Commissioned: Consorzio Venezia Nuova
Period: 2008-2011
Country: Italia
In the initial stages of the SIOSED Project (experimental determination of the effects of reutilizing the most diffuse lagoon sediments), a proposal was made during a meeting attended by representatives of the Venice Water Authority and the Italian Ministry of the Environment Land and Sea and the Commissioner for the “Socio-Economic and Environmental Emergency Relating to the Lagoon’s Port Channels” that certain institutes and public agencies (ICRAM, ISS, APAT and ARPAV) should participate in the study.This collaboration, financed by the Venice Water Authority through its concessionary, became known as the HICSED Project. The primary objective of the project was to verify and improve upon the results of the SIOSED study, developing additional activities to supplement and expand existing data and assessments pertaining to the risk posed by contaminated lagoon sediments.
ISPRA (APAT, ICRAM), ARPAV, ISS and Thetis contributed their unique expertise to the experimental activities, which were divided into several research phases.
The results of the project included:
- Guidance was provided on the appropriate analytical methods and chemical data quality requirements to employ while studying and assessing the lagoon sediments. This led to the development of site-specific analysis methods (chemical and ecotoxicological) for the Venice Lagoon.
-Chemical and ecotoxicological data was methodically collected in order to supplement and expand existing data and assessments pertaining to the risk posed by contaminated lagoon sediments.
-A conceptual model was devised to evaluate the ecological risk in the Venice Lagoon.
-Innovative remediation techniques were tested for highly contaminated sediments in the Venice Lagoon.
Client: Consorzio Venezia Nuova
2008 to end of 2011 This collaboration, financed by the Venice Water Authority through its concessionary, became known as the HICSED Project. The primary objective of the project was to verify and improve upon the results of the SIOSED study, developing additional activities to supplement and expand existing data and assessments pertaining to the risk posed by contaminated lagoon sediments.
ISPRA (APAT, ICRAM), ARPAV, ISS and Thetis contributed their unique expertise to the experimental activities, which were divided into several research phases.
The results of the project included:
- Guidance was provided on the appropriate analytical methods and chemical data quality requirements to employ while studying and assessing the lagoon sediments. This led to the development of site-specific analysis methods (chemical and ecotoxicological) for the Venice Lagoon.
-Chemical and ecotoxicological data was methodically collected in order to supplement and expand existing data and assessments pertaining to the risk posed by contaminated lagoon sediments.
-A conceptual model was devised to evaluate the ecological risk in the Venice Lagoon.
-Innovative remediation techniques were tested for highly contaminated sediments in the Venice Lagoon.
Client: Consorzio Venezia Nuova
2008 to end of 2011
