Report of meeting on measurement of suspended solids in the Meuse

On June 19/20, 2007 a visit was paid to a suspended particulate matter (SPM) sampling and monitoring site in the Ourthe river (Liège region), between the confluence with the Vesdre river and the mouth of the Ourthe in the Meuse river. The next day, a workshop was organised in which backgrounds, methods and procedures for SPM sampling and...

Impact of sedimentation in the Dommel flood plain on heavy metal availability and bioaccumulation in flora and fauna

This report describes the application of the BioChem-DSS, being developed in the EU KP6-programme AquaTerra, BASIN R3 work package, with the aim to assist in the definition and improvement of management options for the Meuse region. A case study was carried out in a flood plain site of the river Dommel, a tributary to the Meuse. The present T0...

Overzicht bronnen van verontreinigd slib en mogelijke transportpaden

Transport van verontreinigingen via slibdeeltjes (vooral via gesuspendeerd materiaal, daarnaast ook via ‘bedload’) kan een belangrijk aandeel vormen in het totale transport van deze stoffen. Het kan hierbij gaan om grote hoeveelheden die bovendien grensoverschrijdend verplaatst worden, en grote ecologische effecten teweeg kunnen brengen. Voor...

Propagation of a cadmium spill through an impounded river system

In this paper, the influence of impoundments (sluices, weirs, etc.) and stream components (tributaries, river branches, associated canals) on the metal content in water and suspended particulate matter (SPM) in the Dutch part of the River Meuse is assessed using the decrease in the cadmium content of the particulate and dissolved phase during...