A comparison of the importance of the presence of micropollutants in sediments …

• Summary
• International framework
• Priority pollutants in EU and Italian legislations
• Micropollutants and sediments in rivers
• Conclusions
• References
• Tables

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Table 1. - Water Framework Directive general definition for the chemical contribution to a high, good ecological status including the micropollutants presence in rivers

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Table 2. - Priority micropollutants according the COMMPS approach and the corresponding EQSs in Italian legislation for fresh water

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Table 3. - The procedure to assess the environmental quality standards of priority micropollutants

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Table 4. - EQSs of the Italian legislation for priority pollutants in sediments of salty and marine waters

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Table 5. - Descriptive statistics of annual mean concentrations of total heavy metals in European rivers (source: NERI and EEA-TF from multiple sources)

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Table 6. - Average concentration of particulate trace metals in μg/g in some Italian rivers over the period 1985-1996