Project Acronym/ID: 
SOLUTIONS
Project Duration: 
2013 +
Project Status: 
Project Summary: 

SOLUTIONS will deliver a conceptual framework for the evidence-based development of environmental and water policies. This will integrate innovative chemical and effect-based monitoring tools with a full set of exposure, effect and risk models and assessment options. Uniquely, SOLUTIONS taps (i) expertise of leading European scientists of major FP6/FP7 projects on chemicals in the water cycle, (ii) access to the infrastructure necessary to investigate the large basins of Danube and Rhine as well as relevant Mediterranean basins as case studies, and (iii) innovative approaches for stakeholder dialogue and support. In particular, International River Commissions, EC working groups and water works associations will be directly supported with consistent guidance for the early detection, identification, prioritization, and abatement of chemicals in the water cycle. A user-friendly tool providing access to a set of predictive models will support stakeholders to improve management decisions, benefiting from the wealth of data generated from monitoring and chemical registration. SOLUTIONS will give a specific focus on concepts and tools for the impact and risk assessment of complex mixtures of emerging pollutants, their metabolites and transformation products. Analytical and effect-based screening tools will be applied together with ecological assessment tools for the identification of toxicants and their impacts. Beyond state-of-the-art monitoring and management tools will be elaborated allowing risk identification for aquatic ecosystems and human health. The SOLUTIONS approach will provide transparent and evidence-based lists of River Basin Specific Pollutants for the case study basins and support the review of the list of WFD priority pollutants.

Project Website: 
http://www.solutions-project.eu/
Project: 
Monitoring for emerging pollutants of potential concern
Key Contacts : 

Coordinator

HELMHOLTZ

Administrative contact

Annette Schmidt

Tel.: +49 341 235 1663

Email : http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/110817_en.html

Institution

Zentrum fuer umweltforschung GMBH

Permoser Strasse 15

04318 Leipzig, Germany

Funding Programme Text: 
FP7 – ENV-2013-two-stage Funding scheme – CP – Collaborative project (generic)