Managing river and marine dredging sediments

Your need:

• You are a manager of a seaport or natural or artificial waterways and you wish to define a dredging strategy and promote sediment recovery channels.
• Faced with the need to dredge the seabed to ensure navigability or prevent floods, you want to make the best choices in terms of dredging technique and sediment management, on land, at sea or in rivers.
• Aware of the scarcity of natural resources and the costs of sediment disposal channels, you wish to develop recovery channels.

Cerema's response:

Cerema supports you at the different stages of your approach by providing expertise, adapted to your needs, by intervening notably for:

- The dredging strategy:

• Sampling and chemically and mechanically characterizing sediments;
• Advising on the choice of dredging technique and period in accordance with regulations and environmental conditions;
• Advising on impact monitoring techniques;
• Providing clarification on current technical and regulatory provisions, from dredging operations to sediment management;
• Support for consultation li…