1. IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute
Source control of priority substances in Europe EU-project within the sixth framework program
John Munthe
IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute

2. Environmental Institute (EI), Slovakia
University of Southampton, School of Civil Engineering & the Environment (SOTON), United Kingdom
Kiwa N.V. Netherlands
Vyskumny Ustav Vodneho Hospodarstva (WRI), Slovakia
Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Finland
Instityt Ekologii Terenow Uprzemyslowionych (IETU/Envitech), Poland
Norsk institutt for luftforskning (NILU), Norway
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientifi cas (CSIC), Spain
Institut National de l´Environment Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), France
Nederlands Organisatie Voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek (TNO), The Netherlands
IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute Ltd (IVL), Sweden

3. Project objective
to provide guidelines and decision support system tools for the implementation of the WFD with regard to selected priority substances

4. Industry, application and release patterns
Primary Producer A
Secondary Producer B
Secondary Producer C
Application 1
Application 2
Application 3
Soil
WWTP
Conversion
Adsorption
Bio-
accumulation
Diffuse releases
Production chain End use Aqueous Environment
product
wastewater
air

6. Final evaluation and report
Project organisation
Coordination
WP 1
WP 2
Material Flow
Analyses
WP 3
Management, Technologies
WP 4
Decision Support System
WP 5
Case Studies
Final evaluation and report
SAG WP 6
Dissemination and stakeholder interactions

7. Work flow Material flow analysis European scale Draft Decision
Support System
Substance reports
Control technologies
Case studies
Final Decision Support System
Final Report and Synthesis
Web site DSS, synthesis

8. WP3: Management, control technologies
A comprehensive inventory of technical emission reduction options, including process-oriented options, substitution, and end-of-pipe techniques.
Provide basis for an emission reduction strategy
Based on traditional literature studies as well as information gathered from surveys and interviews with key stakeholders.
Three workshops with industry have been performed in different parts of Europe to further collect information and receive comments on the draft reports

9. WP 4: Decision support system (DSS)
Objective:
to develop a DSS including supporting tools for management of PS in order to asses the effectiveness of various measures or combinations of measures, and to make the right selection of measures
The DSS will primarily be developed for authorities to make plans for the control of the PS at both European and national or river basin level

10. Decision support system (DSS)
The SOCOPSE
Decision support system
(DSS)
Current: Step by step
guidelines (handbook)
for implementation of
WFD on PPs
Planned: Web based
DSS + information
handling (databases
and reports)

11. Step 1 Problem definition

12. Step by step
guidelines
for implementation of
WFD on PPs

13. .........Step 6 Select solution/ management options

14. Decision support system handbook
Draft version used in case studies
Available on (comments are welcome)

15. WP2: Material Flow Analysis
General:
The main objective of WP2 is to describe the main flow-paths and releases of selected Priority Substances (PSs) to European waters
The information on flow-paths and releases of PSs is crucial for the development of the Decision Support System (DSS), the main product of the SOCOPSE project because it describes current state of contamination of European waters by various PSs
SOCOPSe-wp2.ppt

16. MFA diagram for Hg in Europe in 2000 (numbers in tonnes/year)

17. MFA diagram for Cd in Europe in 2000

18. MFA diagram for HCB in Europe in 2000

19. MFA diagram for Penta BDE in Europe in 2000

20. MFA diagram for Deca BDE in Europe in 2000

21. MFA diagram for TBT in Europe in 2000

22. MFA diagram for DEHP in Europe in 1997

23. MFA diagram for atrazine in Europe in 2000
Atrazine production
Air
Water
Land
Sewage effluents
Field Application ?
1 109
6.1
401
Sediments

24. MFA diagram for isoproturon in Europe in 2000
Isoproturon production
Air
Water
Land
Sewage effluents
Field Application ?
9 352 24
2 614
Sediments

25. MFA diagram for 5 PAHs in Europe
Benzo(a)pyrene,
Benzo(k)fluoranthene,
Benzo(b)fluoranthene,
Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene,
Benzo(a)pyrene

26. Data sources
The European Pollution Emission Register EPER (
(e.g. TBT, PAH)
50 subst to 92 i PRTR (diffuse emissions, soils)
EU technical guidance documents (TGD) EU risk assessment reports (
(e.g. PBDE, DEHP, NP)

27. Data sources Scientific papers Databases National products registers
(e.g. Hg, HCB, PBDE)
Databases
"Air Database" (
HSDB – Hazardous Substance Data Bank (
(e.g. PBDE)
National products registers
e.g. Swedish Chemical Agency (
(e.g. TBT)

28. WP 5: Case studies
Leader: IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute
Objective:
To evaluate the decision support tool by applying it to 5 case studies in different geographical regions and to integrate results and experiences to European scale

29. Case study areas
The five case studies which represent different geographical regions of Europe as well as different scales
The five cases have different characteristics in terms of pollution sources and degree of contamination of priority substances.

30. Case studies -substances
Vantaa River, Finland: PBDE, Nonylphenol, DEHP, PAH, TBT (TPhT)
Kłodnica River, Poland: Mercury, Cadmium, PAH
Meuse, NL, Fr, Lu, Be, D: PBDE, Hg, Cd, PAH, Pesticides
Ter and Llobregat Rivers, Spain: PBDE, Nonylphenol, Pesticides
Danube river, Vah subcatchment: PAH, Hg, Cd, NP, DEHP, TBT

31. Plans for final year Complete case studies (early 2009)
Based on results: - Update emissions database - Update reports on control options - Finalise DSS handbook
Synthesis (first half of 2009). Aim to provide guidelines for implementation of the WFD on Water District and European scale
Final conference/workshop: June 23-24, 2009

32. Final products of SOCOPSE
Substance Flow Analysis (SFA). Report on main flowpaths and emissions of the selected substances in Europe. Draft version used in case studies to identify sources. Will be updated spring Database for identification on potential sources, emission factors (if available)
Substance reports. Compilations of methods (efficiency, cost) to reduce releases of PS (including end of pipe, substitution etc).
Emission reduction strategy report. Report where management options are ranked for different PPs and sources, based on efficiency and cost.

33. Final products of SOCOPSE
Decision support system (DSS). Report (handbook) with stepwise procedures to fulfil WFD requirements for River Basin Management Plans. Brief report + appendices. Final draft available.
Web based DSS. A web version of the DSS will be available towards the end of the project.

34. Final products of SOCOPSE
Case study reports. 1 report for each case study with all steps taken in applying the DSS, evaluation of DSS, problems encountered and solutions found. Also how to use SFA, Substance reports etc.

35. Final products of SOCOPSE
Synthesis report. Very short summary of results. Synthesis of experiences from case studies + implications for WFD and other policies on PPs. Aimed at several levels i.e. WFD managers and european policy-makers. Recommendations for future develelopment of the WFD, common topics for WFD, REACH, IPCC etc.

36. Synthesis report topics
General lack of monitoring data to assess water quality: Combination of SFA and models can be used to identify potential sources, pathways, concentration ranges and suitable monitoring sites.

37. Synthesis report topics
PS not always a priority, all data < EQS or lack of data (no awareness of problem?)
Emerging substances will be a problem? The DSS can be used for emerging substances.

38. Synthesis report topics
Diffuse sources important in many locations - Atmospheric deposition - Contaminated sites - Agriculture - Households and small industries: waste water (more or less treatment)
For a long term view on PS and chemicals in general, a broad perspective is needed. Also links to other policies. Non technical measures, socio-economic perspective on use of chemicals in products, industry, households.

39. Synthesis topics
Science-policy interface problem. Data, models, experience available but not used in RBMPs.
Institutional structure – WFD is a new structure

40. Meetings, dissemination etc
WG E meeting, March 18-19, Brussels. Presentation of results, preliminary synthesis
SETAC conference Gothenburg June 1-4. Joint session with ScorePP
SOCOPSE conference. Maastricht June First announcement + draft agenda available.

41. Contacts: john.munthe@ivl.se www.socopse.eu