EVALUATION OF METAL AND METALLOID CONTENTS OF THE SOILS IN THE WADIS OF THE SIERRA MINERA DE CARTAGENA-LA UNIÓN, SLOPES TO THE MAR MENOR. T.T.M.M. OF CARTAGENA AND LA UNIÓN (MURCIA)

Contract
Funding

Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico

Duration

October 2022 - December 2022

17.082,36 €

Partnership Entities

UPCT

General Objectives

Interpret and evaluate the results of the metal and metalloid contents of the soil samples collected in various boulevards of the Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, in order to classify the soils according to their risks to human health and the environment. environment and, in addition, to obtain a spatial distribution of its categorization, all with the aim of serving as a basis for decision-making in relation to the management of these lands and the actions to be carried out.

Summary

The work is structured in two tasks:
Task 1. Report including the interpretation and evaluation of the soil sampling and analysis campaign. A report must be drawn up interpreting the results obtained in the sampling and analytical campaign carried out by the Directorate General for Biodiversity, Forests and Desertification in order to then proceed to the evaluation of the soils present in the wadis from the point of view of their danger or risk to human health and the environment.
Task 2. Mapping of soil categorisation. A mapping of the soil categorisation obtained from the assessment carried out in task 1 must be prepared, so that both the initial spatial information and the information generated in the soil assessment process are included.

Project Results

The report was sent to MITERD according to the conditions stablished.