HOVER

Hydrogeological processes & Geological settings over Europe controlling dissolved geogenic and anthr
2018
The aim of the projekt is the exchange of information and know-how among the European Geological Services concerning the dissolved content in groundwater, in particular pollutants affecting human health.
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The challenge is to gain understanding of the controls on groundwater quality across Europe using the combined expertise and data held by member states. The project will address groundwater management issues related to drinking water, human and ecosystem health across Europe in relation to both geogenic elements and anthropogenic pollutants by data sharing, technical and scientific exchange between European GSOs1. We will link our knowledge of geological settings and understanding of hydrogeological processes to the natural variability of groundwater quality and to the risk of transfer of anthropogenic dissolved compounds to aquifers. For natural water quality this will include evaluating health risks and spatial variability of concentrations of geogenic elements and using a common approach to assessing thermal and mineral water. For diffuse pollutant behaviour we will increase understanding of ecology and microbial diversity controls on transforming pollutants at groundwater-surface water transition zones, quantify groundwater age distributions and nitrate and pesticide travel times in the subsurface and their attenuation patterns for evaluating the efficiency of programme of measures, the design and assessment of monitoring programmes, pollution trends, and create EU-wide aquifer vulnerability maps by comparing assessment methods across Europe. New compounds will be addressed by developing a consistent approach to groundwater monitoring for organic emerging contaminants. Common standards, databases and maps will be developed and project outputs will include thematic maps and web service tools at pan-European scale and databases available through the Information Platform to increase political and public awareness and improve groundwater management at the EU scale.
Project partners:
» Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM, France) – Project coordination
» Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO, Netherlands)
» DELTARES (DLT, Netherlands)
» Flanders Environment Agency (VMM, Belgium)
» Geological Survey of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FZZG, Bosnia-Herzegovina)
» Hrvatski geološki institut - Croatian Geological Survey (HGI-CGS, Croatia)
» Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment of Cyprus (GSD, Cyprus)
» Czech Geological Survey (CGS, Czech Republic)
» Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS, Denmark)
» Geologian Tutkimuskeskus (GTK, Finland)
» Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR, Germany)
» Landesamt für Bergbau, Energie und Geologie Niedersachsen (LBEG, Germany)
» Mining and Geological Survey of Hungary (MBFSZ, Hungary)
» Islenskar orkurannsoknir - Iceland GeoSurvey (ISOR, Iceland)
» Geological Survey Ireland (GSI, Ireland)
» Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA, Italy)
» Latvian Centre of Geology, Environment and Meteorology (LEGMC, Latvia)
» Lietuvos Geologijos Tarnyba prie Aplinkos Ministerijos (LGT, Lithuania)
» Ministry for Transport and Infrastructure (MTI, Malta)
» Polish Geological Institute - National Research Institute (PGI-NRI, Poland)
» Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia (LNEG, Portugal)
» Institutul Geologic al României (IGR, Romania)
» Geological Survey of Serbia (GSS, Serbia)
» Geološki Zavod Slovenije (GeoZS, Slovenia)
» Instituto Geologico y Minero de España (IGME, Spain)
» Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (ICGC, Catalonia)
» Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning (SGU, Sweden)
» GeoInform of Ukraine (State Geological and Subsurface Survey of Ukraine)
» Natural Environment Research Council (NERC, United Kingdom)
» Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences – Geological Survey of Belgium (RBINS-GSB, Belgium)
» Eesti Geoloogiateenistus (EGT, Estland)
» Landesamt für Bergbau, Geologie und Rohstoffe Brandenburg (LBGR, Germany)
Projectfacts
Project titleHydrogeological processes & Geological settings over Europe controlling dissolved geogenic and anthropogenic elements in groundwater of relevance to human health and the status of dependent ecosystems
Project acronymHOVER
Project short titleHydrogeological processes & Geological settings over Europe controlling dissolved geogenic and anthr
Project managerGerhard Schubert (Koordination GBA)
DepartmentHydrogeology & Geothermics
Period of time01.07.18 - 01.07.21
FinancingEuropean Union