THE GROUNDWATER GROUP  Grundvandsgruppen    Det Strategiske Miljøforskningsprogram  The Danish Environmental Research Program

PREFACE
The final report has been prepared by the centre co-ordinators Johnny Fredericia and Dan Rosbjerg and the chairman of the centre council Anders Bækgaard. The report and the assessment are the responsibility of these three authors.
As background material, the authors have had extensive reporting from the project co-ordinators Peter Gravesen, Hans-Jørgen Albrechtsen, and Karsten Høgh Jensen, who together with the centre management have formed the centre’s steering group. Further, the project co-ordinators have supplemented and corrected the draft of the report. The reporting from the project co-ordinators and from the subproject co-ordinators is included as appendix 1 and 2 respectively.
Editing and writing have been facilitated by extensive and professional work by chief geologist Arne Dinesen, administrative officer Birgit Jørgensen, and senior researcher Jens Aamand, who during the whole project period have made up the centre’s secretariat. Drawings included in the report have been prepared by GEUS’ graphic unit and the printing by GEUS’ secretariat. We are grateful for the help and assistance in preparing the report.
Johnny Fredericia
Centre co-ordinator

Table of Contents
Preface 7
1. The board of management and objectives for the centre 9
Board of management 9
Centre council 9
1.1.2 Centre management 10
1.1.3 Steering group 10
1.1.4 Total grant received 1996-1999 11
1.2 Primary objectives for the centre 11
2. The management’s final assessment of the effect of the contribution involved 15
2.1 The most significant research results 15
2.2 The social and environmental perspectives of these research results 29
2.3 The centre’s links with those who put the research results to use 33
2.4 The centre’s importance in the coordination of the research effort 34
2.5 The international status of the particular field of research 34
2.6 The effects in terms of the education and training of research staff 35
2.7 The permanent integration of the centre’s core research activities into the institutions to which the researchers belong 36
APPENDIX 1 37
Project 1 Preferential Transport of Pesticides to Groundwater 39
1. The scientific milestones 41
1.1 The name and title, etc. of the project co-ordinator. 41
1.2 Total grant received 1996-1999. 41
1.3 The original objectives of the project 41
1.4 Summary of the project 42
1.4.1 Scientific milestones 42
1.4.2 Social significance 43
1.4.3 Most important publications 45
Project 2 Fate of Pesticides in Aquifers 47
1. The scientific milestones 49
1.1 The name and title, etc. of the project co-ordinator 49
1.2 Total grant received 1996-1999 49
1.3 The original objectives of the project 49
1.4 Summary of the project 49
1.4.1 Scientific milestones 49
1.4.2 Social significance 52
1.4.3 Most important publications 52
Project 3 Large Scale Modelling of Pesticide Transport 53
1. The scientific milestones 55
1.1 The name and title, etc. of the project co-ordinator 55
1.2 Total grant received 1996-1999 55
1.3 The original objectives of the project 55
1.4 Summary of the project 55
1.4.1 Scientific milestones 55
1.4.2 Social significance 57
1.4.3 Most important publications 58
2. Publications and presentations 59
2.1 Scientific publications in journals and books, with peer review 59
2.2 Written congress papers/abstracts submitted at scientific conferences, including posters 62
2.3 Research reports 70
2.4 Articles in professional journals 71
2.5 Articles in newspapers in 1999 74
2.6 Participation in radio and TV broadcasts during 1999 74
2.7 Lectures, etc. conducted in 1999 for users of environmental research 74
2.8 Meetings of users' monitoring groups 78
2.9 Planned publications 78
3. Training of research staff 82
4. International effort 87
4.1 Extended stays abroad (i.e. more than 2 months) by participants in the work of the centre as part of the research effort 87
4.2 Extended stays in Denmark (i.e. more than 2 months) by researchers from abroad in conjunction with the research effort of the centre 87
5. Overview of the scientific staff involved in the work 88
6. Centre statistics 90
APPENDIX 2 91
1. Project 1 Preferential Transport of Pesticides to Groundwater 93
1.1 Subproject 1.1 Transport 95
1.1.1 Subproject co-ordinators 95
1.1.2 Total grant received 1996-1999 95
1.1.3 The original objectives of the subproject 95
1.1.4 Summary of the subproject’s scientific milestones 95
1.2 Subproject 1.2: Degradation 101
1.2.1 Subproject co-ordinators 101
1.2.2 Total grant received 1996-1999 101
1.2.3 The original objectives of the subproject 101
1.2.4 Summary of the subproject’s scientific milestones 101
1.3 Subproject 1.3: Sorption. 103
1.3.1 Subproject co-ordinators 103
1.3.2 Total grant received 1996-1999 103
1.3.3 The original objectives of the subproject 103
1.3.4 Summary of the subproject’s scientific milestones 103
1.4 Subproject 1.4: Modelling 106
1.4.1 Subproject co-ordinators 106
1.4.2 Total grant received 1996-1999 106
1.4.3 The original objectives of the subproject 106
1.4.4 Summary of the subproject’s scientific milestones 106
2. Project 2 Fate of Pesticides in Aquifers 109
2.1 Subproject 2.1: Sorption / desorption of pesticides in aquifers 111
2.1.1 Subproject co-ordinator 111
2.1.2 Total grant received 1996-1999 111
2.1.3 The original objectives of the subproject 111
2.1.4 Summary of the subproject’s scientific milestones 111
2.2 Subproject 2.2: Degradation of pesticides under different redox conditions in Danish aquifers 113
2.2.1 Subproject co-ordinator 113
2.2.2 Total grant received 1996-1999 113
2.2.3 The original objectives of the subproject 113
2.2.4 Summary of the subproject’s scientific milestones 113
2.3 Subproject 2.3: Kinetics of pesticide degradation at different redox and nutrient conditions 116
2.3.1 Subproject co-ordinator 116
2.3.2 Total grant received 1996-1999 116
2.3.3 The original objectives of the subproject 116
2.3.4 Summary of the subproject’s scientific milestones 116
2.4 Subproject 2.4: Field investigations of transport and fate of pesticides 119
2.4.1 Subproject-co-ordinator 119
2.4.2 Total grant received 1996-1999 119
2.4.3 The original objectives of the subproject 119
2.4.4 Summary of the subproject’s scientific milestones 119
2.5 Subproject 2.5: Transport, degradation and sorption of pesticides in wetland areas 121
2.5.1 Subproject co-ordinator 121
2.5.2 Total grant received 1996-1999 121
2.5.3 The original objectives of the subproject 121
2.5.4 Summary of the subproject’s scientific milestones 121
3. Project 3 Large Scale Modelling of Pesticide Transport 123
3.1 Subproject 3.1: Upscaling 125
3.1.1 Subproject co-ordinator 125
3.1.2 Total grant received 1996-1999 125
3.1.3 The original objectives of the subproject 125
3.1.4 Summary of the subproject's scientific milestones 126
3.2 Subproject 3.2: Catchment modelling 127
3.2.1 Subproject co-ordinator 127
3.2.2 Total grant received 1996-1999 127
3.2.3 The original objectives of the subproject 127
3.2.4 Summary of the subproject's scientific milestones 127
3.3 Subproject 3.3: Regional modelling 129
3.3.1 Subproject co-ordinators 129
3.3.2 Total grant received 1996-1999 129
3.3.3 The original objectives of the subproject 129
3.3.4 Summary of the subproject’s scientific milestones 129

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