European Fundend Projects

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'