Title
Mobility, turnover and storage of pollutants in soils, sediments and waters: Achievements and results of the EU project AquaTerra. A review
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, P.
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, S.
Batlle Aguilar, J.
Orban, Ph.
Tas, N.
Smidt, H.
TNO Bouw en Ondergrond
Publication year
2009
Abstract
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. © 2008 INRA EDP Sciences.
Subject
Geosciences
Acetochlor
Alkyphenol
Atrazine
Biodegradation
Chlortoluron
Climate change
Contaminants
European river basins
Ground- and surface water
Heavy metals
Inorganic
Isoproturon
Organic
Organochlorine
Pesticides
Review
Sediment
Soil
Sorption
biodegradation
catchment
climate change
climate modeling
heavy metal
mobility
organic pollutant
PAH
pesticide
pollutant transport
river basin
sediment pollution
soil pollution
sorption
water pollution
Brevilles Spring
Central Europe
Danube Basin
Ebro Basin
Elbe Basin
Eurasia
Europe
France
Ile de France
Meuse Basin
Southern Europe
Spain
Val d'Oise
Western Europe
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TNO identifier
241336
ISSN
1774-0746
Source
Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 29 (1), 161-173
Document type
article