Mitigation of agricultural nonpoint-source pesticide pollution and phytoremediation in artificial wetland ecosystems: the ArtWet project

Abstract

The mitigation of the nonpoint source pollution resulting from the agrosystèmes is a major stake from the environmental point of view according the water quality conservation exposed in the European directive (2000/60/EC). The interdisciplinary project ArtWET deals with the potential remediation offered by the wetlands and proposes a global approach, from laboratory to the in situ-prototype, taking into account the interactions of the biological and physical processes within artificial and optimized systems. The expected results and the dissemination of knowledge must lead to the adoption of such low cost devices on the whole European territory.