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Water management and flood protection

Water management and flood protection. Connecting and protecting delta’s. Piet Dircke, Program Director, GKN Water ARCADIS. Imagine the result. Contents. ARCADIS Global Knowledge Network Water Water Management and flood control in Europe Netherlands European Union France

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Water management and flood protection

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  1. Water management and flood protection • Connecting and protecting delta’s • Piet Dircke, Program Director, GKN Water ARCADIS Imagine the result

  2. Contents • ARCADIS Global Knowledge Network Water • Water Management and flood control in Europe • Netherlands • European Union • France • Water management and flood control in the USA & Latin America • Brazil • New Orleans • California • Florida • New York

  3. NE EUR USA GKN water knowledge exchange

  4. Sea defences:Hondsbosche & Pettemer Zeewering, Zuiderdijk hoorn-Enkhuizen)

  5. River dikes and levees:National rivers levees emergency act • “Almost-floods” of 1993/1995 • Evacuation of 250.000 people • Most of the emergency levee reinforcement works • Room for the river, Meuse River works

  6. Closure dams: Afsluitdijk Plan Waterlely: Tidal energy, flood protection & ecosystem recovery

  7. 5 year National levee safety inspection program • Levees, dikes, dunes (category A and B) 2006 (2001) • 1264 km meets the standard: 44 % (40 %) • 680 km does not meet the standard: 24 % (19 %) • 931 km ‘no judgement’ 32 % (41 %)

  8. Dutch Delta Commission II (2008):adapting to climate change

  9. Flood Control 2015: Integration of IT technology • Towards a smart flood control organization • Improve quality of decision making during emergencies • Fast & real time prediction of calculated risks

  10. Innovation in materials design:BASF elastocoast, wave & overtopping resistant

  11. Storm surge barriers • Design & construction • Risk management

  12. Estuaries & coastal restorationScheldt Estuary: Netherlands and Belgium

  13. European Union: Exchange of Experiences and Comparative Analysis for ICZMContractor: ARCADIS Sub-contractor: Coastal & Marine Union (EUCC)Jan 2009 – Dec 2011

  14. Canal Seine Nord Europe • 2005 by VNF (Voie Navegable France): • Design of lock levelling system, including water saving basins for 7 locks • Nautical design of outer harbours • Design mooring system, wave damping • Design of civil engineering works of the locks (structural and geotechnical)

  15. Brazil: Ports of Itajaí & Navegantes • Estimation of additional sedimentation as a result of the executed dredging works • Nautical study, Three dimensional hydraulic flow computations • Vertical ship motion computations & ship manoeuvring simulations • Evaluation of the future layout • Determination of the limiting conditions

  16. HPO system New Orleans

  17. GIWW Sector Gate

  18. IHNC storm surge barrier

  19. New Orleans a wake up call:USA Delta’s with opportunities for GKN Water New York City California Bay-Delta Florida Everglades Louisiana

  20. California: San Francisco Bay & Delta

  21. Florida: SFWMD CERPComprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan

  22. Closed Open New York: Verrazano BarrierConceptual design

  23. Verrazano Narrows BarrierArtist impression

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