Sullied Sediments - Sediment Assessment and Clean Up Pilots in Inland Waterways in the North Sea Region

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB North Sea

Date of latest update: 2024-01-30

Description

Description (EN):

This project delivers better assessment, better treatment and better prevention of contamination in pilot NSR waterways by the new EU Watch List (WL) chemicals, emerging drugs, and nutrients, which are not subject to EU monitoring laws until 2020, but are building up in sediments in these waterways. Regulatory authorities do not know their levels, locations or impacts. Nor do they have the tools to assess sediments and make management decisions with regard to such chemicals. Through Work Package (WP) 3 - Sediment Assessment, this project will provide the tools for sediment assessment in order to enable better risk assessment and reduce economic costs. In WP4 - Clean-Up, this project will pilot innovative spore technology to remove selected WL chemicals at waste-water treatment plants (WWTPs) in order to bring about a reduction in their levels. Including an end-of-waste assessment approach, using WP3 and WP4-delivered data, will also promote future sediment re-use.One way that WL chemicals enter our waterways is through consumer use of everyday products. Through WP5 - Changing Behaviour, this project will target citizen behaviour to reduce the levels of specific WL chemicals arriving at WWTPs in pilot catchments. This project will therefore provide and validate new tools to assess, treat and prevent WL chemical contamination of the NSR waterways by bringing together scientific experts and regulators in a transnational partnership to address what is a transnational problem.

Achievements (EN):

The Sullied Sediments project focussed on the sediments from inland waterways: their characterisation in terms of chemicals present as well as any associated toxicities or wider impacts; a spore-based technology intervention to attempt to remove selected chemicals at waste water treatment plants (WWTP); and a citizen engagement initiative and intervention to prevent further chemicals from entering these waterways by influencing citizen's behaviour. The combined partnership continued to contribute to each of the work packages and their activities throughout the life of the project. In the background to our activities during the final period of the project, there were lockdowns and significant limitations imposed due to the outbreak of Covid-19. The activities comprising Work Package 3 (WP3), 'Better Characterisation', aimed to give sediment managers and other stakeholders informational tools to better assess sediments in terms of chemical loadings and potential toxicity, which determine how they are disposed following any dredging activities. The main activities resulted in a new database of various chemical and biological/toxicological data, including the new watch list chemical information. Also within the final project period, the analytical chemistry methods developed earlier were applied to activities within Work Package 4 (WP4) (see below), which includes the "bioavailability" (of estrogens attached to SpECs) experiments. These results give preliminary indications of the potential of SpECs to 'tie up' estrogenic compounds in waste water treatment plant effluent and render it less toxic. With input from all partners, two reports have been produced that have been aimed for different audiences: one in journal article format for wide dissemination and a second for in a POSTNote style report intended policy maker/politician audiences. The main activity in WP4, 'Better Treatment', was development of plant spore-based product for the adsorption of Watch List Chemicals (triclosan, diclofenac, oestradiol) from aqueous solution, and then completion of analysis of data from the experiments involving adsorption of E2 to SpECs in the presence of sludge samples taken from a waste water treatment works (WWTW) (Northumbrian Water - 'Real World trial'). The preliminary dataset will aid water companies in their decision-making processes regarding the further developments required to use of SpECs as an alternative means to polish sewage water effluents. The results from the overlapping 'bioavailability' tasks are reported under WP3. Another aspect of WP4 was undertaken by OVAM. Here, OVAM collected of expertise on end of waste framework, made an inventory of state of the art of remediation techniques and treatment of contaminated sediment (in situ and ex situ) as a preparation for the end of waste framework. With respect to Work Package 5 (WP5), 'Better Prevention', a volunteer sampling programme called RiverDip was developed, including a dipstick that measures phosphate levels in samples and an app that enables volunteers to share their results. From March 2019, volunteers were initially trained in person in the UK. However, due to coronavirus, this approach was replaced by remote training via an interactive website (https://riverdip.com/). This website provides volunteers with all the information they need to take part in the sampling programme while supporitng volunteer recruitment and capturing expressions of interest for future activity. The deployment of the RiverDip website greatly enhanced our efforts to reach volunteers across the North Sea Region and was complemented by a virtual workshop in Belgium in October to engage with volunteers there who completed over 100 tests in the last three months of the project.

Website: https://northsearegion.eu/sullied-sediments

Thematic information

Waterways, lakes and rivers Waste and pollution

Specific Objective: Develop new methods for the long-term sustainable management of North Sea ecosystems

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06d) Protecting and restoring biodiversity and soil and promoting ecosystem services, including through Natura 2000, and green infrastructure

Partners (12)

Lead Partner: University of Hull

Address: Cottingham Road, HU6 7RX Hull, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Website (not verified): http://www2.hull.ac.uk/

Total budget: EUR 1 163 615.00

ERDF budget: EUR 581 807.00

Canal & River Trust

Name: Canal & River Trust

Address: Fearns Wharf, Neptune Street, LS9 8PB Leeds, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Website: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/about-us/our-regions/north-east-waterways/contact-us-in-the-north-east

Total budget: EUR 106 811.00

ERDF budget: EUR 53 405.00

East Riding of Yorkshire Council

Name: East Riding of Yorkshire Council

Address: County Hall, Cross Street, HU17 9BA Beverley, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.eastriding.gov.uk

Total budget: EUR 145 599.00

ERDF budget: EUR 72 799.00

Hamburg Port Authority

Name: Hamburg Port Authority

Address: Neuer Wandrahm 4, 20457 Hamburg, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.hamburg-port-authority.de

Total budget: EUR 216 825.00

ERDF budget: EUR 108 412.00

Institut Dr. Nowak

Name: Institut Dr. Nowak

Address: Mayenbrook 1, 28870 Ottersberg, Germany

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.limnowak.com

Total budget: EUR 105 835.00

ERDF budget: EUR 52 917.00

Openbare Vlaamse Afvalstoffenmaatschappij (OVAM)

Name: Openbare Vlaamse Afvalstoffenmaatschappij (OVAM)

Address: Stationsstraat 110, 2800 Mechelen, Belgium

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ovam.be

Total budget: EUR 452 423.00

ERDF budget: EUR 226 211.00

Radboud University

Name: Radboud University

Address: Comeniuslaan 4, 6525 HP Nijmegen, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ru.nl/english/

Total budget: EUR 357 863.00

ERDF budget: EUR 178 932.00

Socotec

Name: Socotec

Address: Socotec House, Bretby Business Park, Ashby Road, DE15 0YZ Burton upon Trent, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Website: https://www.socotec.co.uk/

Total budget: EUR 146 185.00

ERDF budget: EUR 73 092.00

Universiteit Antwerpen

Name: Universiteit Antwerpen

Address: Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.uantwerpen.be

Total budget: EUR 492 962.00

ERDF budget: EUR 246 481.00

University of Leeds

Name: University of Leeds

Address: University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, LS2 9JT Leeds, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.leeds.ac.uk

Total budget: EUR 53 235.00

ERDF budget: EUR 26 617.00

Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij

Name: Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij

Address: Dokter De Moorstraat 24-26, 9300 Aalst, Belgium

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.vmm.be

Total budget: EUR 190 900.00

ERDF budget: EUR 95 450.00

Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg

Name: Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg

Address: Berliner Tor 5, 2009 Hamburg, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.haw-hamburg.de

Total budget: EUR 550 389.00

ERDF budget: EUR 275 194.00

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University of Hull

Sullied Sediments - Sediment Assessment and Clean Up Pilots in Inland Waterways in the North Sea Region

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Canal & River Trust

Sullied Sediments - Sediment Assessment and Clean Up Pilots in Inland Waterways in the North Sea Region

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East Riding of Yorkshire Council

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Hamburg Port Authority

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Openbare Vlaamse Afvalstoffenmaatschappij (OVAM)

Sullied Sediments - Sediment Assessment and Clean Up Pilots in Inland Waterways in the North Sea Region

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Radboud University

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Socotec

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University of Antwerp

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University of Leeds

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Flanders Environment Agency

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Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften

Sullied Sediments - Sediment Assessment and Clean Up Pilots in Inland Waterways in the North Sea Region

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Summary

Project name (EN): Sullied Sediments - Sediment Assessment and Clean Up Pilots in Inland Waterways in the North Sea Region

Project acronym: Sullied Sediments

Project start date: 2016-10-03

Project end date: 2020-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 4 086 826.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 043 409.00

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Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Presentations

Catchment-scale approaches to managing metal pollution

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/sullied-sediments/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-10-26

Document date: 2017-09-27

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Don Catchment Rivers Trust

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/sullied-sediments/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-10-26

Document date: 2017-09-27

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Is agricultural stewardship going to solve the diffuse pollution problem?

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/sullied-sediments/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-10-26

Document date: 2017-09-27

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

The Elbe Habitat Foundation: For a dynamic riverscape

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/sullied-sediments/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-10-26

Document date: 2017-09-27

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Sediments and Circular Economy

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/sullied-sediments/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-10-26

Document date: 2018-11-06

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

The 20th UK-Japan Annual Scientific Workshop on Research into Environmental Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/sullied-sediments/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-10-26

Document date: 2018-11-07

Languages: en

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Comparing Conventional and Integrative Concepts for Sediment Classification Systems

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/sullied-sediments/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-10-27

Document date: 2018-12-31

Languages: en

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Assessing the bioavailability of metals in natural sediments by DGT passive sampling and bioaccumulation

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/sullied-sediments/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-10-27

Document date: 2018-12-31

Languages: en

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Detection of phosphates, by a lay person, for environmental analysis of river water using a paper-base device

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/sullied-sediments/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-10-27

Document date: 2018-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Sporopollenin: Applications for diclofenac adsorption

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/sullied-sediments/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-10-27

Document date: 2018-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Media releases / articles

Spring 2018 Newsletter

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Media release / article

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/sullied-sediments/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-10-26

Document date: 2018-06-20

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Autumn 2018 Newsletter

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Media release / article

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/sullied-sediments/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-10-26

Document date: 2018-12-20

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Summer 2020 Newsletter

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Media release / article

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/sullied-sediments/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-10-27

Document date: 2020-09-20

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Studies / surveys

Monitoring Volunteer Survey

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/sullied-sediments/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-10-26

Document date: 2020-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB North Sea

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-02-14

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

73 / 73 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

871 / 871 (100%)

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Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.northsearegion.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-09-20 and 2023-01-12.

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Sullied Sediments - Sediment Assessment and Clean Up Pilots in Inland Waterways in the North Sea Region

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