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Alternative disposal strategy Walsoorden - in situ disposal test 2004

Parent project: New disposal strategy for the Westerschelde, more
Period: 2003 till 2007
Status: Completed
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Institutes (7)  Top | Publication | Projects 
  • Gemeentelijk Havenbedrijf Antwerpen (GHA), more, proposer
  • Port of Antwerp Expert Team (PAET), more, external adviser
  • Vlaamse overheid, more, proposer
  • Soresma nv, more, executant
  • Eurosense Belfotop NV, more, executant
  • Haecon NV (HAECON NV), more, executant
  • Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences; Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), more, executant

Child projects (5)  Top | Institutes | Publication 
  • Evaluation of the in situ disposal test near the Walsoorden sandbar 2004, more
  • Monitoring by external contractors of the in situ disposal test near the Walsoorden sandbar 2004, more
  • Monitoring by Flanders Hydraulics Research of the in situ disposal test near the Walsoorden sandbar 2004, more
  • Planning of the in situ disposal test near the Walsoorden sandbar 2004, more
  • Workshop on results of in situ disposal test near the Walsoorden sandbar 2004, more

Abstract
While the results of the feasibility research showed that no results opposed the feasibility, it was decided to have an in situ test to get final prove. In 2004 a first disposal test (500.000 m3) was executed near the Walsoorden sandbar, using a diffuser to dispose the dredged material quietly in shallow water. An intensive monitoring programme (+ evaluation criteria) were defined in collaboration with PAET to evaluate the success of the test. The monitoring consisted of MBES, tracers, sediment transport and ecological monitoring. Most of monitoring was performed by external contractors (contracts with Flemish government).

JJP was a member of the steering committee that performed the follow-up of the monitoring and the results.

In 2006 FHR evaluated this disposal test and organized a workshop where the results were presented.


Publication  Top | Institutes | Projects 
  • Peters, J.J.; Cunge, J.A.; Plancke, Y.M.G. (2006). Role of practinioners and hydroinformatics in the decision-making process for morphological management of an estuary, in: Gourbesville, P. et al. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Hydroinformatics 2006, Nice, 4-8 September 2006. pp. [1-8], more

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