Interreg IVB-Project:“Impact of Climate Change

on the quality of urban and coastal waters (Diffuse Pollution)-DiPol”

Background of the project

BASIC ASSUMPTION: There is little awareness among the public and „stakeholders“, that CC will have

an impact on water quantity but also on water quality

Workprogram

WP 1: Project ManagementWP 2: Edu-TainmentWP 3: Risk AnalysisWP 4: SIMACLIMWP 5: Implementation

Project Management

Communication within the project and to the public

Webpage Kick-off meeting Reports

Organisation of meetings, workshops and conferences Reporting

Workprogram

WP 1: Project ManagementWP 2: Edu-TainmentWP 3: Risk AnalysisWP 4: SIMACLIMWP 5: Implementation

Edu-Tainment

Raising public awareness on impact of climatic change on water quality

Cooperation with schools Exchange of students Media contacts

Cooperation of pupils and scientists during a sampling campaign

Mutual exchange

(Hamburg – Oslo –

Gothenburg)

Production of a documentary film – from pupils for pupils

Workprogram

WP 1: Project ManagementWP 2: Edu-TainmentWP 3: Risk AnalysisWP 4: SIMACLIMWP 5: Implementation

Risk Analysis

Analyses of 4 case sites

Studies on pollutant sources and transport

•joined sampling surveys•data exchange•discussion groups•yearly meetings

Case site 1:Inner Oslo Fjord, Norway

Contaminant sources:• Urban runoff• Wastewater treatment• Industrial sources• Sediment remobilisation• Soil erosion/riverine input

Case site 2:Göta älv, Gothenburg

Sediment monitoring stations of the Göta River Water Association

The port of Gothenburg

Case site 3:Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg

Europe’s largest copper producer, the Norddeutsche Affinerie

Disposal site “Georgswerder”

Land disposal site for dredged material Oil refinery Wilhelmsburg

Elbe stream and river island Wilhelmsburg

Case site 4:Harrestrup river, Copenhagen

Combined severed

Separate severed

Highway runoff

Industry

General urban paved areas

Combined sewer overflow

Workprogram

WP 1: Project ManagementWP 2: Edu-TainmentWP 3: Risk AnalysisWP 4: SIMACLIMWP 5: Implementation

SIMACLIM Compiled data Transport from rivers to the coast and North Sea

Estimating the impact of different rivers to the overall pollution of the coastal zone and North Sea

Specific contaminant patterns

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Workprogram

WP 1: Project ManagementWP 2: Edu-TainmentWP 3: Risk AnalysisWP 4: SIMACLIMWP 5: Implementation

Implementation

Stakeholders and decision makers follow and guide the SIMACLIM development

Regional management plans considering transnational impacts

Raised awareness towards climate change

Prioritization of measures to reduce emissions to Sea as a consequence of climate change

DiPol - Consortium

Stakeholder Council

Projects / International WGs

CLIWAT, SAWA, CMA, Common Wadden Sea Sekretariat

Ministries / Institutes

Danish Ministry if Environment, BfG, SGU, Inst. f. Hygiene u. Umwelt (HH), MfLUlR (SH), LAfNU (SH), MfSGFJS (SH)

Municipalities

Bohuskustens Vattenvardsförbund, Hzgt Lauenburg, HL, Göteburg Region, Senat FHH

NGOs

WWF, NABU D, Naturschutzverband GÖP, Zukunftsrat HH

Harbour Authorities

Port of Göteburg, Hamburg Port Authority

Educational Institution

Lindholmes Gymnasium

Others

IBA HH, AG Reinhaltung der Elbe

Lead beneficiary Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) [D]

Beneficiaries Behoerde fuer Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt (BSU) [D] FH Luebeck [D] Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) [N] Vrije Universiteit (VU-IVM) [NL] Deltares [NL] Statens Geotekniska Institut (SGI) [S] University of Gothenburg [S] Albertslund Municipality [DK] Technical University of Denmark [DK] University of Copenhagen [DK]

Sub-Partner University of Applied Science, Hamburg (HAW) [D] Gymnasium Kirchdorf Wilhelmsburg [D] Elvebakken videregående skole [N] Hvidovre Forsyning A/S (Utilities) [DK] Copenhagen municipality Vej og Park [DK] Glostrup municipality, Natur og miljø [DK] Norwegian Pollution Control Authority [N] Swedish Environmental Research Institute [S]

Further Information:

Hamburg University of Technology, Institute of Environmental Technology and Energy Economics (Lead Beneficiary)

Eissendorfer Str. 40, 21073 Hamburg, Germany

Phone: +49 40 42878-3108; Fax: +49 40 42878-2315

calmano@tuhh.de (Coordinator)

m.ritzkowski@tuhh.de (Project Manager)

www.interreg-dipol.de ; www.northsearegion.eu

VU University AmsterdamVU University Amsterdam