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Walsoorden pilot part A (2004): relocation of dredged sediment to a shallow water area at the edge of the Walsoorden sandbar

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Degree of synergistic effects and conflicts according to WFD aims

The relocated sediment was stable and moved slowly towards the sandbar, expanding the shallow area around the sandbar and also changing the bathymetry at a local scale. The sediment is placed into an area that has been eroding for several decades. The quantity of dredged material (0.5 million m³) is low regarding the capacity of the eroded area and will therefore not significantly change the erosive hydrodynamic conditions. Also, this measure tackles the effect (eroded area), not the cause!

Indicator Group Code Main pressures polyhaline zone Scheldt Effect? Description
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S.I. 1.1 Habitat loss and degradation during the last about 100 years: Intertidal       X   Enlargement of the sandbar and local change of bathymetry (small scale test)
S.I. 3.1/3.2 Decrease of water and sediment chemical quality     X      
S.I. 3.3 Increased chemical loads on organisms     X      
D.I. 1.7 Relative Sea Level Rise     X      
D.I. 2.6 Capital dredging     X      
D.I. 2.12 Port developments     X      

S.I. = state indicator;  D.I. = driver indicator


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2c. Degree of synergistic effects and conflicts according to uses 3b. Degree of synergistic effects and conflicts according to Natura 2000 aims

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