Dutch standards

Dutch Standards are environmental pollutant reference values used in environmental remediation, investigation and cleanup.[1] [2]

The reference values for soil are adjusted for the organic matter (humus) content and soil fraction < 0.2 µm (lutum - Latin, meaning "mud" or "clay"). The values below are calculated for a 'Standard Soil' with 10% organic matter and 25% lutum.

The reference values for groundwater depend on the depth of the sample, the values below are for 'shallow' groundwater, 0 - 10 m depth.

A case of environmental contamination is defined as 'serious' if >25 m³ soil or >100 m³ groundwater is contaminated above the intervention value.

Parameter| Soil (mg/kg dry matter)| Groundwater (µg/l)

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| reference value | intervention value| reference value | intervention value
I metals |  |  |  |
cadmium (Cd) | 0.8 | 12 | 0.4 | 6
chromium (Cr) | 100.0 | 380 | 1 | 30
copper (Cu) | 36.0 | 190 | 15 | 75
nickel (Ni) | 35.0 | 210 | 15 | 75
lead (Pb) | 85.0 | 530 | 15 | 75
zinc (Zn) | 140 | 720 | 65 | 800
mercury (Hg) | 0.3 | 10.0| 0.05| 0.3
arsenic (As) | 29.0 | 55.0| 10 | 60
barium (Ba) | 160 | 625 | 50 | 625
cobalt (Co) | 9.0 | 240 | 20 | 100
molybdenum (Mo)| 3.0 | 200 | 5 | 300
antimony (Sb) | 3.0 | 15 | 0.15 | 10
beryllium (Be)| 1.1 | 30 | 0.05 | 15
silver (Ag)| \-  | 15 | \- | 40
selenium (Se) | 0.7 | 100 | 0.07 | 160
tellurium (Te)| - | 600 | \- | 70
thallium (Th)| 1.0 | 15 | 2 | 7
tin (Sn) | - | 900 | 2.2 | 50
vanadium (V) | 42.0 | 250 | 1.2 | 70
|  |  |  |
II inorganic compounds |  |  |  |
cyanides \- free | 1| 20 | 5 | 1500
cyanides - complex (pH < 5)| 5| 650 | 10| 1500
cyanides - complex (pH >= 5) | 5| 50 | 10| 1500
thiocyanates | 1| 20 | \- | 1500
bromide | 20| \- | 300| \-
chloride | \- | \- | 100000| -
fluoride | 500| \- | 500  | -
|  |  |  |
III (volatile) aromatic compounds |  |  |  |
benzene | 0.01  | 1 | 0.20 | 30
toluene | 0.01  | 130 | 7.00 | 1000
ethyl benzene| 0.03| 50| 4.00 | 150
xylene | 0.1  | 25 | 0.20 | 70
phenol | 0.05  | 40 | 0.2 | 2000
cresols | 0.05  | 5 | 0.2 | 200
catechol | 0.05  | 20 | 0.2 | 1250
resorcinol | 0.05  | 10 | 0.2 | 600
hydroquinone | 0.05  | 10 | 0.2 | 800
dodecylbenzene| -| 1000| -| 0.02
styrene (vinylbenzene)| 0.3| 100 | 6| 300
|  |  |  |
IV polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)|  |  |  |
PAH (sum of 10)| 1  | 40| -| -
naphthalene | -| -| 0.01 | 70
phenanthrene | -| -| 0.003| 5
anthracene | -| -| 0.0007| 5
fluoranthene| -| -| 0.003 | 1
benzo(a)anthracene| -| -| 0.0001| 0.5
chrysene | -| -| 0.003 | 0.2
benzo(k)fluoroanthene| -| -| 0.0004| 0.05
benzo(a)pyrene| -| -| 0.0005| 0.05
benzo(ghi)perylene| -| -| 0.0003| 0.05
indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene| -| -| 0.0004| 0.05
|  |  |  |
V chlorinated hydrocarbons|  |  |  |
dichloromethane| 0.4 | 10 | 0.01 | 1000
trichloromethane| 0.02 | 10 | 6 | 400
carbon tetrachloride| 0.4 | 1 | 0.01 | 10
trichloroethylene| 0.1 | 60 | 24 | 500
tetrachloroethylene| 0.002 | 4 | 0.01 | 40
1,1-dichloroethane | 0.02 | 15 | 7 | 900
1,2-dichloroethane| 0.02 | 4 | 7 | 400
1,2-dichloroethene (cis. trans) *| 0.2 | 1 | 0.01 | 20
1,1-dichloroethene | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.01 | 10
vinyl chloride | 0.01 | 0.1 | 0.01 | 5
1,1,1-trichloroethane| 0.07 | 15 | 0.01 | 300
1,1,2-trichloroethane | 0.4 | 10 | 0.01 | 130
chlorobenzene (sum)| 0.03 | 30 | -| -
monochlorobenzene | -| -| 7 | 180
dichlorobenzenes (sum)| -| -| 3 | 50
trichlorobenzenes (sum)| -| -| 0.01 | 10
tetrachlorobenzenes (sum)| -| -| 0.01 | 2.5
pentachlorobenzene| -| -| 0.003 | 1
hexachlorobenzene| -| -| 0.00009 | 0.5
chlorophenols (sum)| 0.01 | 10 | -| -
monochlorophenols (sum)| -| -| 0.3 | 100
dichlorophenols (sum)| -| -| 0.2 | 30
trichlorophenols (sum)| -| -| 0.03 | 10
tetrachlorphenols (sum)| 0.01 | 10 |  |
pentachlorophenol| -| -| 0.04 | 3
chloronaphthalene| -| -| \- | 6
polychlorobiphenyl (sum)| 0.02 | 1 | 0.01 | 0.01
EOX| 0.3 | -| -| -
dioxin | -| 0.001 | -| 0.001ng/l
monochloraniline| 0.005 | 50 | -| 30
dichloroaniline | 0.005 | 50 | -| 100
trichloroaniline| -| 10 | -| 10
tetrachloroaniline| -| 30 | -| 10
pentachloroaniline| -| 10 | -| 1
4-chloromethylphenols| -| 15 | -| 350
dichloropropanes | 0.002 | 2 | 0.8 | 80
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VI insecticides|  |  |
DDT/DDD/DDE| 0.01 | 4 | 0.004 ng/l| 0.01
drins| 0.005 | 4 | -| 0.1
aldrin| 0.00006| -| 0.009 ng/l| -
dieldrin| 0.0005 | -| 0.1 ng/l| -
endrin| 0.00004 | -| 0.04 ng/l| -
HCH-compounds| -| 2 | 0.05 | 1
α-HCH| 0.003 | -| 33 ng/l| -
β-HCH| 0.009 | -| 8 ng/l| -
γ-HCH| 0.00005 | -| 9 ng/l| -
carbaryl| -| 5 | 2 ng/l| 50
carbofuran| -| 2 | 9 ng/l| 100
maneb| -| 35 | 0.05 ng/l| 0.1
atrazine | 0.0002 | 6 | 29 ng/l| 150
chlordane | -| 4 | 0.02 ng/l| 0.2
heptachlor| -| 4 | 0.005 ng/l| 0.3
heptachlor-epoxide| -| 4 | 0.005 ng/l| 3
endosulfan| -| 4 | 0.2 ng/l| 5
organic tin compounds (sum)| -| 2.5 | 0.05-16 ng/l| 0.7
azinphos-methyl| 0.000005| 2 | 0.1 ng/l| 2
MCPA| -| -| 0.02 | 50
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VII Other contaminants|  |  |  |
cyclohexanone| 0.1 | 45 | 0.5 | 15000
ftalates (sum)| 0.1 | 60 | 0.5 | 5
mineral oil| 50 | 5000 | 50 | 600
pyridine| 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 30
tetrahydrofuran| 0.1 | 2 | 0.5 | 300
tetrahydrothiophene| 0.1 | 90 | 0.5 | 5000
(mono)ethylene glycol| -| 100| -| 5500
diethylene glycol| -| 270 | -| 13000
acrylonitrile| 0.000007 | 0.1 | 0.08| 5
formaldehyde | -| 0.1 | -| 50
methanol | -| 30 | -| 24000
butanol | -| 30 | -| 5600
1,2 butylacetate| -| 200 | -| 6300
methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE)| -| 100 | -| 9200
methyl ethyl ketone (MEK)| -| 35 | -| 6000
tribromomethane | -| 75 | -| 630
ethylacetate| -| 75 | -| 15000
isopropanol | -| 220 | -| 31000

## References

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1. ↑ Template:Nl http://www.vrom.nl/pagina.html?id=9737 Website Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM)
2. ↑ Template:Nl http://www.vrom.nl/get.asp?file=Docs/bodem/bijlagecirculairestreefwaarden_bodem.pdf \- notably pages 8-13

nl:Streef- en Interventiewaarden