BMBF research project on floods

Groundwater aftercare Dresden

Subtheme: Elaboration of a material flow balance of the waste accumulated during the August flood 2002 in the urban area of Dresden

Cooperation:  Environmental Agency City of Dresden, INTECUS GmbH

Funding: BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research)

Duration: July 2003 until February 2004

Project description and results:

Within the scope of the above mentioned subproject the following investigations were planned in particular:

• Inventory of material loads and quantities of deposited and disposed sludges and other flood-related wastes,
• Investigation of the elution behavior of selected substance groups of the sludges and effects on the condition of the groundwater body as well as the substance inventory of landfills,
• Derivation of hazard criteria and elaboration of recommendations for the handling of sludges in case of floods.

The investigations were to serve the following objectives:

- Recording of the main waste material flows in the course of flood-related disposal,

- Presentation of a target/actual comparison of flood-related versus regular waste management,

- Determination of material discharge potentials resulting from flood-related waste,

- Formulation of recommendations for waste management in the event of a flood.