National report on pesticides in water : data of 2009-2010. Edition 2013

ISPRA draws up the national report on the presence of pesticides in water in order to regularly provide information on the water quality in relation to the risks of these substances. The report is the outcome of a complex activity involving Regions and Environmental Regional Agencies, carrying out investigations on the territory and transmitting the collected data to ISPRA, which in turn, is responsible for technical direction and assessment. The report presents the results of the national monitoring of pesticides in surface water and groundwater held in the years 2009-2010. The collected data allow the description of the waters contamination state on the national territory, by comparing the measured concentrations of pesticides with legal threshold fixed by European and national legislation. Moreover, the report analyses the most problematic situations depending on the high presence of specific substances. Finally, the availability of monitoring data, starting from 2003, allows to analyze the evolving contamination, also by considering the regional control plans.

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