Sednet Conference 2013 Presentations

SedNet Conference 2013

8th International SedNet conference, 6-9 November 2013, Lisbon, Portugal

Innovative Sediment Management:
How to do more with less

Presentations (in pdf format)

6 November
Opening
• Opening and welcome
by Marc Eisma, Port of Rotterdam Authority / Chairman SedNet

Sediment management: a Portuguese perspective
Chairman: Marc Eisma, Port of Rotterdam Authority / Chairman SedNet
• Sediment management in the context of water policies
António Gonçalves-Henriques, LNEC, Portugal		 Abstract
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• Sediment research in estuaries and the coastal zone
Luís Portela, LNEC, Portugal		 Abstract
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• Dredging and sediment management in the Port of Lisbon
Paula Sengo, Port of Lisbon Authority, Portugal		 Abstract

Sediments and ecosystems (and their services)
Chairman: Jos Brils, Deltares, the Netherlands
• Salt marshes retention capacity for carbon and nitrogen at Ria de Aveiro lagoon (Portugal)
Ana Sousa, University of Aveiro, Portugal		 Abstract
• Side structures along the Elbe river
Susanne Heise, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany		 Abstract
• Sustainable sediment management in a “rigid” river basin, a port’s perspective
Eric de Deckere, Port of Antwerp, Belgium		 Abstract
• Use of the ecosystem service approach for integrated estuarine management
Kirsten Wolfstein, Hamburg Port Authority, Germany		 Abstract
• What can ecosystem services do for you? From assessments to decisions
Sabine Apitz, SEA Environmental Decisions, UK		 Abstract

Integrated sediment management
Chairman: Richard Eertman, Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, the Netherlands
• Thoughts on sediment management
Axel Netzband, Hamburg Port Authority, Germany		 Abstract
• A conceptual model for advancing urban sediment management: allocating limited finances to deliver a sustainable outcome
Eric Stern, Battelle, USA		 Abstract
• Usefulness and necessity of asset management and structural cooperation in sediment management (zip-file: save, unpack and double-click prezi.exe for Windows of prezi.app for Apple)
Guido Ritskes, Durable Blue, the Netherlands		 Abstract
• Sustainability strategies for habitat restoration and sediment management in the face of global climate change
Richard Wenning, ENVIRON, USA		 Abstract 1
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• Remediation as a contribution for a sustainable sediment management in the river Rhine
Vera Breitung, Federal Institute of Hydrology, Germany		 Abstract
• Sediment management in the Dutch Rhine: an integrated approach for navigation, safety against flooding and ecology
Pol Hakstege, Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, the Netherlands		 Abstract
• An example of researchers-stakeholders collaboration: the Observation network of the Loire river basin sediments (“Réseau O.S.L.A.”, France)
Lauren Valverde, University of Tours, France		 Abstract

Sustainable dredged material management (part 1)
Chairman: Axel Netzband, Hamburg Port Authority, Germany
• A ‘Decision Framework for Assessing Options for the Disposal and Treatment of Contaminated Dredged Material’ in England and Wales
Chris Vivian, Cefas, UK
(presented by Sabine Apitz, SEA Environmental Decisions, UK)		 Abstract
• Achieving more with less. Lessons learned by the Oslo harbour case study, Norway
Arne Pettersen, NGI, Norway		 Abstract
• Summary of the Phase I Removal Action in the Lower Passaic River
Philip Spadaro, The Intelligence Group, USA		 Abstract
• Sustainable disposal of dredged material? An analysis of the Belgian situation
Gert Van Hoey, ILVO, Belgium		 Abstract
• Risk assessment & management of polluted sediments in areas with a nautical necessity – A case study from the Port of Antwerp, Belgium
Agnes Heylen, Port of Antwerp, and Toon Moeskops, Ecorem, Belgium		 Abstract
• SETARMS Project: Sustainable Environmental Treatment And Reuse of Marine Sediment
Nathalie Dumay, APLM, France		 Abstract

Sustainable dredged material management (part 2)
Chairman: Andrea Barbanti, ISMAR-CNR/RITMARE, Italy
• Novel scenarios for sustainable waterway sediments management deduced from a decision-support tool
Bruno Lemière, BRGM, France		 Abstract
• Succesful approach to ‘Keep the sediment navigable’ in Port of Delfzijl
Jannes Kamphuis, Groningen Seaports, the Netherlands		 Abstract
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• VAMORAS – Valorization of mechanically dewatered dredged sediments
Liesbeth Horckmans, VITO, Belgium		 Abstract
• Re-thinking cohesive sediment dredging management; a combination of fundamental and pragmatic research
Renaat De Sutter, Antea Group, Belgium		 Abstract
• A new multidisciplinary approach to dredged sediment management: Venice industrial channels and other tests
Roberta Salvetti, 3V Green Eagle S.p.A., Italy		  Abstract
• A check on the efficiency of an air bubble screen through the use of an artificial tracer: a test in the Port of Genoa (Italy)
Marco Capello, University of Genoa, Italy		 Abstract
• In situ sediment immobilization treatment: from demonstration to full-scale implementation
Rebecca Gardner, Anchor QEA, USA		 Abstract

7 November
Plenary session with keynote presentations
Chair: Christophe Mouvet, BRGM, France / Vice-Chairman SedNet
• The EU Blueprint for water; implications for sediment management
Claire McCamphill, DG Environment
• The Common Forum on Contaminated Land in Europe: from national policy setting to RTD needs identification
Dominique Darmendrail, Common Forum on Contaminated Land in Europe		 Abstract
• Towards practicle guidance for sustainable sediment management using the Sava River as a showcase
Damir Bekić, University of Zagreb, Croatia		 Abstract

Sediment quality issues
Chairperson: Susanne Heise, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
• The combination of chemical contamination, toxicity and in situ sediment structure is responsible for the low biodiversity of Lake Rummelsburg (Berlin)
Georg Reifferscheid, Federal Institute of Hydrology, Germany		 Abstract
• Development of an experimental method for the assessment of contaminated natural sediment
Catrina Cofalla, RWTH Aachen University, Germany		 Abstract
• Nematode-related criteria for sediment quality assessment
Marvin Brinke, Federal Institute of Hydrology, Germany		 Abstract
• A sensitive integrated approach to assess sediment quality: application to a low contamination case study (Minho River)
Joana Raimundo, IPMA, Portugal		 Abstract
• Spatially-explicit bioaccumulation modeling to support human health and ecological risk assessments in a decision analytic context
Katherine von Stackelberg, E Risk Sciences, LLP, USA
(presented by Sabine Apitz, SEA Environmental Decisions, UK)		 Abstract
• Sediment characterization of the Augusta harbour (Sicily, Italy): modern benthic foraminifera in relation to grain-size and sediment geochemistry
Elena Romano, ISPRA, Italy		 Abstract
• Assessment of sediment contamination in an impacted estuary: differential effects and adaptations of sentinel organisms and implications for biomonitoring
Pedro Costa, IMAR, Portugal		 Abstract

ECSA Special Session: Changing hydrodynamics of estuaries and tidal river systems
Chairperson: Kate Spencer, ECSA
• Impact of natural and antropogenic changes on hydro- and sediment dynamics in tidal estuaries
Henk Schuttelaars, TU Delft, the Netherlands		 Abstract
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• New shallow water area in Hamburg in the frame of the Tidal Elbe Concept
Manfred Meine, Hamburg Port Authority, Germany		 Abstract
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• Tracking the turbidity maximum zone in the Gironde estuary (SW France) based on continuous monitoring and radionuclides
Sabine Schmidt, CNRS, France		 Abstract
• How the tides changed in the Schelde-estuary under influence of natural changes and human interference
Yves Plancke, Flanders Hydraulics, Belgium		 Abstract
• The management of sediments near infrastructures founded on mobile beds
João Rocha, LNEC, Portugal		 Abstract
• Changing hydrodynamics and its impact on contaminant remobilisation from estuarine sediments
Andrew Turner, University of Plymouth, UK		 Abstract
• Coastal, geomorphology and ecohydrology
Andy Plater, University of Liverpool, UK		 Abstract

Special Session: Mechanics of sediment transport
Organisers: Mário J. Franca, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland and
Rui M.L. Ferreira, CEHIDRO, Instituto Superior Técnico – TULisbon, Portugal
• Spatial-scale considerations when evaluating sediment transport model performance
Carl Kirk Ziegler, Anchor QEA, USA		 Abstract
• Advancements in assessment of contaminated sediment remobilization risks in unnavigable watercourses in Flanders, Belgium
Thomas Van Hoestenberghe, Antea Group, Belgium		 Abstract
• A natural-scale analysis of Estuarine Cohesive Sediments: the EsCoSed Project
Matteo Postacchini, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy		 Abstract
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• An hydraulic monitoring system on a bridge over river Po
Francesco Ballio, Politecnico di Milano, Italy		 Abstract
• Mathematical modelling of transport of coal stockpiles by tsunami at Sines port
Daniel Conde, CEHIDRO, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal		 Abstract
• Long-wave-induced flows of stratified cohesive sediments
Yong Sung Park, University of Dundee, UK		 Abstract
• Modelling and numerical aspects of fluid-saturated granular materials: application to shear flows
Christos Varsakelis, IMMC, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium		 Abstract
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• Sediment suspension events and structures at the transition between flow acceleration and stabilization
Fereshteh Bagherimiyab, University of Waterloo, Canada		 Abstract
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• Sediment feeding effects on the bed morphology in channel confluences
Sebastián Guillén, CEHIDRO, Portugal / LCH, Switzerland		 Abstract
• Sediment transport within submerged model canopies under oscillatory flow
Marianna Soler, University of Girona, Spain		 Abstract
• The role played by the feed texture on the bed adjustments in sediment feed experiments
Carles Ferrer-Boix, The University of British Columbia, Canada		 Abstract

Special Session: Relationships between sediment and biota in transitional water ecosystems and harbours
Organisers: Monia Renzi, Alberto Basset, Maurizio Pinna University of Salento, Italy
• Sediment quality assessment vs analysis of impacts on biota: state of the art in Italy concerning sediment dredging
Monia Renzi, University of Salento, Italy		 Abstract
• Linking water column perturbations to soft-bottom biological element descriptors: the response of macroinvertebrates
Maurizio Pinna, University of Salento, Italy		 Abstract
• Does seagrass stimulate the bioavailability of mercury in contaminated sediments in a brackish fjord in Norway?
Marianne Olsen, Telemark University College, Norway		 Abstract

Working Group: Strengthening the connection between science and policy for improved sediment management
Organisers: Adriaan Slob, TNO, the Netherlands and Jos Brils, Deltares, the Netherlands
• The Green Week
Jos Brils, Deltares, the Netherlands
• SPI Sediment Management
Adriaan Slob, TNO, the Netherlands

8 November
Sediment quality and quantity issues
Chairman: Eric de Deckere, Port of Antwerp, Belgium
• The geochemistry of sediments at the catchment scale
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Multi isotope characterization (Pb-Zn-Cd-Hg) of the suspended sediments from the Loire River Basin
Philippe Négrel, BRGM, France		 Abstract1

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• Occurrence and mobility of metals in sediments from mountainous catchments: a case study in the River Douro basin (Northen Portugal)
Anabela Reis, University of Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro / University of Coimbra, Portugal		 Abstract
• Modelling sediment supply towards, and sedimentation processes in unnavigable watercourses in Flanders, Belgium
Thomas Van Hoestenberghe, Antea Group, Belgium		 Abstract
• Sediment quality management in the Netherlands: measures and prevention
Marieke Prins, Rijkswaterstaat Centre for Water, Traffic & Environment, the Netherlands		 Abstract
• Assessment of ecosystem services in dredging and marine construction works
Cor Schipper, Deltares, the Netherlands		 Abstract

Interaction between fluvial, estuarine and coastal sediment
Chairman: Carlos Vale, IPIMAR, Portugal
• Model supported monitoring of SPM in the Dutch coastal zone
Katherine Cronin, Deltares, the Netherlands		 Abstract
• Influence of internal versus diffuse sources on nutrients and trace elements in water: the case study of a eutrophic coastal lagoon
Patricia Pereira, IPMA, Portugal		 Abstract
• Sediment and biota monitoring of an offshore dredged-material disposal site in the German Bight – Assessment by means of the OSPAR-criteria
Uwe Hentschke, Federal Institute of Hydrology, Germany		 Abstract

ARCH: Management of multiple pressures on estuaries and lagoons in a changing climate
Chairman: Gijs Breedveld, NGI, Norway
• Ecosystem service in transitional and marine waters
Francesca Somma, European Commission, DG JRC – Water Resources Unit		 Abstract
• ARCH: Architecture and roadmap to manage multiple pressures on lagoons
Amy Oen, NGI, Norway		 Abstract
• From four “hotspot” lagoons to pan-European lagoons management: Lessons learnt so far from the FP7 LAGOONS project
Ana Isabel Lillebø, University of Aveiro, Portugal		 Abstract
• Evolutionary resilience and adaptation to climate change in European coastal regions
Elizabeth Brooks, Newcastle University, UK		 Abstract
• The relevance of sediments in eutrophic systems: a comparison of two European coastal lagoons (Óbidos and Lesina)
Carlos Vale, IPMA, Portugal		 Abstract
• Ecosystem services of sediments in marine spatial planning
Ilona Kamińska, University of Gdansk, Poland and
Jacek Zaucha, University of Gdansk and Maritime Institute in Gdansk, Poland		 Abstract
• Sea meets Land
Ingela Isaksson, County Administrative Board, Västra Götaland, Sweden		 Abstract
• Stakeholder communication on sediment issues – a waste of time? Experiences from the Elbe Estuary
Ivonne Stresius, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany		 Abstract
• Multiple pressures on the Götariver, Sweden, management by stakeholder involvement
Marie Haeger-Eugensson, IVL, Sweden		 Abstract

How to proceed with sediment research and management?
Chairman: Marc Eisma, Port of Rotterdam Authority / chair SedNet
Wrap-up of conference sessions
by session chairpersons
• Wrap up Portuguese Session
Luis Portela, LNEC, Portugal
• Sediments and ecosystems (and their services)
Jos Brils, Deltares, the Netherlands
• Wrap up Sustainable Dredged Material management
Axel Netzband, Hamburg Port Authority, Germany and Andrea Barbanti, ISMAR-CNR/RITMARE, Italy
• Wrap up Integrated Sediment Management
Richard Eertman, Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, the Netherlands
• Wrap up Key note session 7 November
Christophe Mouvet, BRGM, France
• Wrap up Sediment quality issues
Susanne Heise, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
• Wrap up ECSA Special Session: Changing hydrodynamics of estuaries and tidal river systems
Kate Spencer, ECSA
• Wrap up Special Session: Mechanics of sediment transport
Mario Franca, École Polytechnique Fédéreale de Lausanne, Switzerland
• Wrap up Special Session: Relationships between sediment and biota in transitional water ecosystems and harbours
Monia Renzi, Maurizio Pinna University of Salenta, Italy
• Sediment quality and quantity issues
Eric de Deckere, Port of Antwerp, Belgium
• Wrap up Interaction between fluvial, estuarine and coastal sediment
Carlos Vale, IPIMAR, Portugal
• Wrap up ARCH Special Session
Gijs Breedveld, NGI, Norway
Results of Working Group sessions
by initiators of Working Groups
• Working Group Beneficial use of Dredged Material
Bruna Oliveira, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
• Working Group Strengthening the connection between science and policy for improved sediment management
Adriaan Slob, TNO, the Netherlands
• Working Group Sediment in a changing environment
Susanne Heise, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Closing Session
Marc Eisma, chairman SedNet

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