Workshop - Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde

Organisational matters
All roads lead to BfG
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The workshop will be held in the main building of
the Federal Institute of Hydrology, Koblenz,
Am Mainzer Tor 1. The main entrance is in JuliusWegeler-Straße near the “Rhein-Mosel-Halle”.
The BfG is in 10-minute walking distance from the
main station “Koblenz-Hauptbahnhof”.
Please note that there are very limited parking facilities nearby.
Workshop
We ask you to make sure that your registration is
received by 9 March 2007. We will confirm the
receipt of registration by e-mail.
Emerging contaminants in the
environment
Exposure, fate, effects,
risk assessment and mitigation
measures
We will reserve a contingent of rooms for participants
in the Project Orpheus in the Hotel Mercure, in the
immediate vicinity of the BfG. Please do not forget to
fill in the questions for your accommodation preferences and the participation in the field trip in the
registration form.
30 March 2007 in Koblenz
No fees will be charged for participation.
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Participants have to pay their accommodation costs
themselves.
Federal Institute of Hydrology /
BfG Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde
Am Mainzer Tor 1, 56068 Koblenz
www.bafg.de
Have a pleasant journey to Koblenz!
With questions you can return to:
Dr. Thomas Ternes concerning the contents
Phone: 0261/1306-5443, Fax: 0261/1306-5828
E-Mail: walter.krause@bafg.de
Yvonne Strunck concerning the organization
Phone: 0261/1306-5361, Fax: 0261/1306-5333
E-Mail: strunck@bafg.de
Treated-wastewater discharges are a major point source
of organic pollutants such as pharmaceuticals, flame
retardants or the priority substances listed in the European Water Framework Directive. There have been few
studies in the past of the occurrence and biological activity of compounds newly emerging in the environment, such as pharmaceuticals or ingredients of personal
care products (PPCPs) and their metabolites. After passing through the sewage treatment plant (STP), the effluent is usually discharged into rivers and streams, or it
may be applied to farmland for irrigation. Thus, treated
wastewater might enter bank filtrate or infiltrate into
groundwater. If drinking water is produced from resources that contain a substantial portion of treated
wastewater (e.g. contaminated groundwater, river water
downstream of communities), this means a short-cut in
the natural water cycle, and there is a potential for indirect potable water reuse.
Industry
ORPHEUS: A review of a CanadaGermany Co-operation Project
18:00
Effects of veterinary pharmaceuticals on
soil organisms
Jörg Römbke, ECT Ökotoxikologie
GmbH, Flörsheim
15:00
Sorption and degradation of pharmaceuticals in water/sediment systems
Guido Fink and Karoline Stein, Federal
Institute of Hydrology
15:45
Coffee break
16:15
Best agricultural practise to reduce
environmental risks
Ed Topp, Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canada, London
17:00
Down the drain chemicals: Discussion
about measures to control the release of
emerging contaminants
Thomas Wintgens, RWTH Aachen University
17:45
Concluding remarks
18:00
Adjourn
20:00
Dinner
Get-togehter
Friday, 30 March 2007
9:00
Welcome
Volkhard Wetzel, Head of the Federal
Institute of Hydrology
9:15
Introduction: emerging contaminants in
the environment
Thomas Ternes, Federal Institute of
Hydrology
9:45
run off
infiltration
bank filtrate ground water
Canadian Water Network: strategy to
assess the ecological and human health
risks of emerging contaminants
Mark Servos, University of Waterloo
drinking water
If persistent pharmaceuticals and their metabolites are
found in drinking water, this represents unintended
indirect potable reuse. Considering ecotoxicological and
toxicological concerns, PPCPs are a challenge to urban
water management, since these mostly bio-active and
polar compounds have a high probability to pass
through the barriers of traditional drinking-water treatment technologies. In particular, little research work
was devoted to the potential exposure of humans to
metabolites of PPCPs that have biological activity.
The workshop demonstrates the results of a GermanCanadian project in this field and gives a survey about
the different perspectives in Canada and the EU.
14:15
Thursday, 29 March 2007
irrigation
soil passage
waterworks
Effects of human pharmaceuticals on
fish
Joanne Parrott, Environment Canada,
NWRI, Burlington
Programme
STP
water/sediment
13:30
10:30
Coffee break
11:00
EU-project ERAPharm: Contributions
to the ERA of pharmaceuticals
Thomas Knacker, ECT Ökotoxikologie
GmbH, Flörsheim
11:45
12:30
Ecotoxicology of personal care products
Chris Metcalfe, Trent University,
Peterborough
Lunch
Registration Form
(to be returned by telefax, mail or E-mail)
Please make sure that this binding registration is received by 9 March 2007.
To:
Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde
z. Hd. Frau Strunck
Postfach 20 02 53
56002 Koblenz
GERMANY
Fax:
E-mail:
++49-261-13065333
Strunck@bafg.de
Workshop
Emerging contaminants in the environment
Exposure, fate, effects, risk assessment and mitigation measures
30 March 2007 in Koblenz
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We will reserve a contingent of rooms for participants in the Project Orpheus in the
MERCURE Hotel Koblenz.
Requested accommodation in the MERCURE Hotel Koblenz:
Arrivel on
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Departure on
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March/April 2007
S Single room (84,- EUR incl. breakfast)
S Two-bed room (114,- EUR incl. breakfast)
I will attend the get-together on Thursday, 29 March 2007
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S no
I will participate in the excursion on Saturday, 31 March 2007
S yes
S no
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How to find the Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG)
By car:
Either Motorway A3, exit “Dernbacher Dreieck” or Motorway A61, exit “Kreuz Koblenz”,
continue A48 in the direction of Koblenz, exit “Koblenz-Nord”. Follow B9 towards Koblenz for approx.
8 km. Follow signs for “Koblenz/Rhein-Mosel-Halle”. Go straight on and turn right after the 4th traffic
light towards “Rhein-Mosel-Halle/Weindorf”. Follow the road to the left and go straight on at the lights.
The BfG main building is on the right.
(Parking facilities: Rhein-Mosel-Halle or in streets nearby).
Federal Institute of Hydrology
By aeroplane:
From Cologne Airport by train to Koblenz via Cologne (Köln).
Travel time: approx. 1½ hours. Train connection approx. every half an hour.
Am Mainzer Tor 1
56068 Koblenz, Germany
From Frankfurt/Rhein-Main Airport by train via station „Fernbahnhof“.
Travel time: approx. 1¼ hours. Trains to Koblenz go every hour.
Phone: +49 261 / 1306-0
Fax: +49 261 / 1306-5333
E-mail: posteingang@bafg.de
www.bafg.de
For further information: http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en
From Frankfurt/Hahn Airport by bus to Koblenz railway station (Hauptbahnhof).
Travel time: approx. 1¼ hours. Bus connections five times a day.
For details: http://www.hahn-airport.de/default.aspx?menu=passengers_visitors&cc=en.
Am Mainzer Tor
Rhein-MoselHalle
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main building
Am Mainzer Tor 1
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HBf
main station
(entrance Julius-Wegeler-Str.)
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We will reserve a contingent of rooms for participants in the Project Orpheus
in the Mercure Hotel Koblenz: 8
Julius-Wegeler-Straße 6; Single room (84,- EUR incl. breakfast), Two-bed room (114,- EUR incl. breakfast)
Please do not forget to fill in the questions for your
accommodation preferences in the registration form.