Predicting the Effects of a Pesticide Release to the Rhine River

Deborah J. Mossman; Jerald L. Schnoor; Werner Stumm

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Predicting the Effects of a Pesticide Release to the Rhine River

Deborah J. Mossman, Jerald L. Schnoor and Werner Stumm

Journal - Water Pollution Control Federation, Vol.60(10), pp.1806-1812

10/01/1988

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Abstract

A 1-dimensional unsteady contaminant transport model was applied to the Sandoz Chemical Company spill of November, 1986, into the Rhine River. The model is unconditionally stable and included the chemical exchange from the water column to a fixed bed and kinetic degradation and transformation reactions for organic chemicals. Nine chemicals were calibrated to field data; the predominant chemicals in the spill were organophosphate pesticides. Model output provided ecosystem exposure information and estimates of sediment contamination.

Hydrolysis

Hydroxides

Photolysis

Ecosystem models

Pesticides

Chemical spills

Sediment contamination

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Sediments

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Title: Subtitle: Predicting the Effects of a Pesticide Release to the Rhine River
Creators: Deborah J. Mossman
Jerald L. Schnoor
Werner Stumm
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal - Water Pollution Control Federation, Vol.60(10), pp.1806-1812
Publisher: Water Pollution Control Federation
ISSN: 0043-1303
eISSN: 2327-7467
Language: English
Date published: 10/01/1988
Academic Unit: Occupational and Environmental Health; Civil and Environmental Engineering
Record Identifier: 9983997419302771

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