Pesticides in groundwater (Flanders)

Description

When using some pesticides, there is a risk that they or their degradation products may end up in groundwater. There they can still cause pollution for a long time. Especially hard-to-degrade products with high mobility due to good water solubility and low soil particle adsorption capacity pose a potential danger to groundwater. Furthermore, the distribution of pesticides is determined by the characteristics of the aquifers present, such as permeability, hydraulic gradient and presence/absence of adsorbents. Pesticides and their metabolites are found almost exclusively in the phreatic (shallow) aquifers due to their environmentally foreign external origin and recent application.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
8 https://metadata.vlaanderen.be/srv/dut/catalog.search#/metadata/e348ae9e-4c42-3327-9cad-5519f03fdb91
8 https://metadata.vlaanderen.be/srv/dut/catalog.search#/metadata/e348ae9e-4c42-3327-9cad-5519f03fdb91

Tags

  • grondwater
  • pesticiden

Topics

  • HEAL
  • ENVI

Categories