1. Imagine the result Water management and flood protection Connecting and protecting delta’s Imagine the result Piet Dircke, Program Director, GKN Water ARCADIS

2. 2 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

3. 3 NE EUR USA GKN water knowledge exchange

4. 4 Sea defences: Hondsbosche & Pettemer Zeewering, Zuiderdijk hoorn-Enkhuizen)

5. 5 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

6. 6 Closure dams: Afsluitdijk Plan Waterlely: Tidal energy, flood protection & ecosystem recovery

7. 7 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 %)

8. 8 Dutch Delta Commission II (2008): adapting to climate change

9. 9 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

10. 10 Innovation in materials design: BASF elastocoast, wave & overtopping resistant

11. 11 Storm surge barriers Design & construction Risk management

12. 12 Estuaries & coastal restoration Scheldt Estuary: Netherlands and Belgium

13. 13 European Union: Exchange of Experiences and Comparative Analysis for ICZM Contractor: ARCADIS Sub-contractor: Coastal & Marine Union (EUCC) Jan 2009 – Dec 2011

14. 14 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)

15. 15 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

16. 16 HPO system New Orleans

17. 17 GIWW Sector Gate

18. 18 IHNC storm surge barrier

19. 19 New Orleans a wake up call: USA Delta’s with opportunities for GKN Water Louisiana Florida Everglades California Bay-Delta New York City

20. 20 California: San Francisco Bay & Delta

21. 21 Florida: SFWMD CERP Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan

22. 22 New York: Verrazano Barrier Conceptual design Closed Open

23. 23 Verrazano Narrows Barrier Artist impression