Essays about: "vattenskyddsområde"

Found 4 essays containing the word vattenskyddsområde.

  1. 1. A Toxic Legacy? : A Study of PFAS Leakage from Landfills in the Eastern Part of Mälaren

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Elsa Hård af Segerstad; [2023]
    Keywords : Landfills; PFAS; Leachate; Mälaren-Görväln; Östra Mälaren Water Protection Area; Norrvatten; Drinking Water; Characterisation; Risk Assessment; Deponier; PFAS; Lakvatten; Mälaren-Görväln; Östra Mälarens vattenskyddsområde; Norrvatten; Dricksvatten; Karakterisering; Riskbedömning;

    Abstract : The growing concern around per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and their negative health and environmental effects have lately become more apparent which also is reflected in the new, more strict regulations of permitted levels of PFAS in drinking water extracted from water resources. However, many point sources of PFAS pollution to the environment and to water resources are still not identified and assessed for risk. READ MORE

  3. 2. Establishment of water protection areas : comparing benefits of protecting groundwater services to agricultural costs

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Julia Wahtra; [2019]
    Keywords : cost-benefit analysis; groundwater services; water protection areas; distributional effects; agriculture;

    Abstract : In this study, a CBA of expanding a water protection area and imposing more restrictive protection regulations to safeguard a groundwater source used for drinking water supply was performed. The case study area was a location in the Southern part of Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 3. Skydd mot nitrat och bekämpningsmedel i dricksvatten : åtgärder och styrmedel i fem länder

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil Sciences

    Author : Marianne Carlsson; [2006]
    Keywords : nitrat; bekämpningsmedel; dricksvatten; vattenskyddsområde;

    Abstract : In many European countries there is an increasing concern about the occasionally high concentrations of nitrate and pesticides in drinking water. The advent of the EU Water Framework Directive particularly highlights this. READ MORE

  5. 4. Soil and groundwater contamination with gasoline and diesel oil : assessment of subsurface hydrocarbon contamination resulting from a fuel release from an underground storage tank in Vanstad, Skåne, Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Malgorzata Glowacka; [2005]
    Keywords : bensin; diesel; läckage; förorening; underjordstank; gasoline; diesel oil; contamination; underground storage tank; leakage; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Spills and leaks from storage tanks constitute the most common groundwater contamination source with petroleum products. Gasoline and diesel pools do not spread extensively along the water table, but dissolved constituents are transported in groundwater on relatively larger distances. READ MORE