Saar, Staustufe Güdingen
The Saar river entering the Saarland conurbation
The sampling site Staustufe Güdingen (barrage at Güdingen) documents the water status of the Saar before it enters the Saarland conurbation. It extends from the barrage at Güdingen to the area below the power plant Römerbrücke. The barrage Güdingen/Saarbrücken is the first of six barrages built to bridge the 55 metres difference in altitude of the deepened river section between Saarbrücken and Konz.
The sampling site is influenced by the sewage treatment plant Brebach, which is the second largest sewage treatment plant in the Saarland with a capacity of 135.000 population equivalents.
The ESB sampling site Staustufe Güdingen is used for sampling zebra mussels, bream and suspended particulate matter.
Recommended analysis examples
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Core zone of the Saarland industrial region along the major waterway Saar
Specimen
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Common mussel species as invasive animal in rivers and lakes with high information level for water pollution
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Bioindicator in rivers and lakes
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Fine insoluble mineral or organic particles in the water phase
Analytes
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Eighty percent of all elements on earth are metals
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Only eighteen elements in the periodic table
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Organic substances with at least one metall atom
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Group of organic compounds with at least one covalently bonded chlorine atom
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Toxic and persistent organochloropesticide
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Several isomeric compounds among the group of chlorinated hydrocarbons
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Group of organic compounds with at least three condensed six-membered rings
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Chemical agents against harmful organisms and for plant protection
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Organic compounds which are fully (per-) or partially (poly-) fluorinated
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Class of synthetic fragrances
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Class of non-ionic surfactants and their degradation products
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Atoms of one element with different weights
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Cyclic methylsiloxanes with persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic properties in the environment
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Additional information for the interpretation of contamination data
Sampling period
1992 - 2023