ID:
projects-575
fiwar:
LIFE94 ENV/D/000050
Project_Acronym:
Water quality monitoring
Project_Name:
Extension of the water quality monitoring system in the river Ruhr measuring and sampling station Hattingen and Essen
Funding Authority:
LIFE
Call for proposals:
Environment
Focus Area:
Water quality improvement
Begin Date:
1996-04-01
End Date:
1997-05-31
Status:
Completed
Budget:
No data
Description:
The objectives of the project are the following: - Detection of accidental water pollution (immediately not retrospectively) - Protection of drinking water supply - Protection of aquatic biota - Analysis of the cause of detrimental effects on aquatic biota including fishkills by illegal discharge of toxic waste waters - Discovery of polluters - Prevention of pollution by intensified surveillance. The surveillance network of Ruhr River Association is to be extended and complemented by continuous water quality monitoring by means of physical chemical sensors (for temperature, pH, electric conductivity, oxygen,- ammonia-, nitrate-concentrations, and chlorophyll fluorescence for algal biomass) and biomonitoring with the zebra-mussel Dreissena polymorpha. The innovative approach is the triggering of automated sampling by signal from the chemical and/or biological sensors.
Resource:
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/life/publicWebsite/project/LIFE94-ENV-D-000050/extension-of-the-water-quality-monitoring-system-in-the-river-ruhr-measuring-and-sampling-station-hattingen-and-essen
Inland water types:
Rivers and estuaries', 'Urban water'
