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| Problems with the management of contaminated Mega-Sites |
- Water quality and contaminated land regulations are not yet accustomed to megasites;
- Research has insufficiently addressed the megasite level thus far;
- Megasites, not only a regulatory/technological problem;
- Megasites and the accession states: critical data are insufficiently available
- Lack of management instruments.
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| Scientific objectives and approach |
The overall objective is to produce a tool that can help environmental megasite managers in establishing an appropriate management approach for their megasites. Making use of extended scientific research work and
experiences of the past decades, a practical and cost-efficient Integrated Management System (IMS) procedure will be developed and tested at the three representative European megasites (Rotterdam/Antwerpen, Bitterfeld and Katowice) cases, which
will then be validated and evaluated.
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A significant part of the project is natural science based research, aimed at answering questions in support of developing megasite IMS approaches. The subjects involve risk assessment, compliance with the
water framework directives, monitored natural attenuation, immobilisation and cost-efficiency assessment.
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| Expected impacts |
The product will be a tool to establish a megasite IMS in the form of a HTML-based software, made available through internet and CD, compatible in data exchange with commercial GIS software. IMS is an overall
procedure and together with related tools/methods it can be regarded as a generic framework for the management of fresh water resources, focused on prevention and reduction of pollution of water bodies by contaminated industrial megasites.
Through the appropriate use of the developed IMS, the measures required to completely eliminate all contamination will be no longer necessary. This will lead to large cost savings, which can be used for positive impulses into the socio-economic
and landscape development of the area.
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