Sediment Management on River-Basinscale: The River Elbe

Heininger, Peter; Keller, Ilka; Quick, Ina; Schwartz, René; Vollmer, Stefan

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-14696-6_13

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“…Diffuse pollution from soil erosion in cropland is identified as a key pressure on water quality in many River Basin Management Plans across the EU (e.g. Heininger et al, 2015), thus erosion control measures should be adopted in PoMs to curb agricultural impacts on water bodies. Similarly, the Nitrate Directive requires implementation of good agricultural practices in nitrate vulnerable zones to reduce runoff, erosion, and nitrate losses.…”

Section: Policies Relevant To Gully Erosion: Framework and Current Needsmentioning

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Measuring, modelling and managing gully erosion at large scales: A state of the art

Vanmaercke

Panagos

Vanwalleghem

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Earth-Science Reviews

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Section: Policies Relevant To Gully Erosion: Framework and Current Needsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Measuring, modelling and managing gully erosion at large scales: A state of the art

Vanmaercke

Panagos

Vanwalleghem

et al. 2021

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“…About 600 km reach of the river downstream of the Czech Republic is free of barrages but has guide banks, groynes and flood protection structures. A detailed description of the catchment characteristics and incoming sediment challenges and their management for the Elbe River has been presented in several studies [65][66][67][68].…”

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Assessment of Soft Computing Techniques for the Prediction of Suspended Sediment Loads in Rivers

2021

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A key goal of sediment management is the quantification of suspended sediment load (SSL) in rivers. This research focused on a comparison of different means of suspended sediment estimation in rivers. This includes sediment rating curves (SRC) and soft computing techniques, i.e., local linear regression (LLR), artificial neural networks (ANN) and the wavelet-cum-ANN (WANN) method. Then, different techniques were applied to predict daily SSL at the Pirna and Magdeburg Stations of the Elbe River in Germany. By comparing the results of all the best models, it can be concluded that the soft computing techniques (LLR, ANN and WANN) better predicted the SSL than the SRC method. This is due to the fact that the former employed non-linear techniques for the data series reconstruction. The WANN models were the overall best performer. The WANN models in the testing phase showed a mean R2 of 0.92 and a PBIAS of −0.59%. Additionally, they were able to capture the suspended sediment peaks with greater accuracy. They were more successful as they captured the dynamic features of the non-linear and time-variant suspended sediment load, while other methods used simple raw data. Thus, WANN models could be an efficient technique to simulate the SSL time series because they extract key features embedded in the SSL signal.

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“…Inspired by the work done so far by SedNet, German and Czech Republic sediment experts elaborated and finalized the ICPER (International Commission for the Protection of the Elbe River) sediment management concept for the Elbe region (IKSE 2014). The concept includes proposals for good sediment management practice, as well as recommendations for actions targeting hydromorphology, quality, and navigation (Heininger et al 2015).…”

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Including sediment in European River Basin Management Plans: twenty years of work by SedNet

Brils

2020

J Soils Sediments

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Purpose This paper describes the efforts made by SedNet—the European Sediment Network—to generate attention for the inclusion of sediment in River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs) under the European Water Framework Directive (WFD). Materials and methods The SedNet response to key WFD implementation events is described using the “three-streams and windows-of-opportunities model” published by John Kingdon in 1995. Results and discussion SedNet was initially a response to the realization that the WFD—which came into force in 2000—largely neglected sediment. For SedNet, it was clear from the beginning that the WFD objectives can be achieved only if sediment is included in RBMPs. The SedNet efforts inspired the establishment of a sediment management concept for the Elbe river basin. That concept was used as a basis for the full inclusion of sediment in the second Elbe RBMP (2015–2021). SedNet experts are currently involved in the drafting of the WFD Common Implementation Strategy (CIS) sediment document which will be completed in 2021 and that will provide guidance about how to include sediment in RBMPs. Conclusions Since 2000, SedNet has persistently drawn attention to the need to include sediment in RBMPs. However, it was not until 2015 that the Elbe became the first European river basin to include sediment management fully in their RBMP. The 2021 WFD CIS sediment document and the focus on sediment in the Water Fitness Check in 2019 make it significantly more likely that the sediment will be included in the updates of WFD RBMPs in the near future.

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Sediment Management on River-Basinscale: The River Elbe

Cited by 7 publications

References 30 publications

Measuring, modelling and managing gully erosion at large scales: A state of the art

Measuring, modelling and managing gully erosion at large scales: A state of the art

Assessment of Soft Computing Techniques for the Prediction of Suspended Sediment Loads in Rivers

Including sediment in European River Basin Management Plans: twenty years of work by SedNet

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