Learning from dredging work in the Broads
The Broads Authority’s partners from The Netherlands, Belgium and France visited the Broads in the UK recently to discuss research into innovative solutions for dredging, treatment and reusing sediment.
The Authority hosted a bi-annual meeting for PRISMA (Promoting Integrated Sediment Management), which is bringing £800,000 of European money into the Broads to improve sustainable ways of dredging.
The project involves sharing expertise with the partners, who, along with their consultants, and Broads Authority Members, viewed the innovative work to recreate a lost reed bed at Duck Broad by reusing dredged sediment from Heigham Sound.
William Coulet, PRISMA project manager with the Broads Authority said, “The four partners have all embarked on similar dredging projects but in different environments, using different equipment and different skills. We have a lot to learn and share with each other.”
The PRISMA European partners are Waterways and Seacanal in Belgium, Waterboard of Schieland and Krimpenerwaard in the Netherlands, and Ecole d’Armines acting through Centre de Douai, France.
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