Danube Sediment Balance - Sustainable, Integrated Transnational Sediment Quantity and Quality Management in the Danube River Basin
Abstract
DanubeSediment_Q2 aims to improve the sediment balance alteration and sediment quantity and quality management to achieve environmental objectives. Based on the projects DanubeSediment and SIMONA the ICPDR heads of delegations concluded that sediment balance alteration for the first time became a Significant Water Management Issue in the 3rd Danube River Basin Management Plan (DRBMP). The Danube has a completely disturbed sediment system, where either surplus or deficit of sediments dominate. Thus, there is an urgent need to improve the quantity and quality of sediments by harmonized management practices being not yet defined in the DRBMP. The main output is the first Integrated Sediment Management Plan (ISMP) for the Danube River Basin. We will recommend concrete solutions and upscaling options being ready to be taken up by ICPDR in the next DRBMP as well as Flood Risk MP and navigation by DC. This plan will build on the DRB Sediment Improvement Strategy for solutions building on concrete case studies in each partner country using up to date monitoring and modelling. An innovative co-design approach including 48 partners as well as stakeholders will allow to reach practical solutions. To achieve this an improved sediment quantity and quality monitoring network, a new HYMO assessment method and a risk analysis procedure will be central outputs. The DanubeSediment_Q2 project will result in facilitating an improved sediment balance and morphodynamics ensuring a good sediment quantity and quality. This will lead to a restored sediment continuity at barriers, a reduced sedimentation in impoundments and reduced riverbed and coastal erosion. Consequently, a dynamic river morphology, a decreased flood risk, an improved groundwater level, river ecosystem, navigation and hydropower are envisaged. This will be reached by the initiated sediment cooperation between the Danube Basin countries, including governments, relevant stakeholders as well as interested groups.
keywords Danube sediment transport river morphology river restoration floodrisk management
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Project staff
Helmut Habersack
Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Dr.h.c. Helmut Habersack
helmut.habersack@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81901, 81911
Project Leader
01.01.2024 - 30.06.2026
Marlene Haimann
Dipl.-Ing. Marlene Haimann
marlene.haimann@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81936
Sub Projectleader
01.01.2024 - 30.06.2026
Philipp Gmeiner
Dipl.-Ing. Philipp Gmeiner
philipp.gmeiner@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81917
Project Staff
01.01.2024 - 30.06.2026
Michael Manfred Scheiber
Dipl.-Ing. Michael Manfred Scheiber
michael.scheiber@boku.ac.at
Project Staff
01.04.2024 - 30.06.2026