Details
- TitelHistorically polluted sediments in the Maas catchment
- Corporatieve auteurDeltares
- Opdrachtgever
- Plaats van uitgaveDelft
- Uitgever
- Jaar van uitgave2011
- Pagina's21 p.
- Illustratiesfig.
- Materiaal
- Digitaal document
- AnnotatieMemo
- Onderwerp
- Geografisch trefwoord
- Beschrijving
In this memo the downstream ecological risks of the upstream erosion of historically polluted Meuse riverbanks are discussed. Model simulations with the EXPOBASIN model for a hypothetic but realistic flood event demonstrate that fluoranthene concentrations easily exceed WFD MAC-EQS. Sediment dwelling crustaceans are likely to suffer acute toxicity effects at the downstream areas where the remobilized sediments settle again.