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Regional Workshop on Dams in the Mediterranean: ""Silting up and Sustainable Management of the Dam reservoirs""
IME will organize, together with EDF, on 13 and 14 December 2010 in Marseille, a regional workshop on « Dams in the Mediterranean » and more especially on “Silting up and Sustainable Management of the Dam reservoirs”.
The organization of such an event follows upon the recommendations of the 1st workshop on the theme of the “Design and Sustainable Management of Dams in Mediterranean countries” held in November 2005 in Rabat (Morocco). The participants from Rabat regional workshop expressed their wish for making these meetings a regular feature at the Mediterranean Basin level to promote the exchange of experience in the sustainable management of dams by organizing a second workshop on the issue of the management of the solid flows more precisely on the “the problems of the silting up of dams, the techniques and the experiments of silting up in the dam reservoirs and close to the secondary works, modelling of the solid flows, innovative methods for the protection of catchment areas”.
This main theme will be approached through several themes such as: the silting up phenomena of dam reservoirs, the particularly serious threats that they represent to the mobilization of water resources in the Mediterranean region and finally, the means for the reduction of their negative impacts.
The current situation of the silting up of dam reservoirs in the countries and the measures adopted to fight against the solid flows will be presented in national reports prepared by appointed local experts. These reports will concern 11 Mediterranean countries namely Algeria, Egypt, Spain, France, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey.
The workshop progresses as follows:
Day 1: What solutions to the problems of silting up
- Synthesis of the national reports: current situation, consequences and perspectives)
- Technical Communications - Experience and Solutions: palliative solutions (e.g.: flushing and decanting), curative solutions (e.g.: silt removal…), outcome for solid matter extracted by dredging (storage, use...), preventive solutions (e.g.: catchment areas).
Day 2: Towards a more sustainable management of dam reservoirs
- Proposals and recommendations for more suitable reservoir design to avoid the problems of silting up
- Proposals and recommendations for the organisation of the management of the reservoirs subjected to a loss of capacity by silting up
The key elements will be brought out from the contents and debates of this workshop, which will allow, through a mobilization of the concerned stakeholders from the community of water, to answer the question which is the first objective of our workshop " What management of dams-reservoirs to limit the consequences of the mudding on the various uses? “
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A message from the organizers:
A technical visit to EDF Dam in Cadarache is scheduled for our invitees on Tuesday 14 December afternoon. A lunch and presentation will be organized by Société du CANAL DE PROVENCE at their headquarter (Aix-en-Provence).
Due to limited seats, we would very much appreciate a prompt reply no later than Wesnesday 8 December 2010. No registration after this date will be accepted.
| Contact information |
Hachmi KENNOU, Directeur Exécutif / Executive Director ; Institut Méditerranéen de l'Eau (IME), 18/20 avenue Robert Schuman - 13002 MARSEILLE (France)
(email: info@ime-eau.org ; mroussel@ime-eau.org; hkennou@ime-eau.org ) Phone: +33.4.91.59.87.77 - Fax : +33.4.91.59.87.78 - Gsm : 00.33.6.10.23.98.59 |
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| Event type | Seminar |
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| Source | Mediterranean Water Institute (IME) |
| Subject(s) | HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INFRASTRUCTURES , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY |
| Geographical coverage | France |
| Address | World Trade Center de Marseille – Conference room EUROPE 93 ; 2 rue Henri Barbusse – 13001 Marseille |
| Organizer | Mediterranean Water Institute (IME) |
| Target audience | Regional |
| Period | [13/12/2010 - 14/12/2010] |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Working language(s) | ENGLISH |
