Cooperation is expected to be established with
the Research Centre for Oestrogen-like Substances and with the Danish Centre
for Root Zone Processes as soon as the necessary basis in the form of data and preliminary
results is available.
Other Danish cooperation
The Groundwater Group's work in connection with
"Pesticides and Groundwater" takes place in the context of interaction
with several related activities in which the participating institutitons are involved, e.g.:
Projects at DTU's Ground Water Research Centre (financed
by the Danish Technical Research Council, the Danish Natural Science Research
Council and DTU).
Projects at GEUS concerning the development of a
nationwide model for determining the size and quality of groundwater resources
and the development of screening methods for analysis of pesticides (financed
through a project contract with the Danish Ministry of Environment and
Energy).
Cooperation projects with NERI, DJF and GEUS as the
partners (financed by the Cross-ministerial Pesticide Research Programme
and the Pesticide Research Committee).
A number of Ph.D. studies.
International cooperation
The international cooperation is currently expanded.
At the present time, the cooperation comprises the following institutions:
Waterloo Centre for Groundwater Research, Canada
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S.A. - U.S. Geological Survey, U.S.A.
- University of Colorado, U.S.A. - University of California, U.S.A. - British
Geological Survey, U.K. - Free University of Amsterdam, Holland - TNO Institute
of Applied Geoscience, Holland - DLO Research Institute for Agrobiology
and Soil Fertility, Holland - University of Leuven, Belgium - Swiss Federal
Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EA WAG), Switzerland - Institute
of Soil and Water, Israel.
Centre council Anders Bækgaard, General Manager, Danish
Water Supply Association (Chairman).
Gunver Bennekou, Head of Division, Danish Environmental
Protection Agency.
Alex Sonnenborg, Head of Groundwater Department,
Storstrøms County.
Johnny Fredericia, Vice Managing Director,
GEUS.
Dan Rosbjerg, Dr.techn., Associate Professor, DTU.
Centre management Head of Centre: Johnny Fredericia, Vice Managing Director, GEUS.
Deputy Head of Centre: Dan Rosbjerg, Dr.techn., Associate
Professor, DTU.
