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Project: Integrated assessments
  • Title (NL) Integrated assessments
  • Period 01 / 2004 - unknown
  • Status Current
Abstract
bullet Abstract This project represents the continuation of several studies which had been conducted in previous years, all of which focused on the analysis and support of water policy and management. The current project focused on the Delta region of the Netherlands, and the specific issues related to the implementation of the EU Directives (specifically the Water Framework Directive). The project has been divided into 4 components, which have been conducted parallel to one another:
1. The implementation of the Water Framework Directive in the Netherlands - implications for transitional and coastal waters.
A literature study was conducted with respect to the Water Framework Directive, and was supplemented by several interviews with river basin coordinators in the Netherlands. Results are summarised in a paper which is ready for publication.
2. Assessment criteria for the maintenance of a multi-channel system in the Western Scheldt estuary.
An important step has been taken in the process of making the morphologic cell-concept for the Western Scheldt estuary operational. This now has the potential to provide clear management guidelines for the dredging, dumping and sand extraction policies for the estuary in a way that can guarantee the stability of the multi-channel system. A paper on the theory of the cell-concept has been finalised (ready for publication) and two additional papers on the 1) testing and 2) operationalisation in assessment criteria are currently still in draft form.
3. Assessment criteria and an information system for a Dynamic Delta.
With the recent vision statement Delta Inzicht (Delta Insight) and the installation of the Deltaraad (Delta Council), serious attention is now being paid to a number of initiatives to return the dynamic conditions to the Netherlands Delta which had been absent since the completion of the Delta works infrastructure. To support the decision making process, a Delta information system, including a set of assessment criteria, is being developed in consultation with RWS. A first demonstration version and a vision for completion have been created.
4 Ecologic screening tool for the Water Framework Directive.
The WL / Delft Hydraulics¿ software module BLOOM has been adapted for easy application as a screening tool for ecological assessment of water systems as required by the Water Framework Directive. A first version of the screening tool with user manual has been completed under this project and is ready for application. Further testing and reporting (publication) will take place next year in the context of the EU project REBECCA as well as a new R&D project.
Related organisations
bullet Secretariat Deltares
bullet Financier Ministerie van Verkeer en Waterstaat - VW (VW)
Related people
bullet Project leader Dr.ir. H.S. Otter
bullet Project leader M.T. Villars
Related research (upper level)
bullet Program Marine & coastal systems - WL (2004 -)
Classification
bullet A12000 Surfacewater and groundwater
bullet A63000 Hydraulic engineering
bullet D15600 Hydrospheric sciences
bullet D16200 Software, algorithms, control systems
bullet D16400 Information systems, databases
bullet D22400 Ecology
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