Abstract
The Thriassion Plain, the Saronikos Gulf and Eleusis Bay, Western Attica in Greece, receive pressures from the enormous industrial activity, as well as the Athens metropolitan area and the Piraeus port. Therefore, it is considered as brownfield in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. The multi-component industrial activity has impacted the soil, the groundwater of Thriassion Plain and the coastal marine sediments of the adjacent Eleusis Bay, part of Saronikos Gulf as well as a brackish lagoon, Koumoundourou Lake. The industrial activity is expressed by high contents of metals, and oil products. This study presents the pollution record of selected published papers that indicate the temporal evolution of legislated polluting compounds, supporting researchers to provide solutions and policy makers to focus on the whole spectrum of potential policy alternatives.
Highlights
Human pressures upon ecosystems through the misuse of resources, pollution and resource over-exploitation, are the main threat to ecosystems and potentially our wellbeing within those ecosystems
The biggest landfill of Attica Prefecture is situated at the northeastern boundary of the study area
Ammonium is likely to originate from the oil refineries and is enriched in the fine particles, chloride is due to a coastal effect and nitrate concentration is due to vehicle emissions
Summary
Human pressures upon ecosystems through the misuse of resources, pollution and resource over-exploitation, are the main threat to ecosystems and potentially our wellbeing within those ecosystems. Eleusis Bay, the inner part of Saronikos Gulf, and Eleusis are the main urban areas within the basin. Eleusis Bay, the inner part of Saronikos Gulf, washes the west coastline of the capital Athens and Piraeus port. Policy makers may beconcerning assisted concerning authorities, researchersresearchers or policy makers may be assisted applyingapplying further further management or assessing the effectiveness of any remediation in management plans or plans assessing the effectiveness of any remediation applied inapplied the area It could support the criteria of background concentrations for the amelioration of Europe’s legislation. Water 2022, 14, x FOR PEER REVIEW the area Waste must be recognized as an integral part of the total resource stream and of the technology that facilitates part of the total resource andtowards of the technology that facilitates the exploitation of naturalstream resources viable recovery systems. the exploitation of natural resources towards viable recovery systems
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