European Fundend Projects

  • ID:
    projects-636
  • fiwar:
    LIFE98 ENV/GR/000212
  • Project_Acronym:
    Groundwater treatment
  • Project_Name:
    An integrated groundwater treatment and management policy in regions affected by high fluorine, boron, uranium, radon and arsencic, N. Greece
  • Funding Authority:
    LIFE
  • Call for proposals:
    Environment
  • Focus Area:
    Industrial risks - Hazardous substances,Site rehabilitation - Decontamination,Water resources protection
  • Begin Date:
    1998-09-01
  • End Date:
    2001-09-01
  • Status:
    Completed
  • Budget:
    No data
  • Description:
    This project was established to demonstrate technologies for the specific removal of these toxins. The region of Central Macedonia – where the development of water management strategy and policies was important to the project beneficiary, the prefecture of Thessaloniki – was used as a demonstration area. Water supply in the region varied from modern, centralised city and town systems, to single low-yield pumps and wells supplying individual farms and hamlets, often in isolated regions. Water management as well as water treatment were considered important in trying to solve the problems of the region. For this reason they were both included in the project aims. The quantifiable aims of the project were as follows: • Demonstrate water treatment technology to reduce arsenic, fluoride, boron and uranium to below the EU norms using modified zeolites or other adsorbents. • Demonstrate monitoring devices for quantifying radon emissions from different wells and springs in the region, to allow contaminated wells to be marked and avoided. • Develop a Geographical Information System (GIS) for the region including water-quality, population density and health data. This would allow maps to be drawn up identifying vulnerable areas and could be used as a tool to support water management and policy decisions governing water treatment.
  • Resource:
    https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/life/publicWebsite/project/LIFE98-ENV-GR-000212/an-integrated-groundwater-treatment-and-management-policy-in-regions-affected-by-high-fluorine-boron-uranium-radon-and-arsencic-n-greece
  • Inland water types:
    Groundwater', 'Urban water'