Development of risk based soil quality standards for Turkey

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İpek, Hatice Meltem

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Soil quality standards (SQSs) are one of the most important elements of management system for contaminated sites. In order to manage risks associated with soil contamination, risk based SQSs are used worldwide. However, in Turkey, the Soil Pollution Control Regulation in force was focusing mainly on the use of stabilized sludge on soil and was including standards for a limited number of parameters, mainly metals and some organic chemicals. Thus, existing SQSs were far away from providing common criteria for assessment of the soil quality. In this study, the aim was to develop human health risk based SQSs for Turkey. For derivation of risk based SQSs, the conceptual framework and technical infrastructure were established. SQSs were derived for 151 chemical substances and for three different land use types by incorporating generic site characteristics for Turkey. Since SQSs are highly sensitive to site conditions and chemical-specific data used in calculations, a Microsoft Excel based exposure model was developed as a technical tool. This tool serves for calculation of generic and site-specific SQSs and maintenance of the currency of the standards by allowing periodic update of data used in calculations. Besides, a hydrogeologic database was developed to provide information on the general soil and hydrogeologic characteristics that are used in derivation of SQSs. This database is ultimately, expected to serve for development of conceptual site models, sampling strategies, and derivation of dilution factors during risk assessment studies. As a result, this study presents a general perspective and approach for derivation of human health risk based SQSs. It is believed that the developed conceptual and technical infrastructure will contribute to contaminated site management and risk assessment studies conducted by the regulatory authorities and the other stakeholders in Turkey.

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Soils, Soil pollution

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/21162

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H. M. İpek, “Development of risk based soil quality standards for Turkey,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2011.