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Helmecke, Manuela

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Helmecke

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Manuela

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Deutschland, Umweltbundesamt, Fachgebiet II.2.1-Übergreifende Angelegenheiten Wasser und Boden

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    Regulating water reuse for agricultural
    (2020) Fries, Elke; Helmecke, Manuela; Schulte, Christoph
    In recent years, more and more countries see irrigation using reclaimed water as an opportunity to secure and enhance agricultural production. Despite the benefits of water reuse, the scientific community raised several concerns and challenges for human health and the environment. This includes chemical risks. Effluents from urban wastewater treatment plants usually contain a wide range of organic chemicals. Such chemicals remaining in the water after the treatment process may cause hazards for human health, contaminate surrounding soil and water resources, and even compromise drinking water sources. Once crops on irrigated sites are exposed to chemicals, the potential transport to and accumulation in the edible parts of fruits and vegetables need to be controlled to rule out their introduction into the food chain. Finally, problems concerning the release of wastewater-borne antibiotics into the environment are starting to gain attention. For these reasons, agricultural irrigation should face more stringent quality requirements in order to minimize chemical risks. Combinations of measures reducing chemicals at the source, technical and natural water treatment processes especially to remove chemicals with persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT), or persistent, mobile and toxic (PMT) properties, good agricultural practices, and supplementary preventive measures (e.g. knowledge transfer to the stakeholders involved) will be necessary to bring about and ensure safe irrigation in the future. While internationally many regulations and guidelines for water reuse have successfully been implemented, questions remain whether the current knowledge regarding chemical risks is sufficiently considered in the regulatory context. The introduction of a new regulation for water reuse, as attempted in the European Union, poses a good opportunity to better take chemicals risks into account. Quelle: https://link.springer.com
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    Klarwasser in Flüssen: Herausforderung für die Trinkwassergewinnung?
    (2019) Drewes, Jörg E.; Helmecke, Manuela; Karakurt, Sema
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    Regulating water reuse for agricultural irrigation: risks related to organic micro-contaminants
    (2020) Fries, Elke; Helmecke, Manuela; Schulte, Christoph
    In recent years, more and more countries see irrigation using reclaimed water as an opportunity to secure and enhance agricultural production. Despite the benefits of water reuse, the scientific community raised several concerns and challenges for human health and the environment. This includes chemical risks. Effluents from urban wastewater treatment plants usually contain a wide range of organic chemicals. Such chemicals remaining in the water after the treatment process may cause hazards for human health, contaminate surrounding soil and water resources, and even compromise drinking water sources. Once crops on irrigated sites are exposed to chemicals, the potential transport to and accumulation in the edible parts of fruits and vegetables need to be controlled to rule out their introduction into the food chain. Finally, problems concerning the release of wastewater-borne antibiotics into the environment are starting to gain attention. For these reasons, agricultural irrigation should face more stringent quality requirements in order to minimize chemical risks. Combinations of measures reducing chemicals at the source, technical and natural water treatment processes especially to remove chemicals with persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT), or persistent, mobile and toxic (PMT) properties, good agricultural practices, and supplementary preventive measures (e.g. knowledge transfer to the stakeholders involved) will be necessary to bring about and ensure safe irrigation in the future. While internationally many regulations and guidelines for water reuse have successfully been implemented, questions remain whether the current knowledge regarding chemical risks is sufficiently considered in the regulatory context. The introduction of a new regulation for water reuse, as attempted in the European Union, poses a good opportunity to better take chemicals risks into account. © The Author(s) 2020
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    Wasserwirtschaft in Deutschland
    (2017) Arle, Jens; Bartel, Hartmut; Baumgarten, Corinna; Bertram, Andreas; Blondzik, Katrin; Brandt, Simone; Brauer, Frank; Claussen, Ulrich; Damian, Hans-Peter; Dieter, Daniela; Ginzky, Harald; Grimm, Sabine; Helmecke, Manuela; Hofmeier, Katja; Hofmeier, Maximilian; Hülsmann, Wulff; Kirschbaum, Bernd; Knobloch, Tobias; Koppe, Katharina; Koschorreck, Jan; Krakau, Manuela; Leujak, Wera; Mathan, Cindy; Mohaupt, Volker; Naumann, Stephan; Pickl, Christina; Rapp, Thomas; Rechenberg, Jörg; Deutschland. Umweltbundesamt. Abteilung II.2-Wasser und Boden
    Die Broschüre Wasserwirtschaft in Deutschland bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über die Grundlagen, Belastungen und Maßnahmen der deutschen Wasserwirtschaft und präsentiert wesentliche Fakten und aktuelle Daten rund um den Zustand unserer Gewässer, Gewässerschutz sowie Wasserversorgung und Ń entsorgung. Mit dieser Broschüre bieten wir interessierten Leserinnen und Lesern sowie der Fachöffentlichkeit ein Kompendium an Informationen und stellen Studierenden sowie Medienschaffenden eine zuverlässige Grundlage für wissenschaftliche Arbeiten und die Berichterstattung in diesem Themenbereich bereit. Quelle: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/
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    Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistances in the Environment
    (2018) Adler, Nicole; Balzer, Frederike; Blondzik, Katrin; Brauer, Frank; Chorus, Ingrid; Ebert, Ina; Fiedler, Traute; Förster, Christina; Heidemeier, Joachim; Grummt, Tamara; Hein, Arne; Helmecke, Manuela; Hilliges, Falk; Kirst, Ingo; Konradi, Sabine; Klasen, Jutta; Küster, Anette; Krause, Bernd; Pirntke, Ulrike; Roskosch, Andrea; Schönfeld, Jens; Selinka, Hans-Christoph; Straff, Wolfgang; Szewzyk, Regine; Westphal-Settele, Kathi; Deutschland. Umweltbundesamt
    Environmental aspects have so far only partially been addressed in the discussion of antimicrobial resistance. To bring this issue into focus, ⁠UBA⁠ compiled background information and data on the topic 'Antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance in the environment'. The results show that previously considered requirements for reduction, from the perspective of UBA, are insufficient to adequately protect health and the environment. UBA sees urgent need for improvement and proposes possible options for action.
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    Recommendations for reducing micropollutants in waters
    (2018) Ahting, Maren; Brauer, Frank; Duffek, Anja; Ebert, Ina; Eckhardt, Alexander; Hassold, Enken; Helmecke, Manuela; Kirst, Ingo; Krause, Bernd; Lepom, Peter; Leuthold, Sandra; Mathan, Cindy; Mohaupt, Volker; Moltmann, Johann F.; Müller, Alexandra; Nöh, Ingrid; Pickl, Christina; Pirntke, Ulrike; Pohl, Korinna; Rechenberg, Jörg; Suhr, Michael; Thierbach, Claudia; Tietjen, Lars; von der Ohe, Peter C.; Winde, Christine; Deutschland. Umweltbundesamt
    Residues of medicinal products, pesticides, biozides and other chemicals can adversely affect the environment and human health already in low concentrations. These micropollutants are increasingly detected in our waters not least due to improved analytics. Precautionary measures are needed to prevent future stresses on our waterbodies. Therefore, the German Environment Agency (⁠UBA⁠) has analysed entry pathways, named critical substance characteristics and proposed a combination of measures consisting of measures at the source, in use and for wastewater treatment serving the objective of comprehensive water protection.
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    Wasserwirtschaft in Deutschland
    (Umweltbundesamt, 2017) Arle, Jens; Bartel, Hartmut; Baumgarten, Corinna; Bertram, Andreas; Blondzik, Katrin; Brandt, Simone; Brauer, Frank; Claussen, Ulrich; Damian, Hans-Peter; Dieter, Daniela; Ginzky, Harald; Grimm, Sabine; Helmecke, Manuela; Hofmeier, Katja; Hofmeier, Maximilian; Hülsmann, Wulff; Kirschbaum, Bernd; Knobloch, Tobias; Koppe, Katharina; Koschorreck, Jan; Krakau, Manuela; Leujak, Wera; Mathan, Cindy; Mohaupt, Volker; Naumann, Stephan; Pickl, Christina; Rapp, Thomas; Rechenberg, Jörg; Deutschland. Umweltbundesamt. Abteilung II.2-Wasser und Boden
    Die Broschüre Wasserwirtschaft in Deutschland bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über die Grundlagen, Belastungen und Maßnahmen der deutschen Wasserwirtschaft und präsentiert wesentliche Fakten und aktuelle Daten rund um den Zustand unserer Gewässer, Gewässerschutz sowie Wasserversorgung und Ń entsorgung. Mit dieser Broschüre bieten wir interessierten Leserinnen und Lesern sowie der Fachöffentlichkeit ein Kompendium an Informationen und stellen Studierenden sowie Medienschaffenden eine zuverlässige Grundlage für wissenschaftliche Arbeiten und die Berichterstattung in diesem Themenbereich bereit. Quelle: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/
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    Ringen um eine europäische Regelung für Wasserwiederverwendung
    (2017) Helmecke, Manuela; Rechenberg, Jörg