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Workshop on Micropollutants, Metabolites and Mixtures in Drinking Water and its Sources
Workshop on Micropollutants, Metabolites and Mixtures (3Ms) in Drinking Water and its Sources
Nieuwegein (NL), 18-19 June 2012
This two-day workshop was organised jointly by IWW Water Centre and KWR Watercycle Research Institute, under the umbrella of the Aqua Research Coalition (ARC) and the Norman Network, to address the question of micropollutants, metabolites and mixtures in drinking water and its sources.
Among the participants were 20 representatives of the Dutch drinking water companies and 30 participants of other international organisations amounting to a total of 9 different nationalities.
The main objectives of the workshop were:
- to prepare the ground for concrete recommendations for prioritisation of the vast amount of chemicals (known and unknowns) that can be relevant for drinking water suppliers
- to facilitate the identification of best practice (what works) in toxicity assessment and regulatory approaches.
- to support consensus building, by identifying potentials and needs for harmonisation.
The oral presentations can be downloaded as pdf files (see below).
Summary of the main messages and conclusions of the debate (July 2012)
WORKSHOP PROGRAM AND PRESENTATIONS
Monday, 18 June 2012
Setting the Scene
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Welcome by the host and introduction to the program
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Merijn Schriks (KWR Watercycle Research Institute, The Netherlands)
Presentations -
David SCHWESIG (IWW, Germany)
Presentations
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Merijn Schriks (KWR Watercycle Research Institute, The Netherlands)
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Setting the Scene
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Susan Richardson
Micropollutants, metabolites and their mixtures in drinking water and its sources – an overview
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Susan Richardson
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Session Micropollutants and metabolites in drinking water and its sources
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Tamara Grummt (UBA, Germany)
Toxicity assessment (methods, parameters, end-points, evaluation of results) -
Arnaud Boivin (ANSES, France)
Regulatory and monitoring approaches
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Tamara Grummt (UBA, Germany)
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Session Mixture effects of micropollutants and metabolites in drinking water and its sources
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Bernadette Ossendorp (RIVM, The Netherlands)
Cumulative risk assessment of pesticide residues in food: legal framework and state of affairs -
Thomas Backhaus - Website
(University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Toxicological and ecotoxicological assessment of micropollutant mixtures: concepts, approaches and empirical evidence -
Ron van der Oost (Waternet, The Netherlands)
A perspective on (existing and/or) possible regulatory & monitoring approaches
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Bernadette Ossendorp (RIVM, The Netherlands)
- Short wrap-up and preview/introduction to the format of day 2
Tuesday, 19 June 2012
Interactive discussions (chaired by the experts from day 1)
- Generation of most important themes in three groups
- Discussion about three prioritized themes
- Presentations and wrap-up session
Date:
Monday, 18 June 2012 to Tuesday, 19 June 2012