On Wednesday 29 November 14:00 to 17:00, the Dike Monitoring Network is organising a workshop on drought monitoring. The workshop will take place at TU Delft in Delft. KIVI members are warmly welcome.

Workshop contents

Climate change is an increasingly important topic that we also have to deal with in the water safety sector. Periods that are wetter and drier than before are becoming more frequent. Monitoring can give us insight into the impact of climate on flood defences.

In this workshop, we focus on monitoring drought-prone regional flood defences. The workshop will feature the following speakers:

  • Bart Strijker started the Drought Monitor project in 2020. This involved installing monitoring wells and moisture sensors at 10 different embankments to gain insight into annual hydraulic variations. Measurement data have now been collected for almost four years. Bart will discuss the measurements, lessons learned and how these measurement data can be used within water safety.
  • Inge de Wolf started a study in 2021 on the geotechnical deepening of this data: a translation to macro stability. For this, she has also recently installed additional ground survey & monitoring equipment. Inge will take us through the approach of her project: what is the monitoring focused on and how is it designed?

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You can register by emailing netwerk@dijkmonitoring.nl.