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The Sednet Booklet Final Version: Contaminated Sediments in European River Basins.
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document --> technical publication --> report
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EU Projects
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| Year: |
2004 |
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Sednet Consortium (2004), Edited by Wim Salomons and Jos Brils. The Sednet Booklet Final Version: Contaminated Sediments in European River Basins. Coordinated by TNO, Netherlands
First Author: Sednet Consortium
Edited by: Wim Salomons and Jos Brils
Year: 2004
Title: The Sednet Booklet Final Version: Contaminated Sediments in European River Basins.
Source details: http://www.htg-baggergut.de/Downloads/SedNet_booklet_final.pdf
Publisher name: Sednet
Publisher details: Netherlands
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Sednet Consortium
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EC Project
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| Format (e.g. PDF): |
PDF
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500
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Contaminated land-->Contaminated land overview
Contaminated land-->Risk assessment-->Sources
Contaminated land-->Risk management-->Strategies
Sediments
Water resources and their management -->River basins
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| Short description: |
Sediments originate in river basins mainly through land and channel erosion processes and are
transported in river systems in the direction of the coast, with the oceans being the final sink.
Thus land use, climate, hydrology, geology and topography determine sediment supply and
transport in rivers. In the river system, temporary deposition can take place. Important in this
respect are floodplains, reservoirs and lakes. In many regulated rivers, sediments are trapped
behind dams and reduce the sediment supply downstream. Important impacted areas downstream
include wetlands, deltas and harbours. Hence, sediments, like water, are a highly dynamic part of
river systems: it is not tied to a particular area and is transported through countries in the same
river basin.
Besides quantity, quality of sediment affects downstream areas. In particular, the presence of
contaminants, such as heavy metals, nutrients pesticides and other organic micro-pollutants,
threatens the good ecological status of waterways, wetlands and estuarine systems, which is the
focal point of the European Water Framework Directive. In addition, the removal of contaminated
sediments from waterways and harbours, to ensure their navigability, imposes high costs for the
regulatory and responsible authorities at the local level.
The European Sediment Research Network - SedNet1 - is commissioned by EC DG-Research in
order to (main objective) set up a thematic network, initially aimed at the assessment of fate and
impact of contaminants in sediment and dredged material and aimed at sustainable solutions for
their management and treatment. Hence, between 2002 and 2005 scientific, policy and regulatory
aspects of contaminated sediments and dredged material were addressed in 17 workshops and 3
conferences organised by SedNet. Europe’s leading scientists and major sediment managers
contributed to these SedNet activities. The results are summarised in this booklet, in the annexes
on the enclosed CD-ROM and at the SedNet website (www.SedNet.org). The comprehensive
results will be published in 2005 by Elsevier as a series of four books.
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Dr Stefan Gödeke WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 23/08/2009
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