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Workshop on Emerging contaminants in European waters Copengagen, 5 - 6 December 2011

The NORMAN network on emerging substances and its activities in support of water policies in Europe. Workshop on Emerging contaminants in European waters Copengagen, 5 - 6 December 2011. NORMAN members – 2011. 50 members from 19 countries (incl. 2 from Canada). NORMAN members – 2011.

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Workshop on Emerging contaminants in European waters Copengagen, 5 - 6 December 2011

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  1. The NORMAN network on emerging substances and its activities in support of water policies in Europe Workshop on Emerging contaminants in European waters Copengagen, 5 - 6 December 2011

  2. NORMAN members – 2011 50 members from 19 countries (incl. 2 from Canada)

  3. NORMAN members – 2011 50 members from 19 countries (incl. 2 from Canada)

  4. Main targeted policies • Water Framework Directive • Support of the DG ENV WG-E and CMEP activities • River Basin Specific Pollutants • New priority substances • Quality and comparability of results at EU scale • ... • Marine Strategy Framework Directive • Upgrade of Drinking Water Directive - Water Safety Plans • REACh • Occurrence in the environment

  5. Chemical monitoring and emerging pollutants (CMEP) - sub-group of WG E • “The NORMAN network will be closely associated to this activity, as well as other relevant research initiatives on emerging pollutants. • Reliable and EU-wide information about levels and occurrences of emerging environmental pollutants which eventually can support the identification of new priority substances. • Information on performance of existing analytical methods for emerging pollutants and any other information deemed relevant for the activities of the WGE on this field. • Information exchange on the use of alternative effect-based monitoring methods (e.g. biomarkers, bioassays, EDA) needed for investigative monitoring and to better evaluate the link between chemical and ecological status and the effects of mixtures of pollutants and emerging pollutants.”

  6. What could be the role of NORMAN in Europe? • Primary data source for emerging substances; • Oneof the main actors in proposing substances for environmental legislation; • Providing experiences, data and tools as a basis for the identification/prioritisation of substances of concern; • Contributing to the architecture of the European data centers dealing with chemicals • Definition of a harmonized data collection: reported parameters, QA/QC features; • Contributing to the creation of the early warning system for emerging pollutants and subsequent policy actions. NORMAN Association N° W604002510

  7. Thank you for the attention! www.norman-network.net NORMAN Association N° W604002510

  8. NORMAN Databases – EMPODAT monitoring data Designed to store data from research projects and national /EU monitoring campaigns on emerging substances Regularly fed with input of the NORMAN members MassBank database to identify unknowns from mass spectrometric data – feeding EMPODAT

  9. EMPODAT Total number of substances: 359

  10. EMPODAT

  11. EMPODAT Recently uploaded data: • Modelkey • Saxony-Anhalt

  12. Prioritisation Scenarios General remarks: Data of different matrices are not aggregated, only within the same type of matrix Scenario A – all waters (fresh & marine): • Water, • Sediments (no fraction specified, fraction 2mm, 63µm, 50µm, 20µm), • Biota (no species specified, fish, molluscs) Scenario B – fresh waters: • Water, • Sediments (no fraction specified, fraction 2mm, 63µm, 50µm, 20µm), • Biota (no species specified, fish, molluscs) Scenario C – marine waters: • Water, • Sediments (no fraction specified, fraction 2mm, 63µm, 50µm, 20µm), • Biota (no species specified, fish, molluscs) NORMAN Association N° W604002510

  13. Scenario A: Water (Surface Waters Fresh and Marine) Total no. of prioritised substances: 706 Number of substances with analytical data: 324

  14. Scenario B: Water(Surface Fresh waters) Total no. of prioritised substances: 706 Number of substances with analytical data: 323

  15. Scenario B: Sediments FR 63(Surface Fresh waters) Total no. of prioritised substances: 706 Number of substances with analytical data: 23

  16. Slovakia case study Data in water matrix: Rivers-lakes-reservoirs-waste waters No. of substances: 80 6890 sites 1452 sites with concentrations above LoQ 56231 Analyses 4126 analysis above LoQ

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