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Mobility, turnover and storage of pollutants in soils, sediments and waters: achievements and results of the EU project AquaTerra. A review
Barth, J. A. C.; Grathwohl, P.; Fowler, H. J. et al.
2009In Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 29 (1), p. 161-173
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Keywords :
contaminants; organic; inorganic; European river basins; climate change; sorption; biodegradation; soil; sediment; ground- and surface water; heavy metals; review; pesticides; atrazine; isoproturon; alkyphenol; acetochlor; chlortoluron; organochlorine; Br diphenyl ethers; drugs; TOF mass spectrometry; 87Sr
Abstract :
[en] AquaTerra is one of the first environmental projects within the 6th Framework program by the European Commission. It began in June 2004 with a multidisciplinary team of 45 partner organizations from 13 EU countries, Switzerland, Serbia, Romania and Montenegro. Results from sampling and modeling in 4 large river basins (Ebro, Danube, Elbe and Meuse) and one catchment of the Brévilles Spring in France led to new evaluations of diffuse and hotspot input of persistent organic and metal pollutants including dynamics of pesticides and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, as well as metal turnover and accumulation. While degradation of selected organic compounds could be demonstrated under controlled conditions in the laboratory, turnover of most persistent pollutants in the field seems to range from decades to centuries. First investigations of long-term cumulative and degradation effects, particularly in the context of climate change, have shown that it is also necessary to consider the predictions of more than one climate model when trying to assess future impacts. This is largely controlled by uncertainties in climate model responses. It is becoming evident, however, that changes to the climate will have important impacts on the diffusion and degradation of pollutants in space and time that are just at the start of their exploration.
Research center :
Aquapôle - ULiège
Disciplines :
Earth sciences & physical geography
Geological, petroleum & mining engineering
Author, co-author :
Barth, J. A. C.
Grathwohl, P.
Fowler, H. J.
Bellin, A.
Gerzabek, M. H.
Lair, G. J.
Barceló, D.
Petrovic, M.
Navarro, A.
Négrel, Ph
Petelet-Giraud, E.
Darmendrail, D.
Rijnaarts, H.
Langenhoff, A.
de Weert, J.
Slob, A.
van der Zaan, B. M.
Gerritse, J.
Frank, E.
Gutierrez, A.
Kretzschmar, R.
Gocht, T.
Steidle, D.
Garrido, F.
Jones, K. C.
Meijer, S.
Moeckel, C.
Marsman, A.
Klaver, G.
Vogel, T.
Bürger, C.
Kolditz, O.
Broers, H. P.
Baran, N.
Joziasse, J.
Von Tümpling, W.
Van Gaans, P.
Merly, C.
Chapman, A.
Brouyère, Serge  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département Argenco : Secteur GEO3 > Hydrogéologie & Géologie de l'environnement
Batlle Aguilar, Jordi ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département Argenco : Secteur GEO3 > Hydrogéologie & Géologie de l'environnement
Orban, Philippe  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département Argenco : Secteur GEO3 > Hydrogéologie & Géologie de l'environnement
Tas, N.
Smidt, H.
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Language :
English
Title :
Mobility, turnover and storage of pollutants in soils, sediments and waters: achievements and results of the EU project AquaTerra. A review
Publication date :
2009
Journal title :
Agronomy for Sustainable Development
ISSN :
1774-0746
eISSN :
1773-0155
Publisher :
EDP Sciences, Les Ulis, France
Volume :
29
Issue :
1
Pages :
161-173
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Name of the research project :
Project intégré FP6 (GOCE) Nb. 505428 AquaTerra
Funders :
DG RDT - Commission Européenne. Direction Générale de la Recherche et de l'Innovation [BE]
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