Risk assessment and prioritisation of contaminated sites on the catchment scale

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 101, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 14-28

  Troldborg, Mads ^a   Lemming, Gitte ^a   Binning, Philip J ^a   Tuxen, Nina ^a   Bjerg, Poul L ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Catchment scale; CatchRisk; Flux; Groundwater contamination; Leaching models; Mass discharge; Prioritisation; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ESTIMATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEACHING; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RUNOFF; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER QUALITY; WATERWORKS;

CATCHMENT SCALE; CATCHMENT SCALES; CATCHRISK; CONTAMINANT SOURCES; CONTAMINATED SITES; COPENHAGEN; DATA AVAILABILITY; DATA SCARCITY; DENMARK; FLUX; GROUND WATER QUALITY; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER MODELLING; LEACHING MODELS; LOCAL SCALING; MASS DISCHARGE; MASS FLUXES; POINT SOURCES; PRIORITISATION; RISK ASSESSMENT TOOLS; RISK-BASED PRIORITISATION; SCREENING TOOLS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOURCE FLUX; TESTING HYPOTHESIS; TRANSPORT MODELLING;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

GROUND WATER;

CATCHMENT; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEACHING; MASS TRANSFER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRIORITIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CATCHMENT; DENMARK; LEACHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; STOCHASTIC MODEL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY; XENOBIOTICS;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; KOBENHAVN [DENMARK]; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 52949134104     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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