MAGPlan. Clean Groundwater for Stuttgart. After Life Communication Plan. Ulrike Schweizer Drees & Sommer. Hermann Josef Kirchholtes

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1 After Life Communication Plan Ulrike Schweizer Drees & Sommer Hermann Josef Kirchholtes updated:

2 1 Overview of the MAGPlan project The project acronym MAGPlan stands for Management plan to prevent threats from point sources on the good chemical status of groundwater in urban areas. In MAGPlan, an integral management plan was developed exemplarily, the task of which it is to reduce the impacting of CHC from contaminated sites on the mineral water of Stuttgart recharging the mineral springs of Stuttgart. This management plan is also called the groundwater management plan. The mineral water resources of Stuttgart are the second largest in Europe and are strictly protected. CHC are so called volatile chlorinated hydrocarbons. According to annex 2 of the directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration (Groundwater Directive), a threshold value for CHC is determined. Despite the site-specific remediation measures, which were started thirty years ago and removed about 25,000 kg CHC in the inner city of Stuttgart, the contamination of the deeper aquifers has not changed significantly. Since 1988 no sustained decline in CHC concentration could be observed in the mineral springs and spas. Building on these premises, the MAGPlan project applies the concept of Integral management of contaminated sites. It focuses on the spatiotemporal analysis of CHC migration and the associated degradation and transformation processes between the contamination sources and the mineral springs and spas. Due to the complex hydrogeological conditions, new and advanced investigation strategies and methods are used which, in combination, allow for multiple lines of proof. The overarching principle is an iterative-adaptive approach with gradual improvement of the level of knowledge. The results of the integral investigation of the groundwater and the contaminated sites and the measures required to ensure a good groundwater status are summarized in the groundwater management plan. In reports, maps, data bases, and with a computer-based visualization tool, it provides the basis for an optimal treatment of CHC contaminants in groundwater. The management plan sets priorities for contaminated site remediation. The numerical transport model provides the opportunity to analyze different remediation scenarios for individual sites and to make predictions of future contaminant migration. Sites with a - 2 -

3 particularly high remediation priority can be identified. Furthermore, interactions between contamination sources and receptors in the project area can be included in the risk assessment and the evaluation of the sites. The remediation feasibility study as part of the groundwater management plan describes the measures to be taken in order to achieve the remediation targets. For those sites with high priority, additional investigation and remediation efforts will be developed. Through the contribution of political committees, the groundwater management plan has received a binding character. The Stuttgart City Council acknowledged the implementation and financing of the groundwater management plan developed in MAGPlan on 1st July The strategy of integral contaminated site management will function as an important guideline and a trend setting component for groundwater protection in Europe and Stuttgart in future. They were published by extensive dissemination activities among experts and also in Stuttgart s public. The public relation activities ask for understanding of the necessary activities and try to encourage persons concerned to fight against deficits of groundwater quality in the same way. Hence the project contributes an important part to implement the directive 2000/60/EC (Water Framework Directive) of the European Union. The project costs of MAGPlan sum up to 3.5 Mio. Euro. The costs occurred in the project period 1 January 2010 to 30 September 2015 were co-financed with a coverage of 50% by the financing instrument LIFE (LIFE Environment) of the European Commission. As partners involved were the Department for Environmental Protection of the City of Stuttgart (Co-ordinating Beneficiary) and the State Agency for Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation of Baden-Württemberg (LUBW)

4 2 Selection of implemented communication activities The communication strategy aims at: periodic information of target groups raising of public awareness for groundwater protection improvement of the acceptance for necessary actions and strengthening the individual responsibility. Hence, various communication activities were planned and carried out during the project lifetime 2010 to In the process, different target groups were addressed and reached. The activities for the general public as target group were drafted and implemented by communication experts. The technical experts involved in the project were responsible for the presentations and articles for professionals. Enclosed are several important activities. A complete summary is documented in the final project report (annexes 7.3.3, and 7.3.8). Description Timeframe Target Group Information boards at construction sites of groundwater monitoring wells informing about the LIFE project and participants Give aways as writing pads, bags at seminars, symposia and at Europe Days Press releases in local press and the Official Journal of the City of Stuttgart Public, neighbours, press and after project finalization and after project finalization Public, experts Public, experts Project website online 2010, up- Public, experts - 4 -

5 Description Timeframe Target Group Project films published at the homepage and by private TV stations dates 2011 and , 2015 Public Professional articles in technical journals 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 (3) Newsletters including explanations about the current achieved project results Book with the capacious documentation of the implemented strategies and measures, the achieved results including the groundwater management plan Vitreous Aquifer: Compilation of a strata model which was exhibited at different locations Experts 2013 and 2014 Councillors, public, experts 2015 Experts Since 2013 Presentations at symposia and seminars 2010 (1), 2011 (1), 2012 (4), 2013 (6), 2014 (4), 2015 (3) Public, experts Experts Final conference 2015 Experts Layman s Report: Generally understandable summary of the project results Since 2015 Public - 5 -

6 3 After-Life Communication Measures At the end of the MAGPlan project, the experts as well as the broad general public will be informed about the project results by targeted communication measures. These activities will support the application of the strategic and technical approaches in similar cases as well as reaching the goals of the Water Framework Directive. For Stuttgart in particular, the activities identified as necessary will be implemented in the following years as documented in the groundwater management plan. 3.1 Implementation by the City of Stuttgart Dissemination of press information and tweets on further remediation measures by press office (measures acknowledged and approved by City Council) Schedule: ongoing Target group: general public in the metropolitan area of Stuttgart Contact: Sven Matis, Head of Press Office, phone: +49 / (0) , sven.matis@stuttgart.de Linking the Stuttgart website ( (not available in English) with the project website ( On the homepage of the City of Stuttgart the Layman s Report, explanations concerning the project results as well as a link to the project s website are available. Schedule: May 2016 Target group: general German speaking public Contact person: Sven Matis (contact details above) Supply several events with MAGPlan media (e.g. Layman s Report at the open day in the city hall, Europe Day) Schedule: ongoing Target group: citizens of Stuttgart Contact person: the respective event teams, e.g. Claudia Schulcz, External Affairs, phone: +49 / (0) , Claudia.Schulcz@stuttgart.de - 6 -

7 3.2 Implementation by the Department for Environmental Protection Presentation of the project at symposia, conferences and internal events (e.g. FH- DGG, ITVA, BDG, GAB, Altlastenforum (af), Fortbildungsverbund) Experts and other persons interested in the field of environmental protection are informed about the project and its results at public and internal events. Important dissemination materials are the Layman s Report as handout and the book Chlorierte Kohlenwasserstoffe im Grundwasser as extensive project documentation. The dissemination material is distributed e.g. at the State s status meeting about contaminated sites on 20 October 2015 (about 150 participants from several public authorities of Baden-Württemberg) and at the symposium of contaminated sites of GAB and af for Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg on 22/23 June 2016 in Neu-Ulm (about 250 participants). Schedule: 2015 to 2017 Target group: experts in Germany and the neighboured countries Contact person: Hermann Josef Kirchholtes, Department for Environmental Protection, phone: +49 / (0) , contact Hermann.Josef.Kirchholtes@stuttgart.de Creation of a set of PowerPoint slides to present MAGPlan at respective events Schedule: until end of 2015 Target group: speakers Contact person: Hermann Josef Kirchholtes, contact see above Presentation of the project at universities (e.g. within lectures or general studies) Schedule: 2016 to 2019 Target group: students specialized in geology and civil engineering Contact person: Wolfgang Ufrecht and Hermann Josef Kirchholtes, Department for Environmental Protection, phone: +49 / (0) , Wolfgang.Ufrecht@stuttgart.de Providing a list of references for scientists Schedule: 2016 Target group: scientists and experts Contact persons: Wolfgang Ufrecht and Hermann Josef Kirchholtes (contact details above) - 7 -

8 Extension of the list of questions for young people s microsite (e.g. questions about the project) To contact young people especially, the Microsite was compiled at This website informs about the MAGPlan project and animates to deal with groundwater protection using an online quiz. The Layman s Report is provided as a download. Schedule: 2016 Target group: young German speaking people Contact person: Hermann Josef Kirchholtes with online support by Drees & Sommer (Sebastian Knörndel, phone: +49 / (0) , sebastian.knoerndel@dreso.com) Dissemination of the second project film (e. g. editorial departments of science programs on TV) Schedule: 2016 Target group: public Contact person: Hermann Josef Kirchholtes and supported by Schawa-Media (Renate Visintin, phone: +49 / (0) , rvisintin@schawa.de) Budget: possibly costs for film service provider (approx. 900 ) Publication of the results in German journals TerraTech, the special edition Altlastenspektrum 06/2015 and in the international journal Science of the Total Environment The journals and articles are provided in printed form and online. The articles inform about the project and its results in a condensed way. Schedule: November, December 2015 Target group: experts in Germany and around the world Contact persons: Wolfgang Ufrecht and Hermann Josef Kirchholtes (contact details above) Compilation of a summary of the MAGPlan project description in English language to disseminate the results in the neighboured countries (e.g. the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovenia and Croatia) Different experts participating in the final conference and the complementing workshop pointed out the importance of the MAGPlan strategies and technologies. They suggested publishing a short version of the project results. As a consequence, an English summary will be compiled which will give a comprehensive overview about the most important innovative strategies and instruments. Schedule: January to May 2016 Target group: experts in Europe Contact persons: Wolfgang Ufrecht and Hermann Josef Kirchholtes (contact details above) Budget:

9 Road show of the Vitreous Aquifer with the distribution of information material (e.g. to baths in Stuttgart Stuttgarter Bäderbetriebe and to museums in Stuttgart) Schedule: 2015 to 2017 Target group: broad public Contact persons: Wolfgang Ufrecht and Rainer Sonn, Raumsonnde, phone +49 / (0) , info@raumsonn.de Budget: external costs for installation, dismounting and transportation of the strata model (about 400 per event) Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Call 1 proposal: Integrated Approach to Management of Groundwater quality in functional urban Areas submitted The proposed project aims at the development of integral groundwater management strategies for spacious groundwater contaminations in CENTRAL EUROPE countries. This project is based on the idea of the MAGPlan concept to develop appropriate management plans for the partner s cities and states for local implementation. The project supports the transfer of the MAGPlan results within the CENTRAL EUROPE region. Schedule: to Lead Partner: Central Mining Institute (Poland), 14 partners from Germany, Czech Republic, Italy, Slovenia and Croatia Stuttgart responsible for WP T3 (Management strategy and guidance) Target group: municipalities, institutes and technical administrations in the CENTRAL EUROPE area Contact person: Hermann Josef Kirchholtes (contact details above) Budget: ,81 (applied for the total budget) Distribution of the Layman s Reports und the final documentation Chlorierte Kohlenwasserstoffe im Grundwasser The Layman s Report is disseminated in digital form by professional networks (e.g. altlastenforum Baden-Württemberg, MAGPlan TSPP, partners of the INTERREG CENTRAL EUROPE project AMIIGA) or on websites ( The printed version is distributed at events (e.g. Europe Day, symposia, show boxes at the vitreous aquifer). The final documentation is distributed on Schedule: to 2017 Target group: public, experts Contact person: Hermann Josef Kirchholtes (contact details above) - 9 -

10 3.3 Implementation by LUBW State Agency for Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Presentation of the results at training seminars of Baden-Württemberg (Landesfortbildungen), at the Fortbildungsverbund and at the altlastenforum Baden- Württemberg / GAB Bavaria. Schedule: ongoing Target group: experts Contact person: Iris Blankenhorn, LUBW, phone: +49 / (0) , Iris.Blankenhorn@lubw.bwl.de Dissemination of press information about further activities (e.g. remediation) via the LUBW website Schedule: ongoing Target group: experts (also technical administration) from Baden-Württemberg, Austria and Switzerland Contact person: Michael Weiller, LUBW, phone: +49 / (0) , Michael.Weiller@lubw.bwl.de 3.4 Implementation by the Transnational Science & Policy Panel Distribution of Layman s Report in the working environment of the TSSP participants Schedule: to May 2016 Target group: public and persons concerned Contact person: Hermann Josef Kirchholtes (contact details above) Distribution of the short MAGPlan project description and translation into the respective languages of the TSPP participants Schedule: ongoing Target group: experts in Europe Contact person: Hermann Josef Kirchholtes (contact details above)

11 3.5 Implementation by the Transnational Science & Policy Panel Project information Project location City of Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg Germany Project start and end date to Total project duration (in months) 69 Total costs EC contribution Project website Mail Beneficiary City of Stuttgart Department for Environmental Protection Contact person: Mr Michael Schweiker Partner State Agency for Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg Contact person: Ms Dr. Iris Blankenhorn Address: Gaisburgstraße Stuttgart Germany Phone.: +49 (0) Fax: +49 (0) Address: Griesbachstr Karlsruhe Germany Phone.: +49 (0) Fax: +49 (0) Drees & Sommer Ulrike Schweizer Untere Waldplätze Stuttgart Germany Phone +49 (0) ulrike.schweizer@dreso.com The paper in hand reflects the author s views and the LIFE Programme is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein Compiled with the support of the finincing instrument LIFE of the EU