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Spatially distributed modellingOpportunities and pitfalls
Aaldrik Tiktak
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Wye spatial modelling?
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› To set monitoring data and field studies intocontext– Monitoring is a higher tier in FOCUS GW
– Many discussions in peer-review meetings becausethe approach has not been harmonized
› To stimulate harmonization within the threeEuropean Regulatory Zones
› Guidance AND tools are needed
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Both are higher tiers in FOCUS GW
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› No, this is established technology. Some milestones:
› 1996: First version of spatial leaching model published
› 2004: First spatial leaching model accepted in pesticide authorisation
› 2009: FOCUS adopted spatial models as a tool for scenario selection
› 2010: EFSA developed a systematic approach for scenario selectionbased on spatial models
› 2012: A spatial leaching model for EU Member States and EU Zones has beendeveloped
Is this new technology?
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Already done for a couple of member states
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OK, sorry, one less
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In context setting of monitoring data
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› Monitoring is a higher tier in FOCUSGroundwater
› It needs to be known if the monitoringsites represent worst-caseswith respect to pesticide leaching– SETAC-EMAG report
› A vulnerability assessment is needed
In context setting of monitoring data
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Context setting
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› A frequency distribution can be generated using the leaching map
› The leaching concentration can be calculated for the monitoring sites
› The vulnerability can then be compared
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Harmonisation of product authorisation
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Regulatory context
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European Level
•Regulation EC 1107/2009 placing on the market of PPPs•Directive 91/414/EEC and 98/8/EC: Pesticide and Biocide Registration•EFSA Opinions•FOCUS Groundwater & Surface Water
Zonal Level
•3 regulatory zones; North, Central and South•A member states evaluates to application submitted via Plant Protection Products Application Management System (PPPAMS).
Member State Level
•Highly variable
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Simple or sophisticated models?
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› There are basically two ways to set-up a spatial model:
– Use a full numerical model (e.g. GeoPEARL)
– Use a simple (meta)model
› Both approaches have there advantages:
– Short versus long computation times
– High spatial resolution versus high process resolution
– …
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Dilemma’s around databases
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Global
European
Member State
• HWSD• SoilGrid250m (w/ hydraulic
properties for EU)
• SPADE w/GSBDE• ESDB Derived data for Modelling• LUCAS (topsoil only)• EFSA (OM, pH)
• UK: LandsIS 1:250,000• Netherlands: 1:50,000• Germany: 1:50,000 – 1:250,000
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Not a trivial choice!
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› Do the current datasets at the European level justify complex model approaches?
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A harmonized tool using a simple model
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› A quick assessment with MetaPEARL can be done using harmonized EU-datasets
– Freely available at the JRC site
– Developed for the PECs in soil GD
– Resolution 1x1 km2
– No need for further processing: all data available in same format
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Example: The leaching concentration in the Central Zone
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What could be obtained from such a map?
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› Percentiles of the leaching concentration in arable land or major crops of
– the entire regulatory zone
– individual countries
› Crop distribution for major cropsavailable in EFSA/JRC dataset
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Example: leaching concentration in arable land for the 11 countries of the Central Zone
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› Harmonized assessment with one single tool
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Is lack of agreement on protection goals hindering progress?
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Which steps are to be taken?
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1. Problem definition: define protection goals
2. Set-up a risk assessment framework including development of guidance documents
3. Apply framework to individual substances
4. Decision on approval of substances
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General protection goals are needed
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Protection goals are very generally described in EU-legislation: General Protection Goals– Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009:
“…no harmful effects on human health, directly or through drinking water…”“…no unacceptable effects on the environment…”
In the case of groundwater theUniform Principles (2011) apply:– “…concentration in groundwater shall not exceed
0.1 µg/l…”– Too vague for regulatory practice
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SPGs for groundwater
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In the case of groundwater, the Uniform Principles do not define groundwater in further detail and concentrations vary in space and time.
So the following questions need to be answered:– What to protect
e.g. the uppermost groundwater, groundwater deeper than 1 m, deep groundwater
– Where to protect ite.g. groundwater below agricultural fields, only indrinking water abstraction areas
– Over what time periode.g. always, 90-percent of time
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Provide options
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Risk managers don’t specify protection goals in scientific language; they think in intentions– “… adequate protection of groundwater …”– “… realistic worst-cases …”
To make the translation between this scientific language and these intentions, provide risk managers with options including examples and consequences for product registration
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Examples
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Most stringent
Least stringent
focus on UP goal
• Shallow groundwater below each individualfield may never exceed 0.1 µg/l
• > 90% of herbicides are expected to fail
• Concentration in groundwater abstraction wells may not exceed 0.1 µg/l
• Concentration will be lower because of dilution and degradation
• Possible to register products that degrade in the saturated zone
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Results of spatial models provide a link with protection goals
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Results of spatial models provide a link with protection goals
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Bottleneck: decisions become more political
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› Guidance documents have to be agreed upon in SCoPAFF
› In contrast to substance approval guidance document have to approved unanimously
› As long as countries think differently about protection goals, this will be an obstacle
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Opportunities and pitfalls
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Opportunities
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Spatial models will play an important role in the near future Better link between protection goal and calculated endpoint Lower tier scenarios calibrated to results of spatial models
Endpoint based on a spatial model more robust Errors at point locations are larger No need to add additional processes that are not part of a simplified model
Transparent No need to derive ambiguous substance specific scenarios If based on standardised tools and datasets
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Digital soil mapping can improve our models
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Digital soil mapping techniques were used to build a new organic matter map for GeoPEARL
These methods make direct use of all underlying data in soil databases
They can take account of regional differences within a – generally large –soil mapping unit
This can be done for the EU as well, using the LUCAS dataset
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Pitfalls
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Quality of European datasets Weather (different interpolation methods) Soil (soil profile information) Pedotransfer functions (often not based on European datasets but only
for specific countries) More data needed for exposure assessment of aquatic organisms (e.g.
slope, surface water density)
Poor quality of spatial schematisation If not derived in an appropriate way
Hard to reproduce because of long computation times Most regulators do currently not have access
to grid computing systems
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A new generation must take over
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› There are a lot of new developments
– Big data
– Digital soil mapping procedures
– High level programming languages(which programmer still “speaks” FORTRAN?
– Cloud computing
› There is a need for a younger generation to take over our models
– But where are they?
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Conclusions
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› FOCUS Groundwater contains higher-tier approaches for which guidance and/or tools have not been developed
– This causes a lot of discussions in e.g. peer-review meetings because every company uses his own methods
› The expertise to create harmonized tools is available
– Integration with current tools such as PERSAM, PELMO and PEARL is possible
› Increase of consistency
– Tools can be used for both substance approval and product authorization
› A younger generation must take over our models
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Let’s start bridging the gapThank you
Aaldrik Tiktak