New Tethys database tool to host concentration data

Database development

To create inventories of emissions of trace contaminants into surface waters with the approach of regionalized pathway analysis a wide variety of concentration data is needed. Not only concentrations of contaminants in surface water but also in matrices acting as emission pathways like wastewater, atmospheric deposition and soil a harmonized data basis is needed.

To support the collection of such concentration data in a harmonized form together with all necessary meta data a new database tool is developed within the Tethys project and will be applied on national and transnational scales.

Building on the experiences from the Danube Hazard m³c project the TU Wien team is leading the development and together with the project partners works on developing a suitable database.

All development is hosted on a GitLab server of TU Wien, assuring versioning and backup of all code.

Database test phase

Currently the partners are evaluating the proposed database draft if it is fit-for-purpose regarding functionality, completeness and usability by testing it on a server at TU Wien. The partners feedback will help to improve the quality of the database and assures that finally it will be a tool supporting water quality management at national and transnational scale in the Danube basin (and maybe also elsewhere).