: status and challenges The modelling of urban water quality (i.e. wastewater) is a growing issue in water management. New regulations stress the importance of estimating the loads and the fate of micro-pollutants (MPs) in the urban water cycle. The models available to simulate the transport and removal of “traditional” pollutants such as overall organic pollution, nutrients and suspended solids in wastewater treatment plants are extended with processes describing the fate of MPs (i.e. physical, chemical and biological) and new post-treatment processes (e.g. ozonation, PAC addition) are modelled depending on the compound’s inherent properties. This workshop aims at picturing the current status of MP models and at identifying the challenges and perspectives lying ahead. A discussion among the workshop contributors led to the following impressive list of discussion topics regarding micropollutant modelling: Possible discussion topics ? Modelling methodology ? Current modelling approaches in simulation of MP fate in WWTPs. ? Can MPs be grouped (e.g. as organic pollution is lumped into COD) to be modelled with less efforts to each time find the specific compound’s properties? ? Different scales in time and concentration between compounds/processes. Numerical problems related to this aspect. ? Cometabolism of MPs and the impact of growth substrate (competitive inhibition) on MP biodegradation. ? Research needs/developments required at academic/research level for MP fate modelling. ? Technology and process ? Modelling of new post-treatment processes, e.g. ozone or PAC addition (effect of background DOC, reactor flow scheme, etc.) to improve design of post treatment processes and calculate overall efficiency of the WWTP with respect to MP removal. ? Data