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Teilvorhaben F: Ökotoxikologie

Description: Das Projekt "Teilvorhaben F: Ökotoxikologie" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von ECT Ökotoxikologie GmbH durchgeführt. Treated wastewater is commonly disposed of in Germany by discharge into surface waters. Within the project ELaN, alternative approaches were investigated for dealing with treated wastewater, namely a re-use to recycle valuable nutrients and to help prevent falling water levels in Northeast Germany. Using a battery of various standardized aquatic and terrestrial test methods, ECT investigated ecotoxicological effects in the aquatic compartment (treated wastewater, and surface and groundwater influenced by treated wastewater) as well as in the terrestrial compartment (soil that received wastewater). In addition, the ecotoxicity of an alternative fertilizer produced within the wastewater treatment process (MAP) and of the anti-dandruff substance climbazole was investigated. In order to assess the long-term risk of approximately 30 years of wastewater irrigation, a flow-through model system with soil columns was run in situ at the wastewater treatment plant. The results regarding climbazole demonstrate that a substance contained in cosmetics and personal care products can exhibit an ecotoxicity that resembles that of structurally-related pesticides. The results for MAP demonstrate that its long-term toxicity toward earthworms is similar to that of common inorganic phosphate fertilizers at equivalent application rates. Treated wastewater was repeatedly found to exhibit phytotoxicity, but it did not affect the survival of invertebrates (crustaceans) or vertebrates (fish embryos). Phytotoxicity was reduced by soil passage, depending on soil properties. The drawback of an enhanced purification of treated wastewater by soil passage was clearly demonstrated to consist in the accumulation of organic micropollutants and metals in the soil. This resulted in only weak ecotoxicological effects after three years of real irrigation, but in stronger effects in a 30-years irrigation simulation scenario. In addition, it was demonstrated that irrigation of contaminated soil can result in the remobilization and elution of pollutants at ecotoxicologically relevant levels, potentially leading to groundwater contamination. Decisions on the re-use of treated wastewater at the landscape level should be based on a comprehensive and case-specific weighting of the advantages (e.g. reduced impact on effluent-receiving surface waters) and the disadvantages (e.g. accumulation of pollutants in soil). A broad test battery consisting of aquatic and terrestrial test is an important component of such an evaluation.

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Origin: /Bund/UBA/UFORDAT

Tags: Krustazeen ? Regenwurm ? Wasserwiederverwendung ? Brandenburg ? Pestizid ? Weitergehende Abwasserreinigung ? Abwasserverrieselung ? Phosphat ? Schadstoffgehalt ? Abwassereinleitung ? Abwasserverregnung ? Düngemittel ? Nährstoff ? Schadstoffwirkung ? Wirbeltier ? Bundesrepublik Deutschland ? Körperpflegemittel ? Wasserrahmenrichtlinie ? Batterie ? Grundwasserverunreinigung ? Wirbellose ? Klimavariabilität ? Leitfaden ? Abwasserbehandlung ? Ökotoxikologie ? Ökotoxikologische Bewertung ? Ökotoxizität ? Abwasserbehandlungsanlage ? Phytotoxizität ? Spurenstoff ? Szenario ? Abwasserverwertung ? Metall ? Karte ? Persistenter Stoff ? Adsorption ? Aufbereitungstechnik ? Bodenschadstoff ? Bioverfügbarkeit ? Bodenbelastung ? Schadstoffremobilisierung ? Wassernutzung ? Oberflächengewässer ? Wirkungsanalyse ? Aquatisches Ökosystem ? Grundwasser ? Terrestrisches Ökosystem ? Bewertungskriterium ? Stoff ? Umweltrisikobewertung ? Düngung ? Kosmetisches Mittel ? Abwasser ? Bewässerung ? Risiko ? Schadstoffakkumulation ? Nachhaltigkeit ? Abbaubarkeit ? Wasserstand ? Landschaft ? Kenngröße ? Biesenbrow ? Nordostdeutschland ? Lietzengraben ? Randow-Welse Niederung ? Hobrechtsfelde ? Klarwasser ?

Region: Hessen

Bounding box: 9° .. 9° x 50.55° .. 50.55°

License: cc-by-nc-nd/4.0

Language: Deutsch

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Time ranges: 2011-01-01 - 2014-12-31

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