Copper and zinc water quality standards under the EU Water Framework Directive: The use of a tiered approach to estimate the levels of failure

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 403, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 12-22

  Comber, S D W ^a   Merrington, G ^b   Sturdy, L ^b   Delbeke, K ^c   van Assche, F ^d  

^a ATKINS   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c European Copper Institute   (Belgium)

^d INTERNATIONAL ZINC ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Background concentration; Bioavailability; Biotic ligand model; Environmental quality standards; Metals; Tiered assessment

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; METALS; POLLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; STANDARDS; WATER QUALITY; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; (O-SEC.-BUTYLDITHIOCARBONATIO-S ,S') COPPER; BIOLOGICAL INDICES; BIOTIC LIGAND MODELS (BLM); CHEMICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL QUALITY; ECO-TOXICOLOGY; ELSEVIER (CO); ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (EA); ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS (EQS); PHYSICO CHEMICALS; RISK REDUCTION (RR); TIERED APPROACH; WATER BODIES; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE (WFD); WATER QUALITY STANDARDS; WATER STANDARDS;

REUSABILITY;

COPPER; METAL; ZINC;

BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; ESTIMATION METHOD; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; ZINC;

EID: 48149084145     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.05.017     Document Type: Article

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