Paris to host soil contamination workshop

An international conference to be held in Paris later this month will examine different approaches to tackling the problem of soil and groundwater contamination by chlorinated solvents. The CityChlor workshop will examine the size of the problem and the measures taken to deal with it both across Europe and the USA.

CityChlor is a transnational co-operation project, co-funded by the EU, with partners from Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands. Its aim is to develop an integrated approach to tackle the threat caused by contamination by chlorinated solvents in urban areas. Chlorinated solvents are said to produce large plumes of pollution in groundwater, a type of pollution that is attributed to small-scale activities such as drycleaning.

The workshop takes place on Tuesday 16 November at Les Salons du Relais, Hôtel Paris Est. Presentations will include reports on projects in Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands, Project ChloroNet in Switzerland and innovative techniques used in the USA. The day is rounded off by a keynote address on the soil and groundwater directive by Luca Marmo of the European Commission.

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