Groundwater Directive

Table 3.4 List I and II substances under groundwater directive...

Groundwater Directive (80/68/ EEC) Relates to the protection of groundwater quality from certain substances. It prohibits the discharge of substances/groups of substances in List 1 and requires pollution to be minimised from other substances in List 2. New arrangements will include requirements on monitoring and reporting. 

New Groundwater Directive requires DWPA objectives to be met for groundwater body to achieve good status... 

Most pollutants are generated at the ground surface and in many cases they can infiltrate groundwater directly in the vicinity of the source area, or indirectly farther downstream through downward seepage from surface water bodies (after prior transport by overland flow to these surface water bodies). 

Developed under Article 17 of the Water Framework Directive (WFD), the new European Groundwater Directive (GWD) sets out criteria for assessing the chemical status of groundwater bodies. In accordance with an analysis of pressures and... 

Updated environmental requirements of the existing surface water Direaive (75/440/EEC), the Direaive on discharges of dangerous substances (76/464/EEC) and the groundwater Directive (80/ 68/EEC) have been incorporated into the WFD. It is planned that, once the WFD will be fiilly operational, these Directives will be repealed in 2013. 

Figure 1.2. Schematic of the implementation of the electrolytic reactive barrier system (Sale, Petersen, and Gilbert, 2005). The barrier is installed perpendicular to the flow of groundwater direction and low electric current is applied to induce oxidation and reduction of contaminants at the electrodes.

Table 3. List I and List II substances as defined by EC Groundwater Directive (80/68/EEC)...

At locations where more than a few thousand liters of radionuclide-contaminated water were released (particularly with high concentrations), the long-lived radionuclides are expected to be present In the saturated soils and (to an unknown extent) In the groundwater directly below and downgradlent from the release location. These locations Include the 116-N-2 radioactive chemical waste treatment and storage tank, the 118-N-l spacer storage silos, the 1304-N EOT, and the 1314-N LWLS. 

Boric acid solution is stored externally to the aimex building to a total quantity of 132 tonnes (Environmental Report Tables 2.9.3 and 2.9.6, reference 14.4). Boric acid is not subject to regulation under COMAH. Boric acid (i.e., a compound of boron) is subject to regulation as a List n substance in Groundwater Directive (Reference 14.24) and should be prevented from escaping thereby causing pollution. 

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