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CEDE press release: The CEDA EC prize for the best paper |
The CEDA EC prize for the best paper goes to Dr Stoschek of DHI Wasser& Umwelt GmbH, Syke, Germany
 In line with our continued effort to make CEDA and our activities better known and the vast amount of knowledge and expertise within our membership available to a wider audience in countries where - at present - we have a limited membership, the Environment Commission of CEDA decided to consider papers presented at the Black Sea Coastal Association, (BSCA) conference 4th International Conference on Port Development and Coastal Environment (September 2007, Varna, Bulgaria).
CEDA’s involvement in this event was via the Environment Commission
(EC) of which Dr Valeri Penchev, Vice-chairman of the Board and
Executive Manager of BSCA, is a member. The conference was organised by
the BSCA and supported by CEDA. We feel that the representation of BSCA
on the EC, which dates from 2005 has been the starting point for more
structured communication between the two organizations and that the
conference in Varna has given a new impetus to this process.
During the conference the EC presented two technical sessions and
hosted a lively panel discussion on dredging and the environment,
chaired by Polite Laboyrie (Rijkswaterstaat, the Netherlands). The
conference round-table discussion was chaired by Neville Burt (HR
Wallingford, UK) Chairman of the ESC.
The Members of the EC selected three papers in advance of the
conference, listened the presentations and, in tough competition, Dr
Stoschek came out as the winner, for his paper entitled ’Possibilities
of minimizing sedimentation in harbours in a brackish tidal
environment’. Since sedimentation in harbours cannot be avoided, this
paper, which considers the mechanisms that are involved in
sedimentation in brackish waters, makes an important contribution to
the understanding of the influence of the various parameters involved.
He shows how the influence of these mechanisms can be evaluated and how
solutions to sedimentation problems can be developed.
The EC also highly commended the two other papers, both from Spain,
that they had selected. The paper of A. G. Gómez, B. Ondiviela, J.A.
Juanes, J.A. Revilla, A. García, V. Vargas, C. Álvarez, and A. Puente,
entitled: ‘A risk assessment approach to contaminant emissions in
seaport areas: methodological procedure to calculate susceptibility’,
which outlines the response of the Spanish National Port Administration
to the Water Framework Directive. This paper, describes an indicator to
estimate susceptibility, a methodological procedure to calculate it,
and an evaluation criterion to assess this parameter that have been
established and applied to the Port of Gijon in the North of Spain.
The third paper entitled: ‘A tool for the management of seaport water
bodies quality. ROM 5.1. Quality of coastal waters in port areas’, by
Bárbara Ondiviela, Aina G. Gómez, José A. Revilla, José A. Juanes,
César, Álvarez, Araceli Puente, Andrés García, was written to
illustrate the Spanish response to the Water Framework Directive. The
paper introduces the first methodological and technical tool for the
integral management of seaport water quality, with direct incidence in
design, evaluation and environmental monitoring of infrastructure
works, activities and port operations. This tool is included in the
Spanish standardization programme of ports (ROM PROGRAMME), which was
published in 2005 under the title of ‘ROM 5.1. Quality of coastal
waters in port areas’.
CEDA is a non-profit international professional association that
provides an independent forum for the exchange of knowledge on dredging
techniques, technology and dredged material management for the
development of good practice. CEDA facilitates contacts within and
outside the dredging community and aims to enhance public understanding
of dredging. CEDA is open to all those involved in dredging-related
activity who live or work in Europe, Africa or the Middle East and its
interests encompass all aspects of dredging including research,
planning, design, equipment operation and management. CEDA is a member
of the World Organisation of Dredging Associations (WODA).
Contact:
Anna Csiti
General Manager CEDA
T: +31 15 2682575
E:
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