Final results demonstrate the excellent performance of the SERPIC technology
The SERPIC prototype plant reached 11 of the 12 project targets to reduce contaminants of emerging concern.

SERPIC technology achieved almost all targets for the reduction of micropollutants and pathogens; VNLX: venlafaxine, DIC: diclofenac, SMX: sulfamethoxazole, IOP: iopromide, E. coli: Escherichia coli, sul1: antibiotic resistance gene, TC: total coliform.
For most of the CECs analysed, the reduction rates achieved the set goals of the SERPIC project. Route A (water for irrigation of crops) has an average reduction of more than 90 % in all organic and microbial CECs. For Route B (water for discharge into environment), diclofenac (drug), sulfamethoxazole (drug), and iopromide (contrast agent) showed an average reduction of more than 95 %; coliform bacteria were completely removed. The reduction of venlafaxine in Route B is below the 90 % limit set for drugs. In addition, sul1 reached the 99 % threshold for ARGs.