Deliverable Report The SOLUTIONS project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no. 603437 Solutions for present and future emerging pollutants in land and water resources management THEME ENV.2013.6.2-2 Toxicants, environmental pollutants and land and water resources management Start date of project: 1st October 2013 Duration: 5 years Deliverable D4.1 RiBaTox fully documented on-line ‘final’ version Due date of deliverable: 31.07.2018 Actual submission date: 31.07.2018 Author(s) Frank Sleeuwaert, VITO, Mol, Belgium Kees J.M. Kramer, Mermayde, Groet, The Netherlands In cooperation with All SOLUTIONS Partners Reviewed by John Munthe, IVL, Goeteborg, Sweden 1 Deliverable Report Dissemination Level PU Public x PP Restricted to other programme participants (including EC) RE Restricted to a group specified by the consortium (including EC) CO Confidential, only for members of the consortium (including EC) 2 Deliverable Report 1.1 Summary The SOLUTIONS project provides new and improved models, tools, guidelines and databases to support decisions with respect to present and emerging pollutants and their mixtures in European water resources. It is an FP7 integrated project funded by the European Commission (Grant agreement 603437) carried out by a consortium of 39 organizations such as research institutes, companies and universities. RiBaTox (Guide to Tools and Services for River Basin Toxicants) is an online web-based service, directly accessible by https://solutions.marvin.vito.be/, which supports the dissemination of the results of the SOLUTIONS project. It is intended for policy makers, their technical staff as well as water managers, but also for scientists and is also accessible to the public at large. The development of RiBaTox was based on the Evolutionary Delivery software-development Model (EDM). New and improved models, tools, guidelines and databases are systematically documented and translated into SOLUTIONS “Tools and Services” designed to provide support to end-user’s challenges related to river basin toxicants. In order to find appropriate SOLUTIONS Tools and Services, RiBaTox offers as options a Guide, an Overview and a Search function, depending on the type of end-user requiring more or less guidance. The output of RiBaTox are descriptions of SOLUTIONS Tools and Services in a so called Fact Sheet format, each downloadable as pdf. Access to actual SOLUTIONS Tools and Services as such is not included in RiBaTox since it is not intended as a system where actual calculations are made or databases are directly consulted. For more detailed information or to receive and/or use the actual Tool or Service the end-user is directed to references such as scientific publications, or may contact the developer(s) or supplier(s) of the Tool or Service directly based on the provided contact information. 3 Deliverable Report 1.2 Graph Figure 1: Homepage of RiBaTox 4 Deliverable Report 2 Contents 1.1 Summary ..................................................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Graph ........................................................................................................................................... 4 2 Contents ................................................................................................................................................. 5 3 Abbreviations ......................................................................................................................................... 6 4 Objective ................................................................................................................................................ 8 5 Methodology .......................................................................................................................................... 9 5.1 Evolutionary Delivery software-development Model (EDM) .................................................... 9 5.2 Final functional specifications ................................................................................................... 10 5.2.1 Target end-users ..................................................................................................................... 10 5.2.2 Problem-solution oriented ..................................................................................................... 10 5.2.3 User friendly .......................................................................................................................... 10 5.2.4 In compliance with the SOLUTIONS Conceptual Framework ............................................. 11 5.2.5 Integration of all ‘products’ developed in the SOLUTIONS project ..................................... 11 5.3 Final technical specifications .................................................................................................... 12 5.3.1 Online web-based service ...................................................................................................... 12 5.3.2 SOLUTIONS Tools and Services concept ............................................................................. 13 5.3.3 Systematic Tree concept ........................................................................................................ 14 5.3.4 Decision Tree ......................................................................................................................... 17 5.3.5 User-interface......................................................................................................................... 18 5.3.6 Programming language .......................................................................................................... 19 6 Available SOLUTIONS Tools and Services ........................................................................................ 20 7 How to find an appropriate SOLUTIONS Tool or Service ................................................................. 28 7.1 Fact Sheets Guide ...................................................................................................................... 28 7.2 Overview Fact Sheets ................................................................................................................ 33 7.3 Search Fact Sheets ..................................................................................................................... 34 8 How to apply the recommended SOLUTIONS Tool or Service ......................................................... 35 9 Additional applications ........................................................................................................................ 36 10 Acknowledgements of collaborating parties ....................................................................................... 37 10.1 Involved SOLUTIONS WP4 partners (with main contact persons) ......................................... 37 10.2 Members of the RiBaTox Editorial Board................................................................................. 37 10.3 Fact Sheets (co)-Authors of the SOLUTIONS Tools and Services (sorted by institute) .......... 38 11 Recommended further reading ............................................................................................................ 39 12 Annex – Full set of Fact Sheets implemented in RiBaTox .................................................................. 40 5 Deliverable Report 3 Abbreviations ACES Stockholms Universitet CSIC Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Deltares Stichting Deltares DoW Description of Work DSS Decision Support System Eawag Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology EDM Evolutionary Delivery software-development Model EEA European Environment Agency EI Environmental Institute s.r.o. F+B Faust und Backhaus Environmental Consulting GBR IDPS Integrated Data Portal for SOLUTIONS INERIS Institut National de l’Environnement industriel et des RISques IPB Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzenbiochemie IPCheM Integrated Platform for Chemical Monitoring data IVL IVL Svenska Miljoeinstitutet AB JRC European Commission, DG Joint Research Centre KWR KWR Water B.V. LMC Laboratory of Mathematical Chemistry, Prof. Dr Asen Zlatarov University Öko-Institut Öko-Institut e.V. – Institut für Angewandte Ökologie RBSPs River Basin Specific Pollutants RECETOX Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment RiBaTox Guide to Tools and Services for River Basin Toxicants RIVM Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheiden Milieu 6 Deliverable Report RWTH Aachen Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen SP Sub-Project Synchem Synchem UG & Co. KG UB Universität Bern UFZ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH UGOT Goeteborgs Universitet VITO Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek N.V. WP Work Package WUR Wageningen University & Research 7 Deliverable Report 4 Objective The objective of RiBaTox (Guide to Tools and Services for River Basin Toxicants) is to support the dissemination of the results of the SOLUTIONS project by providing structured access to the knowledge gathered in the project. It will support decisions in environmental and water policies on prioritization, risk assessment and abatement of emerging pollutants and their mixtures in European water resources and will be solution-oriented and user-friendly. RiBaTox is intended for policy makers, their technical staff as well as water managers, but also for scientists