PCDD/PCDF-Bodengehalte im Umfeld von Verbrennungsanlagen

In connection with law-imposed waste disposal regulations concerning the modernisation of the incineration ?Munich-North“, local authorities and residents raised objections. Based on an immission calculation using a numerical model concerning the impact of PCDD/PCDF on the soil (study I), conclusions were drawn that the former immissions were so high that further impact on the soil by a new combustion plant was no longer tolerable. The results of study I were controlled using a different numerical model calculation (study II). The simulation results varied vastly because of the differences in preliminary input parameters. In order to verify the simulations, soil samples were taken and the content of PCDD/PCDF was determined. Predicted soil-contents of study II were in the same range as the analyzed samples, whereas the values of study I were higher. With one exception, the soil contents were less than 5 ng TEQ-BGA kg^?1 m_T, a value below the BGA limits. Calculations by numerical modelling, compared to the measurement of PCDD/PCDF soil contents, are therefore no reliable basis for predicting PCDD/PCDF concentrations in soils which has been induced by incineration emission.