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
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Water Management and flood control in Europe
Netherlands
European Union
France
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Water management and flood control in the USA & Latin America
Brazil
New Orleans
California
Florida
New York
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GKN water knowledge exchange
NE
EUR
USA
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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
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“Almost-floods” of 1993/1995
Evacuation of 250.000 people
Most of the emergency levee reinforcement works
Room for the river, Meuse River works
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)
• 1264 km meets the standard:
• 680 km does not meet the standard:
2006
44 %
24 %
(2001)
(40 %)
(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 restoration
Scheldt Estuary: Netherlands and Belgium
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• European Union: Exchange of Experiences and Comparative Analysis for ICZM
Contractor: 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
New York City
California
Bay-Delta
Louisiana
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Florida
Everglades
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
Closed
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Verrazano Narrows Barrier
Artist impression
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