Project title:  „BANYAREM” Risk Reduction of Diffuse Pollution of Mining Origin

Funding Programme: Economic Competitiveness Operative Programme (GVOP)

Project Identification Number: GVOP-3.1.1.–2004-05-0261/3.0

Project duration:  01. 01. 2005 – 31. 12. 2007.

Project type: Consortial

Project partners:

Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) (Lead partner)

Research Institute for Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (RISSAC)

MECSEK-ÖKO Environmental Company

Tatai Environmental Company

Summary: The BANYAREM Hungarian Research and Development Project had the aim to develop a complex risk management approach to diffuse and residual pollution of mining origin. Risk management includes a tiered risk assessment procedure and the selection, testing and application of the best possible remediation option to reach the set risk-based target values.

Diffuse pollution requires new strategy in risk management. The risk-based management concept includes: 1. a tiered, GIS based Risk Assessment methodology, developed on catchment scale basis and 2.  risk-based planning and selection of the remediation concept and technologies