Dealing with salt intrusion and water shortage in the Seine Scheldt west connection

The planned Seine Scheldt West canal will provide a viable inland waterway connection of the Port of Zeebruges with the Seine-Scheldt liaison and the (Western) European waterway network. An extensive feasibility study was carried out, showing that from cost-benefit and technical point of view, a connection along the existing Derivation canal of the Lys is the most feasible route. The Lys itself, the most important affluent of the Scheldt, is the backbone of the Seine Scheldt liaison in the Scheldt Basin. This paper is only dealing with the aspects of salt intrusion, which is a consequence of c... Mehr ...