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Microplastics
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This Dutch technical report (Deltafact) provides an overview of microplastics as part of the Water Quality Knowledge Impulse (KIWK) program. It compiles existing and new knowledge on microplastic occurrence in surface and groundwater to support practical water management applications in the Netherlands.
Deze Deltafact is een product van de Ketenverkenner, een project onderde Kennisimpuls Waterkwaliteit (KIWK In de KIWK werken Rijk,provincies, waterschappen, drinkwaterbedrijven en kennisinstituten samenom meer inzicht te krijgen in de kwaliteit van het grond- enoppervlaktewater en de factoren die deze kwaliteit beïnvloeden. In hetprogramma wordt bestaande en nieuwe kennis bijeen gebracht en (beter)toepasbaar gemaakt voor de praktijk.
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