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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.