at Google ScholarTitle data
Wendt-Potthoff, Katrin ; Mi, Chenxi ; Ahmadi, Pouyan ; Fleckenstein, Jan ; Rinke, Karsten:
Trapping of microplastic particles in Germany's largest drinking water reservoir : a simulation study.
In: Environmental Sciences Europe.
Vol. 37
(8 October 2025)
Issue 1
.
- 150.
ISSN 2190-4715
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-025-01192-9
Project information
| Project title: |
Project's official title Project's id SFB 1357: MIKROPLASTIK – Gesetzmäßigkeiten der Bildung, des Transports, des physikalisch-chemischen Verhaltens sowie der biologischen Effekte: Von Modell- zu komplexen Systemen als Grundlage neuer Lösungsansätze 391977956 TERENO (TERrestrial ENvironmental Observatories) No information |
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| Project financing: |
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft National Natural Science Foundation of China |
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https://github.com/mcxmcx/2025-ESEUAbstract in another language
Microplastic (MP) pollution has garnered global attention due to its ubiquity in marine and freshwater systems, as well as its potential—though still uncertain—risks to human health. While MP concentrations in drinking water remain relatively low, safeguarding reservoir-based drinking water supplies against potential contamination remains a pressing concern. In this study, we applied a rigorously validated, two-dimensional hydrodynamic model (CE-QUAL-W2) to Germany’s largest drinking water reservoir, the Rappbode Reservoir, to examine MP retention under realistic inflow, meteorological, and operational conditions. Our primary aim was to quantify how varying particle settling velocities (0.1–1.0 m d⁻1) influence MP transport, sedimentation, and breakthrough to the raw water outlet over a 2-year simulation period.