URBSOIL

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URBSOIL WP1 DATA AVAILABLE, AVEIRO First
General Meeting, 3rd and 4th of May
2002 University of Aveiro
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LOCATION
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CITY Definition Municipality Aradas,
Cacia, Eirol, Eixo, Esgueira, Glória, Nariz,
Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Oliveirinha, Requeixo,
Santa Joana, São Bernardo, São Jacinto, Vera
Cruz City - Urban Perimeter Defined by the
Decreto Lei Nº45342, 07/11/63, has an area of
around 13,5 km2 Total area The Municipality
has a total area of 199,7 km2 The Municipality of
Aveiro, capital of the County is located in the
central/coastal area of the Aveiros County. In
terms of territorial divisions it is part of the
Região Centro (NUT II) and the Unidade
Territorial do Baixo Vouga (NUT III) Location
Latitude 40,38 N Longitude 8,40
W Altitude 26 m (85 ft)
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Urban area
AVEIRO
Municipality of Aveiro
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AVAILABLE MAPS

• Land use
• -REN Map (National Ecological Reserve) (Hard
  copy, 125.000)
• -Maps from PDM (Municipal Plan) - Land Use and
  Conditional Use Maps (Hard copy, 110.000)
• -Military Maps (Hard copy, 125.000)
• -Ortophotomaps (aerial photography) (Digital,
  JPG and TIF)
• -Corine Land Cover Map (Digital, DXF- 1100.000)
• - Soil Occupation Map (Digital, ArcView
  Shapefile, 125.000)
• - Municipality of Aveiro Locations (Digital,
  DWG, 125.000)
• Soils type
• - Carta Litológica Geotécnica do Concelho de
  Aveiro Lithologic and Geotechnic Map of
  Aveiro Municipality - (Hard Copy, 125.000)
• - Carta Geológica de Portugal Geologic
  Map of Portugal (Digital DGN or DWG/DXF MGE
  or ArcInfo Raster - 125.000)

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POPULATION
AVAILABLE

• Demographic Figures (resident population by age
  and by sex),
• Housing,
• Services,
• Degree of Education,
• Electricity Consumption (by type of consumption
  and activity sector, per Year),
• Unemployment figures

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MAJOR EMPLOYERS

• The major industries sited at the municipality of
  Aveiro are
• the ceramic industry (30 of the total of
  employees of the municipality)
• the motor industry (the Renault Facility provides
  work for 10 of the employees in the
  municipality)
• and the paper mill industry (Portucel, with 700
  workers, employs 7,3 of the total of the
  municipality).
• Other industriesmetalomechanic sector, with
  production of machinery and equipments, (Casal
  and Vulcano), textile sector, the house
  building and the milk dairy products production
  sector.

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TRANSPORTATION

• Traffic capacity and intensity
• The following general data is the only one
  available
• 1 vehicle per 1,5 inhabitants
• 50000 private vehicles per day
• 1,5 passengers per vehicle

• Major types of transport to work
• Car Main Roads IP1, IP5, IC1, EN 235, EN 109
• Train Railway Linha do Norte, Linha do
  Vouga
• Bus STUA

• Transportation
• The main infrastructures were identified and
  located
• Fuel consumption in the Municipality/Year
  Types and Quantities are available

Data on Fuel Consumption, in 1999 in the
Municipality, in tons (www.dge.pt)
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CLIMATE
Humidity 70 a 90 Average Annual Temperature
14,6 ºC Annual Thermal Amplitude 11 ºC Average
Annual Precipitation 914 mm Wind direction
Predominance of Northwest
Annual winds (based on data from 1981 to 1998)
09.00h
15.00h
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WASTE MANAGEMENT
In 2001, the domestic solid waste production in
the Municipality of Aveiro was around 35000 ton
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MAJOR SOURCES OF POLLUTION

• Traffic Air Quality Monitoring in the city of
  Aveiro A comparison study between a normal
  day and a day without traffic ( SO2, NO2, O3)
  is available
• Industry Characterization of the County of
  Aveiro, in terms of Emissions from Industry is
  available

In the Municipality of Aveiro, the level of
emissions of SO2, from industrial sources is
between 1000 and 4150 ton SO2/year. The highest
emission rate inside the municipality can be
found in Cacia (gt1000 ton SO2/year), followed by
Esgueira and Aradas (100 to 1000 ton SO2/year).
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SAMPLING SITES
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PARAMETERS AND METHODOLOGY

• pH
• pH-H2O- 15 (v/v) in water
• pH-KCl- 15 (v/v) in 1 mol/l KCl
• pH-CaCl2- 15 (v/v) in 0,01 mol/l CaCl2 (1)
• Cation Exchange Capacity
• CEC and base saturation by using 0,01M BaCl2
• CEC and base saturation according to Bascomb at
  pH 8.1 (1)
• Organic matter
• Loss-on-ignition (1)
• Elemental Analysis (CNHS)
• Plant Nutrients
• Nitrogen Total N by spectrophotometry (after
  digestion H2SO4-salicilic acid-H2O2-Se)
• Phosphorus Total P by spectrophotometry (after
  digestion H2SO4-salicilic acid-H2O2-Se) (1)
• Electrical Conductivity - 15 (v/v) in water

(1) defined in Methodology of Chemical Soil and
Plant Analysis, 2000, from Sub-department Soil
Science and Plant Nutrition, Wageningen
University (CM 06172309)
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• Other Parameters
• PCBs, PAHs, Pesticides
• Extraction by Method 3540C (from EPA) or Method
  3550B (from EPA) SW-846 Chromatographic Methods
  for Semi volatile and Non-volatile Compounds
• Methodology GC (Gas Chromatography) coupled to
  suitable detector, e.g. MS)
• .Organochlorine Pesticides method 8081 (EPA)
• .PCBs method 8082 (EPA)
• .PAHs method 8100 (EPA)
• Hg
• - Thermal oxidation of soil sample in a O2 stream
  and detection of Hg vapour by atomic absorption
  spectrophotometry

QC/QA

• Use of Analytical Blanks
• Use of Spikes just prior to extraction or
  processing
• Use of Surrogates standards
• Use of Reference Materials, suggestions
• Major and Trace Elements CRM141R, CRM 142R, CRM
  143R
• Extractable Trace Elements CRM483, CRM484,
  CRM600
• PCBs (Industrial soil) CRM481
• PAHs (Contaminated industrial soil) CRM524 or
  LGC6140
• Pesticides RTC804, RTC805

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