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Water management and flood protectionConnecting and protecting delta’s
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Piet Dircke, Program Director, GKN Water ARCADIS
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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
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USA
GKN water knowledge exchange
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Sea defences: Hondsbosche & Pettemer Zeewering, Zuiderdijk hoorn-Enkhuizen)
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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
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Closure dams: Afsluitdijk
Plan Waterlely: Tidal energy, flood protection & ecosystem recovery
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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 %)
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Dutch Delta Commission II (2008): adapting to climate change
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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
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Innovation in materials design: BASF elastocoast, wave & overtopping resistant
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Storm surge barriers• Design & construction
• Risk management
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Estuaries & coastal restorationScheldt Estuary: Netherlands and Belgium
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• European Union: Exchange of Experiences and Comparative Analysis for ICZMContractor: ARCADIS Sub-contractor: Coastal & Marine Union (EUCC)
Jan 2009 – Dec 2011
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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)
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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
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HPO system New Orleans
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GIWW Sector Gate
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IHNC storm surge barrier
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New Orleans a wake up call:USA Delta’s with opportunities for GKN Water
Louisiana Florida Everglades
California
Bay-Delta
New York City
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California: San Francisco Bay & Delta
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Florida: SFWMD CERP Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan
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New York: Verrazano Barrier Conceptual design
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Verrazano Narrows Barrier Artist impression