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Table 5.3 – Effectiveness of controls to prevent chemicals reaching aquatic environment from point sources
Note – Information on diffuse sources is mostly poor, so excluded from this table.
1 - see Table 3.2
2 – table 3.1 based on 111 105 water bodies and number of water bodies failing for substance (Many = over 10 000; Medium = over 1 000; Low = over 100)
3 – Historic = use before 1940
4 – International restrictions as POPS
5 – regulatory approval for isoproturon expired in 2017, so data reflect the period where its use was still permitted
Moving beyond the well-established pollutants represented by priority substances, we need to implement methods which effectively assess the risk presented by mixtures in the aquatic environment. Longer term sustainability can be provided by the development of alternative approaches which deliver the desired function currently provided by harmful chemicals. Developing a circular economy is part of this process.
[1] https://tableau.discomap.eea.europa.eu/t/Wateronline/views/WISE_SOW_FailingRBSP/SWB_FailingRBSP?iframeSizedToWindow=true&:embed=y&:showAppBanner=false&:display_count=no&:showVizHome=no
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Table 5.3.
- Mercury is not a POP substance and is not regulated as such by international treaty or EU provisions related to POP substances. It can be described as: "behaving similarly to POP substance"
- Tributyltin-cation - this substance is not POP but PBT. Comment similar to the comment on mercury.
Note: 4
Regarding to mercury, the Minamata Convention and the new EU regulation should be referred.
In relation to tributyltin compounds, the description of the substance as PBT is given in one of sections of the report. That substance was not analyzed against POP criteria in accordance with the Stockholm Convention.
We suggest changing the explanation of the annotation 4 as follows: international restrictions as persistant, toxic and bioaccumulating.
DE-BY:
'Moving beyond the well-established pollutants represented by priority substances, we need to implement methods which effectively assess the risk presented by mixtures in the aquatic environment. '
This point is to be discussed: in which legal framework should risk assessment of mixtures be implemented?
It may rather be a task for licencing than for chemical status assessment in WFD.
DE-BY:
'Moving beyond the well-established pollutants represented by priority substances, we need to implement methods which effectively assess the risk presented by mixtures in the aquatic environment. '
This point is to be discussed: in which legal framework should risk assessment of mixtures be implemented?
It may rather be a task for licencing than for chemical status assessment in WFD.
DE-UBA II 2.2
Table 5.3
a) measures/ atmospheric depotsition (last column): Please add: 'improve treatment of storm water before discharging' and 'reduce road transportation'
b) measures / industry and mining: Please add 'reduce emissions to atmosphere'
DE-UBA II 2.2
Table 5.3
a) measures/ atmospheric depotsition (last column): Please add: 'improve treatment of storm water before discharging' and 'reduce road transportation'
b) measures / industry and mining: Please add 'reduce emissions to atmosphere'
Eurometaux
Contamination mainly from industry and mining (section 2.6): we suggest instead “mining legacy” or “or abandoned historic mining sites”, not "mining".
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Moving beyond the well-established pollutants represented by priority substances, we need to implement methods which effectively assess the risk presented by mixtures in the aquatic environment. Longer term sustainability can be provided by the development of alternative.
Comment Belgium (Wallonia) : Insert
Moving beyond the well-established pollutants represented by priority substances, we need to implement methods which effectively assess the risk presented by mixtures in the aquatic environment (i.e. Effect Based Monithoring methods). Longer term sustainability can be provided by the development of alternative.