Projectinfosheet

EnvironmentalImpactAssessment(EIA-report)foralandreclamationatBarcadera,ArubaAruba,2018Clientinfo: Name: ArubaPortsAuthority(APA)

Sector: TransportationLocation: ArubaAPA is a government owned company responsible for theoperationofallArubanharbors.

Rationale: ThemaintenancedredgingoftheOranjestadharbourofArubaproduces700.000m3ofsediment. APA plans to use the sediments for a land reclamation project east ofBarcadera(currentcontainerharbor).Thenewareawillbeusedasanewindustrialarea.

Approach: Afteranalysisofthesediments(particlesizesandchemicalanalyses)thesedimentwas

foundtobeuncontaminatedandsuitableforreuse.Withtheuseofafiniteelementhydraulicmodel(Finel3D)EcoVisionmodelledthedispersionofsuspendedsolidsintheenvironment.Theresultswereusedtoassesspossibledamagetotheadjacentseagrassbedsandcoralreefs.

Outcome: APAagreedtoamendthephysicalfootprintoftheprojecttominimizedirectdamageto

animportantseagrassbedintheshallowwatersofthelagoonandtominimizedamagetoanadjacentmangrovestrip.