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DOI 10.1007/s00767-008-0076-7
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Title (Primary) Schadstoffmassenströme zwischen Grundwasser, Flussbettsedimenten und Oberflächenwasser am regional kontaminierten Standort Bitterfeld (Contaminant mass flow rates between groundwater, streambed sediments and surface water at the regionally contaminated site Bitterfeld)
Author Schmidt, C.; Krieg, R.; Bayer-Raich, M.; Leschik, S.; Kalbus, E.; Reinstorf, F.; Martienssen, M.; Schirmer, M.
Source Titel Grundwasser
Year 2008
Department ENVINF; HDG
Volume 13
Issue 3
Page From 133
Page To 146
Language deutsch
Keywords groundwater-surface water interaction; integral pumping test (IPT); streambed temperature mapping; contaminant mass flow rates; EU-Water Framework Directive (EU-WFD)
Abstract As a result of intensive industrial, mining, and urban development, numerous large-scale contaminated areas exist in Germany. These so-called megasites represent a challenge to risk assessment and remediation strategies. At the Bitterfeld megasite, the contaminated groundwater interacts with the local streams. Along a stream reach 280?m long, the mass flow rates of chlorinated benzenes were estimated by combining integral pumping tests, streambed temperature mapping, and analyses of contaminant concentrations in the streambed sediments. On average, a total mass flow rate of 617?mg d-1 monochlorobenzene (MCB) and 157?mg d-1 dichlorobenzene (DCB) is released from the adjoining aquifer into the stream along the investigated reach. Further, the streambed sediment acts as the dominant contaminant source. Considering the streambed sediments, the contaminant mass flow rate to the river increases to values between 2,355 and 4,323 mg d-1 MCB and between 892 and 3,587 mg d-1 DCB.
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Schmidt, C., Krieg, R., Bayer-Raich, M., Leschik, S., Kalbus, E., Reinstorf, F., Martienssen, M., Schirmer, M. (2008):
Schadstoffmassenströme zwischen Grundwasser, Flussbettsedimenten und Oberflächenwasser am regional kontaminierten Standort Bitterfeld (Contaminant mass flow rates between groundwater, streambed sediments and surface water at the regionally contaminated site Bitterfeld)
Grundwasser 13 (3), 133 - 146 10.1007/s00767-008-0076-7