Boron contamination of water resources in the Mediterranean region: disrtribution, sources, social impact and remedation | boremed.brgm.fr
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Identifier financieringsorganisatie: EVK1-CT-2000-00046 (Other contract id) Acroniem: BOREMED Periode: Februari 2001 Status: Afgelopen
Thesaurustermen Contamination; Contamination; Sustainable development; Sustainable development; Waterkwaliteit
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- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control, meer, partner
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"BOREMED aims to:
- Asses the magnitude of the ""boron problem"" with respect to agriculture and EU drinking-water standards
- Develop a methodology for identifying the sources and pathways of boron and salinity
- Evaluate the health impact of boron in drinking water
- Develop, test and apply new technologies for boron removal from contaminated groundwater, waste-water and desalinated sea water
- Develop water management policy that integrates the technical solutions with the political and legal institutional setting.
The different steps of the project comprise
- the assessment of boron concentrations in groundwater on supra-national level,
- the identification of the reasons of boron contamination,
- the identification of the pollutant pathways,
- the evaluation of the impact on health and
- the development of technological solutions which will
- be integrated into a water management tool.
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