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GRUNDWASSER
Volume 13, Issue 3, Pages 133-146Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00767-008-0076-7
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groundwater-surface water interaction; integral pumping test (IPT); streambed temperature mapping; contaminant mass flow rates; EU-Water Framework Directive (EU-WFD)
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As a result of intensive industrial, mining, and urban development, numerous large-scale contaminated areas exist in Germany. These so-called megasites represent a challenge to risk assessment and remediation strategies. At the Bitterfeld megasite, the contaminated groundwater interacts with the local streams. Along a stream reach 280m long, the mass flow rates of chlorinated benzenes were estimated by combining integral pumping tests, streambed temperature mapping, and analyses of contaminant concentrations in the streambed sediments. On average, a total mass flow rate of 617 mg d(-1) monochlorobenzene (MCB) and 157 mg d(-1) dichlorobenzene (DCB) is released from the adjoining aquifer into the stream along the investigated reach. Further, the streambed sediment acts as the dominant contaminant source. Considering the streambed sediments, the contaminant mass flow rate to the river increases to values between 2,355 and 4,323 mg d(-1) MCB and between 892 and 3,587 mg d(-1) DCB.
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