A regional flux-based risk assessment approach of contaminated sites on groundwater bodies
English
Brouyère, Serge[Université de Liège - ULg > Département Argenco : Secteur GEO3 > Hydrogéologie & Géologie de l'environnement >]
Jamin, Pierre[Université de Liège - ULg > Département Argenco : Secteur GEO3 > Hydrogéologie & Géologie de l'environnement >]
Dollé, Fabien[Université de Liège - ULg > Département Argenco : Secteur GEO3 > Hydrogéologie & Géologie de l'environnement >]
Chisala, Brenda[Université de Liège - ULg > Département Argenco : Secteur GEO3 > Hydrogéologie & Géologie de l'environnement >]
Orban, Philippe[Université de Liège - ULg > Département Argenco : Secteur GEO3 > Hydrogéologie & Géologie de l'environnement >]
Popescu, Ileana Cristina[Service Publique de Wallonie > DGARNE-DGO3 > Division de l'Eau, Direction des Eaux Souterraines > >]
Hérivaux, Cécile[Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minière (BRGM) > Eau > > >]
Dassargues, Alain[Université de Liège - ULg > Département Argenco : Secteur GEO3 > Hydrogéologie & Géologie de l'environnement >]
2011
Groundwater Quality 2010 : Groundwater Quality Management in a Rapidly Changing World
Schirmer, Mario
Hoehn, Eduard
Vogt, Tobias
IAHS Publication 342
159-162
Yes
International
0144-7815
Groundwater Quality 2010
13-18 juin 2010
IAHS
Zürich
Suisse
[en] regional risk assessment ; groundwater body ; industrial contaminants ; Water Framework Directive ; megasite
[en] In the context of the Water Framework Directive, management plans have to be set up about water quality issues in surface and ground water bodies in the EU. In heavily industrialised and urbanised areas, the cumulative effect of multiple contaminant sources is likely to present a risk which has to be evaluated. In order to propose adequate measures, the calculated risk should be based on criteria reflecting the risk of water quality deterioration, in a cumulative way and at the scale of the whole surface water or groundwater body. An integrated GIS- and flux-based risk assessment approach for groundwater and surface water bodies is described with a regional scale indicator for the evaluation of the quality status of the groundwater body. It is based on the SEQ-ESO currently used in the Walloon Region of Belgium which defines, for different water uses and for a detailed list of groundwater contaminants, a set of threshold values reflecting the levels of water quality and degradation with respect to each contaminant. The methodology is illustrated with a first real scale application on a groundwater body corresponding to a contaminated alluvial aquifer which has been classified at risk of not reaching a good quality status by 2015.
Aquapôle - AQUAPOLE
Politique Scientifique Fédérale (Belgique) = Belgian Federal Science Policy
FRAC-WECO : Flux-based risk assessment of contaminants on water resources and ecosystems (projet SD/TE/02A)