NDLI: Substance Flow Analysis of Mercury Affecting Water Quality in the European Union

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Author	Sundseth, Kyrre Pacyna, Jozef M. Pacyna, Elisabeth G. Panasiuk, Damian
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	Knowledge concerning the main flows of priority substances (PSs) and the production systems and consumption structures in the society causing these flows is a prerequisite for any attempt to predict and understand their environmental fate as well as to efficiently minimize future environmental burdens. In this paper, a simple SFA diagram on mercury, including the main European Union (EU-27) source categories, flows and environmental endpoints which in turn affect the mercury concentrations in the EU-27 waters are illustrated. From trend analysis and future projections, it becomes obvious that emissions of mercury as a trace contaminant in fuels and minerals (primary anthropogenic emission sources) are becoming increasingly important to the environmental concentrations compared to emissions from mercury used intentionally (secondary anthropogenic sources). Additional future control strategies should therefore be targeted industrial sources and safe treatment of mercury-containing wastes, wastewater effluents, as well as residues collected from various combustion processes. It was found that knowledge on flows and emission sources on a large geographical scale is limited due to a lack of information on emission factors from various industrial processes and waste systems, especially for the mercury being discharges to water and land.
Starting Page	429
Ending Page	442
Page Count	14
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00496979
Journal	Water, Air, and Soil Pollution
Volume Number	223
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15732932
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2011-08-06
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Substance flow analysis (SFA) Material flow analysis (MFA) Priority substance (PS) Water Framework Directive (WFD) Decision support Mercury (Hg) Emission factors Emission sources Waste Water Technology Water Pollution Control Water Management Aquatic Pollution Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution Environment Climate Change Hydrogeology Soil Science & Conservation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecological Modeling Environmental Chemistry Pollution Environmental Engineering Water Science and Technology

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