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Status of Local Soil
Contamination in
Europe:
current situation
and outlook
Ana PAYA PEREZ European Commission, Joint Research Centre
(JRC)
5th Meeting of the EU Expert Group on Soil Protection
Brussels 24th October 2017
Disclaimer: Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on its behalf may be held responsible for the use to which information contained in this presentation may be put, nor for any errors which may appear despite careful preparation and checking. The presentation does not necessarily reflect the view of the position of the European Union.
DRAFT
1. Objectives Status Report
(in preparation)
To serve as the basis for the revision of the Indicator “Progress in the management of contaminated sites in Europe”, summarizing the actual status of LOCAL soil contamination and highlighting the differences between countries.
• How is Europe dealing with soil contamination? Are the countries addressing soil contamination in the same way?
• Which progresses have been achieved regarding soil contamination management?
1. EIONET Questionnaires
Caution must be taken:
- changes in the concepts of Site Status since the first data compilation,
- changes in considered polluting activities
- different data available for each country between years
1. EIONET Questionnaire 2016
Caution is needed in
interpreting the results:
- 4 EU countries did not
reply (and 7 non EU)
- Not all countries
responded to every
question.
- Belgium, Italy and UK
keep regional
management systems
and it has been not
possible to collect data
for all their regions.
Lithuania: concentration in the target area before the start of planned activities
Belgium: Values above ambient concentrations of a pollutant in the soil
Background concentration
Belgium: applies to all activities, economic or not, except housing
Slovakia: abandoned industrial sites, where contamination of groundwater and soil is usually present.
Brownfields
Latvia: utilisation of soil, subterranean depths, water, air, installations or buildings and other stationary facilities that may result in environmental pollution or risk of accidents
Polluting activities
Slovakia, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Serbia: human activities as the trigger
Germany: any impairment of soil functions
Soil pollution
Belgium, Croatia, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland: where confirmed presence of hazardous and substances caused by human activity in concentrations that may cause a significant risk to human health and the environment
Soil contamination
2. Differences in concepts and definitions
concentration of substances in the soil under natural conditions or conditions with very little human influence.
as a property, which expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance.
included those installations covered by the IPPC or the Seveso II Directives.
the presence of a chemical or substance that has adverse effects.
Soil contamination is not necessarily causing harm
3. Revision of the indicator “Progress in the management of contaminated sites”
LSI003: Sites where polluting activities took place:
Site Status 1 - Sites where polluting activities took place
N EU countries replying
Reported number of sites
S.S. 1 estimated 12 1 380 000
S. S. 1 registered 20 582 000
Site Status 2 - Sites in need of investigation or under investigation where there is a clear suspicion of contamination
S.S. 2a - Sites in need of investigation 19 180 000
S. S. 2b - Sites under investigation 17 79 000
Site Status 3 - Sites that have been investigated, but no remediation needed
S. S. 3 - Investigated sites but no remediation needed
20 76 000
Site Status 4 - Sites that need or might need remediation or risk-reduction measures (RRM)
S. S. 4a - Sites where remediation is needed 19 45 000
S. S. 4b - Sites where remediation might be needed
13 79 000
Site Status 5 - Sites under/with on-going remediation or RRMs
S. S. 5 - Sites under remediation 21 14 000
Site Status 6 - Site remediation or RRMs completed or sites under after-care measures
S. S. 6 - Remediated sites (RS) 21 63 000
3. Extent of local soil contamination in Europe
5. Inventories
No legal obligation in EU
Many countries (72%) have developed their inventories of contaminated sites based on their own consideration
6. Historical contamination and orphan sites
62% of countries have national, regional or private programs to deal with historical contamination and to assure funds availability to remediate orphan sites.
Networking and outreach
Monograph “European achievements in soil remediation and brownfield redevelopment”
contributions from the EIONET NRC Soil is in press,
publication October 2017
Countries participating
BELGIUM
FINLAND
FRANCE
HUNGARY
ITALY
POLAND
SPAIN
UNITED KINGDOM
Publication "European Achievements in Soil Remediation and Brownfield
Redevelopment"
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Themes covered N. Articles
•Historical Achievements 3
•Brownfields 7
•Landfill remediation 2
•Mining sites 1
•Networking 1
•Research 3
Total 17
Networking
RemTech Europe 2017 Conference on Remediation
Technologies Topics: “Case studies, criteria for success of remediation in the
context of circular economy”
Workshop on sustainable remediation of contaminated sites: what's
new in Europe?
http://www.remtechexpo.com/en/mission/conferenceeng
www.remtechexpo.com
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REMTECH EXPO
THE NUMBERS
- 6.000 expert participants
- 100 conferences in parallel sessions
- 150 members of Scientific Committees (RemTech, Europe, Coast,
Esonda, Inertia and Sismo)
- 150 sponsors
- 100 media partner
- 270 expositors
- 5 continents represented - Europa (almost all), Africa (South Africa,
North African visitors) , America (USA, Canada, Brazil (expositors,
speakers, and visitors), Asia (China and India with numerous
delegations, Japan in video connexion), Australia (RemTech Expo
is partner of Clean-up Australia)
REMTECH 19-21 September 2018:
With 2 New Areas: Urban regeneration and circular chemistry.
This report has been possible thanks to the
commitment of the Ad-hoc Working Group on Contaminated Sites and Brownfields, which
is composed by members of National Reference Centres (NRCs) with the mandate of the
EIONET NRC Soil.
5th Meeting of the EU Expert Group on Soil Protection Brussels 24th October 2017
Representatives Ad-Hoc WG on Contaminated Sites and Brownfields
Country
Dietmar Mueller-Grabher Austria
Johan Ceenaeme Belgium/Flanders
Esther Goidts Belgium/Wallonia
Christoph Reusser Switzerland
Antonio Callaba de Roa Spain
Milan Sanka Czech Republic
Veronique Antoni France
Antonella Vecchio Marco Falconi
Italy
Andreja Steinberger Croatia
Sophie Capus Luxembourg
Frank Swartjes Netherlands
Kine Martinsen Norway
Jorge Santos Garcia Portugal
Dragana Vidojevic Serbia
Bernarda Podlipnik Slovenia
Katarina Paluchova Slovakia
Christian Andersen Denmark
David Middleton United Kingdom
Borisslava Borissova Bulgaria
Outi Pyy Finland
Mina Patsalidou Cyprus
Olav Ojala Estonia
THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION,
Ana Payá Pérez
EC-Joint Research Centre / European Soil Data Centre
http://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu
e-mail : [email protected]
5th Meeting of the EU Expert Group on Soil Protection Brussels 24th October 2017