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HomeEnvironmental, economic and social impact of the use of spreading sewage sludge on land
Final report. Part I, Overview report
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The aim of the study was to provide the Commission with the necessary elements for assessing the environmental, economic and social impacts, including health impacts, of present practices of sewage sludge use on land, provide an overview of prospective risks and opportunities and identify policy options related to the use of sewage sludge on land. This study thus provides background information for a decision whether or not a revision of the directive is needed and lays the basis for a possible revision. This final report presents the overall results of the study and it compiles the detailed reports prepared over the course of the project, incorporating the results of two open consultations held in the course of the project. This overview report summarises the main project results and forms Part I of the final report. Part II is the Report on Options and Impacts, which describes the main options identified for the revision of the directive and presents the cost-benefit analysis of these options: it thus provides the final, detailed analysis of the study and it incorporates the results of the second open consultation. Part III presents the other project reports: - The Assessment of Existing Knowledge describes current levels of sewage sludge production, the concentration limits on pollutants in sewage in place in Member States and provides an overview of key EU legislation influencing sewage sludge, of sludge treatment technologies and their prospects and of current scientific literature on risks to human health and the environment. -The Baseline Scenario and Analysis of Risk and Opportunities estimates sludge production and application levels to 2020 and describes the forces influencing these levels - The project Interim report on the first consultation compiles the results of the first open, web-based consultation, summarising the comments and additional information provided by public bodies and stakeholders regarding the first two reports.
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- Corporate author(s): Directorate-General for Environment (European Commission) , Milieu Ltd , RPA , WRc
- Themes: Environmental research , Environment policy and protection of the environment
- Subject: economic consequence , environmental impact , environmental monitoring , environmental protection , EU environmental policy , organic pollution , sewage sludge , social impact
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| ISSN | ISBN | DOI | Catalogue number KH-30-13-498-EN-N |
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