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Title
Flux-based risk management strategy of groundwater pollutions : the CMF approach
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Abstract
A site- and receptor-specific risk management strategy for groundwater pollution based on the measurement of contaminant mass flux is proposed. The approach is useful and compatible with the demands formulated in the European Water Framework Directive, its Groundwater Daughter Directive and the regulations applicable in the EU member states. The proposed CMF method focuses on the following: (1) capture zones, (2) the location of control planes, (3) the definition of the maximum allowed contaminant mass discharge and (4) contaminant mass flux measurements. For every control plane, such a maximum allowed contaminant mass discharge is derived and is crucial for the receptor risk management strategy. The method is demonstrated for a large area of groundwater pollution present in the industrial area of Vilvoorde-Machelen located in Flanders, Belgium.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Environmental geochemistry and health. - Kew
Publication
Kew : 2012
ISSN
0269-4042
DOI
10.1007/S10653-012-9491-X
Volume/pages
34 :6 (2012) , p. 725-736
ISI
000310540300008
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