Geographic focus - sites

The areas of intervention of LIFEPOPWAT are Hajek (CZ) and Jaworzno (PL).

Parameter

Hajek

Jaworzno

 

Basic parameters

   

 

State

 

Czech Republic

 

Poland

 

GPS

 

N50°17.50597´ - E12°53.56168´                    

 

N50°11.21955´                                                           E19°14.59618´

 

Elevation

 

452 m above see level

 

244 m above see level

 

River basin and Sea

 

Elbe, North Sea

 

Visla, Baltic Sea

 

Average annual                precipitation                           

 

750 mm

 

700 mm

 

Site origin

 

Mine heap HCH waste dump

 

Sand pit HCH waste dump

 

HCH waste mass estimation

 

5,000 tons

 

100,000 tons

 

Source of waste

 

Former Spolana Neratovice

 

Former Organika-Azot Jaworzno

 

Current drainwater ∑HCH   

 

110 μg/l

 

3 μg/l in trench R2, 269 μg/l in trench R3

 

2018 HCH flow

 

9.5 kg

 

27 kg

 

Current streamwater flow                                        

 

100,000 m3/year

 

10,000 m3/year

Other pollutants present   

Chlorobenzenes, chlorophenoles

Chlorobenzenes, chlorophenoles, DDT

and metabolites, methoxychlor, VOCs, PAH

 

 

 

LIFEPOPWAT parameters         

 

 

Prototype installed

 

P1 Large-scale pilot Wetland+ with conventional energy supply for monitoring unit

 

P2 Small-scale pilot Wetland+ with partially renewable energy supply for monitoring unit

Other installations

Information board

Information board

 

HCH contamination constitutes a much smaller threat in Hajek than in Jaworzno. This is mainly because of the total sum of toxic HCH waste buried in both dumps. It is also obvious from the first impression one gets when visiting the sites – Jaworzno has more brownfield features than Hajek due to the proximity of original chemical plant. In case of Hajek, former chemical production unit is over 100 km distant and the waste is buried much deeper than in Jaworzno. Unpleasant phenolic odour is present at both sites. It is spreading on many places and with higher intensity in Jaworzno, where also other organochlorinated pesticides (DDT, dieldrin, methoxychlor, etc.) are dumped. Quite on the contrary, the remediation progresses are further at Hajek site than in Jaworzno.                               

 

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