Coordinated projects on mechanisms, quantification and impact of pollution generated from existing and abandoned waste disposal sites
Country: EU Projects
Start Date:   1/3/1991         Duration: 34 months         Project Type: RTD
Contract Number: STEP-CT900070
Organisation Type:  University research group / research institute
Topics: 
Brownfields
Contaminated land-->Contaminated land overview
Contaminated land-->stats, registers, inventories etc
Diffuse pollution-->Diffuse pollution overview
Diffuse pollution-->Monitoring
Project objectives: 
To acquire a better knowledge of mechanisms of reaction kinetics of processes generating diffuse pollution from existing and abandoned industrial sites 
receiving toxic waste in order to assess hazards linked with local situations, decision making for remediation and rehabilitation and the evaluation of different 
alternatives for the design and management of industrial waste disposal sites.
Project Summary: 
The project was in five parts:   
   
1 Data compilation    
2 Study of the generation of lanfill gases   
3 Experimental study of the generation of soluble pollution from those disposal   
4 Characterisation of the term 'pollution source' for providing the necessary data to the hazard and decision aking evaluation systems   
5 Investigation of the long-term behaviour of landfills through a study of selected European industrial disposal sites
Achieved Objectives:
Product Descriptions:
Additional Information: 
Lead Institution 
Institut de Recherches Hydrologiques, Vandouevre les Nancy, France 
 
Partenr Institutions 
Water Quality Institute, Denmark 
Laboratoire Central des Pontset Chaussees, France 
Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres, France 
Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany 
Association pour la Recherche et le Developement de Methodes et Processus Industriels, France 
Atomic Energy Authority, Didcot, UK 
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal 
 
This information was taken from a source other than the project site: European Commission (1993) STEP and REWARD project synopses from the Second Framework 
Programme (1987-1991). No EUR 14849 EN
Project Resources:
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Funding Programme(s): 
EC Framework 4 Funding Programme FP4 of European Community activities in the field of research and technological development and demonstration
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Submitted by: EUGRIS Team Dr Antony Chapman  Who does what?  07/12/2005 22:01:00
Updated by: EUGRIS Team Professor Paul Bardos  Who does what?  28/09/2006 17:36:00