Interreg IVB-Project:“Impact of Climate Change
on the quality of urban and coastal waters (Diffuse Pollution)-DiPol”
Background of the project
BASIC ASSUMPTION: There is little awareness among the public and „stakeholders“, that CC will have
an impact on water quantity but also on water quality
Workprogram
WP 1: Project ManagementWP 2: Edu-TainmentWP 3: Risk AnalysisWP 4: SIMACLIMWP 5: Implementation
Project Management
Communication within the project and to the public
Webpage Kick-off meeting Reports
Organisation of meetings, workshops and conferences Reporting
Workprogram
WP 1: Project ManagementWP 2: Edu-TainmentWP 3: Risk AnalysisWP 4: SIMACLIMWP 5: Implementation
Edu-Tainment
Raising public awareness on impact of climatic change on water quality
Cooperation with schools Exchange of students Media contacts
Cooperation of pupils and scientists during a sampling campaign
Mutual exchange
(Hamburg – Oslo –
Gothenburg)
Production of a documentary film – from pupils for pupils
Workprogram
WP 1: Project ManagementWP 2: Edu-TainmentWP 3: Risk AnalysisWP 4: SIMACLIMWP 5: Implementation
Risk Analysis
Analyses of 4 case sites
Studies on pollutant sources and transport
•joined sampling surveys•data exchange•discussion groups•yearly meetings
Case site 1:Inner Oslo Fjord, Norway
Contaminant sources:• Urban runoff• Wastewater treatment• Industrial sources• Sediment remobilisation• Soil erosion/riverine input
Case site 2:Göta älv, Gothenburg
Sediment monitoring stations of the Göta River Water Association
The port of Gothenburg
Case site 3:Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg
Europe’s largest copper producer, the Norddeutsche Affinerie
Disposal site “Georgswerder”
Land disposal site for dredged material Oil refinery Wilhelmsburg
Elbe stream and river island Wilhelmsburg
Case site 4:Harrestrup river, Copenhagen
Combined severed
Separate severed
Highway runoff
Industry
General urban paved areas
Combined sewer overflow
Workprogram
WP 1: Project ManagementWP 2: Edu-TainmentWP 3: Risk AnalysisWP 4: SIMACLIMWP 5: Implementation
SIMACLIM Compiled data Transport from rivers to the coast and North Sea
Estimating the impact of different rivers to the overall pollution of the coastal zone and North Sea
Specific contaminant patterns
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30/12/2000 18/02/2001 09/04/2001 29/05/2001 18/07/2001 06/09/2001
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DONAR
1storder 7.5 mg/l
Workprogram
WP 1: Project ManagementWP 2: Edu-TainmentWP 3: Risk AnalysisWP 4: SIMACLIMWP 5: Implementation
Implementation
Stakeholders and decision makers follow and guide the SIMACLIM development
Regional management plans considering transnational impacts
Raised awareness towards climate change
Prioritization of measures to reduce emissions to Sea as a consequence of climate change
DiPol - Consortium
Stakeholder Council
Projects / International WGs
CLIWAT, SAWA, CMA, Common Wadden Sea Sekretariat
Ministries / Institutes
Danish Ministry if Environment, BfG, SGU, Inst. f. Hygiene u. Umwelt (HH), MfLUlR (SH), LAfNU (SH), MfSGFJS (SH)
Municipalities
Bohuskustens Vattenvardsförbund, Hzgt Lauenburg, HL, Göteburg Region, Senat FHH
NGOs
WWF, NABU D, Naturschutzverband GÖP, Zukunftsrat HH
Harbour Authorities
Port of Göteburg, Hamburg Port Authority
Educational Institution
Lindholmes Gymnasium
Others
IBA HH, AG Reinhaltung der Elbe
Lead beneficiary Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) [D]
Beneficiaries Behoerde fuer Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt (BSU) [D] FH Luebeck [D] Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) [N] Vrije Universiteit (VU-IVM) [NL] Deltares [NL] Statens Geotekniska Institut (SGI) [S] University of Gothenburg [S] Albertslund Municipality [DK] Technical University of Denmark [DK] University of Copenhagen [DK]
Sub-Partner University of Applied Science, Hamburg (HAW) [D] Gymnasium Kirchdorf Wilhelmsburg [D] Elvebakken videregående skole [N] Hvidovre Forsyning A/S (Utilities) [DK] Copenhagen municipality Vej og Park [DK] Glostrup municipality, Natur og miljø [DK] Norwegian Pollution Control Authority [N] Swedish Environmental Research Institute [S]
Further Information:
Hamburg University of Technology, Institute of Environmental Technology and Energy Economics (Lead Beneficiary)
Eissendorfer Str. 40, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
Phone: +49 40 42878-3108; Fax: +49 40 42878-2315
[email protected] (Coordinator)
[email protected] (Project Manager)
www.interreg-dipol.de ; www.northsearegion.eu
VU University AmsterdamVU University Amsterdam
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