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AQUATERRA
Understanding river-sediment-soil—groundwater
interactions for support of management of waterbodies (river
basin & catchment areas
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Project duration
February 2007 - January 2011
Project in brief
AquaTerra is an integrated project of the 6th EU RTD Framework Programme that aims to provide the scientific basis for an improved river basin management through a better understanding of the river-sediment-soil-groundwater system as a whole, by integrating both natural and socio-economics aspects at different temporal and spatial scales. This should be applicable to European contexts facing modifications or changes due to Climate Change, Land Use and pollution of soil and water.Soil-water management at catchment and river basin scales requires the identification of the relevant processes and the quantification of associated parameters, and the development of numerical models of the groundwater-soil-sediment-river system to identify adverse trends in soil functioning, water quantity and quality.
The AquaTerra models will integrate the key biogeochemical, climatic and hydrological processes over relevant scales in time and space.
AquaTerra integrates across multiple disciplines, from geosciences, environmental engineering and chemistry to socio-economic sciences, from the catchment to the regional scale with case studies located in major European river basins. It involves practitioners and end-users to elaborate operational tools for the different stake-holders (policy-makers, river basin managers, regional and urban land planners, …).
AquaTerra works in line with the precautionary principle and anticipates the risks caused by upcoming priority threats. In support to EU policy matters, AquaTerra takes into account socio-economics issues and their legal
implementations.
Co-ordinator of the project
Attempto Service GmbH, Tübingen, Germany
Project consortium
- Attempto Service GmbH, Germany, ATT
- Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany, TUB
- Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minieres, France, BRGM
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek, The Netherlands, TNO
- Newcastle University, Great Britain, UNEW
- Lancaster University, Great Britain, ULAN
- Czech Technical University, Czech Republic, CTU
- Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Denmark, DTU
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Spain, CSIC
- Wageningen University, The Netherlands, WU
- Umweltforschungszentrum Leipzig, Germany, UFZ
- Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg, Germany, TUHH
- Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland, ETHZ
- Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas, Poland, IETU
- Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland, UNINE
- Agencia Catalana de l'Aigua, Spain, ACA
- University of Mining and Metallurgy, Poland, UMM
- Europa Fachhochschule Fresenius, Germany, EFF
- Flemish Institute for Technological Research, Belgium, VITO
- Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Austria, BOKU
- Utrecht University, The Netherlands, ACA
- Université de Liege, Belgium, HGUlg
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, ULB
- Université Henri Poincaré, France, UHP
- Faculté Agronomique de Gembloux, Belgium, UHAG
- Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse, France, UAPV
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands, VU
- Universita di Trento, Italy, UT
- Universita di Padova, Italy, UPD
- T.G. Masaryk Water Research Institute Prague, Czech Republic, VUV
- The Wallonian Institute for Water Management, Belgium, ISSeP
- Rijksinstituut voor Integraal Zoetwaterbeheer en Afvalwaterbehandeling, The Netherlands RIZA
- Organisation for Sustainable soil management at Kempen, The Netherlands, AbdK
- National Institute for Research and Development for Environmental Protection, Romania, ICIM
- Ministry for protection resources environment, Republic of Serbia, Serbia, MPNRERS
- Slovakian Water Research Institute, Slovakia, WRI
- Technische Universität München, Germany, TUM
- Acteon, France, ACTeon
- Laboratories for Applied Organic Petrology, Germany, LAOP
- R3 Environmental technology Ltd, Great Britain, R3E
- Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona, Spain, AGBAR
- Institut für Gewässerökologie und angewandte Biologie GmbH, Germany, GOBIO
- Aquatest, Land and Water Consultancies, Czech Republic, AQUATEST
- Slovakian Environmental Institute, Slovakia, EI
- Wasy Ltd, Germany, WASY
Project website:
Contact person at
IETU:
Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas
Dr Marek Korcz
ul. Kossutha 6
40-833 Katowice
tel.: +48-32-254 60-31 ext. 241
fax: +48-32-254 17-17
e-mail: korcz@ietu.katowice.pl
Additional materials
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Polish Thematic Network for Environmental
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Polish Thematic Network for
Problems of Air Pollution and Climate Change
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