Collaborative monitoring or longitudinal training dam effects in the Waal River

Posted at 15/07/2018 by Prof. dr. S.J.M.H. Hulscher

RiverCare is part of 'WaalSamen', a collaborative group to measure and compare the effects of the longitudinal dams as an alternative to river groynes.

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The Ministry of Water infrastructure (Rijkswaterstaat) started the longitudinal dams pilot as an innovative alternative to the typical river groynes in the Waal river. Along 10 kilometer stretch, the longitudinal dams create a side channel parallel to the main river to improve the hydraulic, ecological and recreational conditions for the river. Since 2014, the WaalSamen group measure and compare the effects before, during and after the construction of the longitudinal dam to adapt ther design and maintenance as necessary. The WaalSamen group includes representatives from Rijkswaterstaat, the inland shipping sector, national and regional angler associations and some of the Dutch Universities, research institutes and consultancies that are part of the RiverCare program.

(Source: WaalSamen group).

Read more about the group and the effects that the RiverCare projects have identified so far in the news publication that researchers prepared for the Flows platform.

(Source: Contribution to the July/2018 DeltaLinks Magazine of the Dutch platform).