The megasite of the Port of Rotterdam fulfils an important role as a hub for
international goods flows and as a business location for industry and logistic
services. The port and industrial complex is of great significance for the European,
national and regional economies. The Rotterdam megasite is situated at the delta
of the rivers Rhine and Meuse and covers an area of 10,500 acres, which makes
it the world's largest harbour. The main activities that are taking place in
the Rotterdam harbour are the transhipment and processing of bulk goods such
as oil, chemicals, coals and ores. Because of the groundwatercontamination individual
contaminated sites cannot be remediated without consequences for the whole harbour
area. Therefore the Rotterdam harbour could be regarded as a megasite. The stepwise
approach has been used as a method to reach an agreement between authorities
and the several industrial landusers. Final decisions are expected in the coming
years. <br>
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<strong>Checklist of existing information</strong><br/><br/>
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<td width="40%" align="center">Information</td>
<td width="60%" align="center">Port of Rotterdam</td>
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<td width="40%" align="left">Megasite area<br/>Impact area</td>
<td width="60%" align="center">400 km<sup>2</sup><br/>Unknown</td>
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<td width="40%" align="left">Land use (maps)</td>
<td width="60%" align="left">General topographic map<br />Contract locations (port of Rotterdam) <br>Industrial activity map <br>Industrial landuse in harbour with residential and alternated infrastructure, recreation and polder area's</td>
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<td width="40%" align="left">Documents from involved stakeholders and other institutions</td>
<td width="60%" align="left"><u>Industry</u>: site management plans, response to questionnaire<br> <u>Soil management board/PoR</u>: general risk management strategy</td>
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<td width="40%" align="left">Historical timeframe<br/>(use/production)</td>
<td width="60%" align="left">Industrial activity from 1920 until today through a gradual expansion from city of Rotterdam towards the sea, with artificial land made in the 1980-1990 (maasvlakte)</td>
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<td width="40%" align="left">Range of substances produced/used/present in soil and groundwater</td>
<td width="60%" align="left">Soil contamination data (Soqumas database of PoR) and information from industrial companies.</td>
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<td width="40%" align="left">Potential sources (existing landfills, etc.)</td>
<td width="60%" align="left">Soil contamination data and information from industrial companies in combination with activity maps.</td>
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<td width="40%" align="left">Potential receptors (residential areas, protected areas, rivers, etc.)</td>
<td width="60%" align="left">Land use/topographic maps <br/>
Surface water<br/>
Pleistocene aquifer<br/>
Future residential use in Eastern harbor region in vicinity of city of Rotterdam (relevant for redevelopment)
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<tr valign="top"><td width="40%" align="left">Predominant stakeholders</td>
<td width="60%" align="left">Port of Rotterdam, Municipality of Roterdam, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Waterways, industrial site users (united in Deltalinqs)</td>
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The deliverables of the case-study of the harbour of Rotterdam can be downloaded under Workpackage 2 in the 'About' part of the IMS: <i>
<a href="../about/index48d8.html?index=10">About->Deliverables</a></i>.
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