MAGIC  Management of Groundwater at Industrially Contaminated Areas

Project duration

June 2005- March 2008

Long term objectivies  

Supporting sustainable spatial development by the abatement of groundwater damages 
Developing the innovative, integral, emission-orientated management approach developed in the FP5 RTD-project INCORE
Elaboration, implementation and specification of a set of proper tools of groundwater management
Application of the integral approach in the CADSES region 
Publication and dissemination of the results in training seminars offered to the main target groups as staff of public administration and service providers

Project in brief

The MAGIC (Management of Groundwater in Industrially Contaminated Areas) project is designed to promote sustainable spatial development by the abatement of large groundwater damages by applying the innovative, intergral, emission-orientated management approach.
The MAGIC project is fulfilled under INTERREG IIIB CADSES Programme and utilizes the transnational co-operation, experiences of Project Partners for a wider dissemination and know-how transfer on technical, administrative and management topics in CADSES region.
Project partners are institutions from three European countries: Poland, Germany and Czech Republic.
Project structure consists of six workpackages (WP):

• WP1 Basic information and planning

• WP2 Field studies & lab analysis

• WP3 Groundwater Modelling

• WP4 Evaluation of investigation results

• WP5 Sharing best practice in administrative procedures

• WP6 Management, coordination 

The project is structured in 6 workpackages. The workpackages 1 to 4 comprise technical actions to develop applicable planning methodologies for the implementation of the new technical approach. Workpackages 5 and 6 cover administrative aspects: the implementation into the daily work of local administration and the dissemination of the results in the CADSES. During the application, the tools will be modified and optimised. The main objective of the project is to develop simple and flexible technical and administrative tools, which can be adapted to the specific needs of the partners and end-users in the CADSES.

Key accomplishments  

• The implementation of the innovative concept in 4 pilot project areas

• The elaboration of the guidance for practical application of the MAGIC concept

• The transnational exchange of experience and dissemination
  

General tasks

• Compilation of GIS databases on groundwater contamination

• Hydrogeological conceptual modelling

• Performing of Immision Pumping Tests in control planes, downstream of potential sources zones

• Calculation of mass flux of contaminants across the control plane 

• Numerical modelling of groundwater flow and contaminant transport

• Backtracking for identification of most important sources zones of contaminants

• Ranking of potential sources zones on the base of their impact

• Groundwater-driven health risk assessment

• Feasibility studies for remediation of most important sources of groundwater contamination in optimal cost-effective remedial technology

• Sharing best administrative practise for implementation the integral approach into the legal framework of Cadses countries.
  

IETU's role in the implementation of the project

IETU Task in the Project:

• WP4 Leader (dr Jadwiga Gzyl),
• Participation in: WP1, 2, 4, 5 i 6.

IETU role in the project is focusing on :

• Application of GIS for site description
• Chemical analysis of groundwater and surface water
• Groundwater-driven health risk assessment
• Development of the hints for selection of groundwater remediation technology
• Providing a concept for landfill revitalization aiming at groundwater pollution abatement
• Sharing best administrative practise for implementation the integral approach into the legal framework of Cadses countries

Co-ordinator of the project

Central Mining Institute, Katowice, Poland, www.gig.katowice.pl 
Mgr inż. Grzegorz Gzyl, gzyl@gig.katowice.pl

Project consortium     

Central Mining Institute, Katowice, Poland
Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas, Katowice, Poland
Institute of Public Health, Ostrava, Czech Republic
City of Stuttgart, Germany
Polish Geological Institute, Warsaw, Poland
Municipality of Olsztyn, Poland

Project website:

•   www.magic-cadses.com

Contact person at IETU:

Institute for Ecology for Industrial Areas 
Dr inż. Jadwiga Gzyl
ul. Kossutha 6 
40-833 Katowice 
tel.: +48-32-254 60-31 wewn. 141
fax: +48-32-254 17-17 
e-mail: gzyl@ietu.katowice.pl 

Additional materials

• MAGIC leaflet, pdf file 

• MAGIC newsletter, Issue 1, Autumn 2006, pdf file

• MAGIC file viewer, pdf file

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