GSC Rodenhuize ~ Centre for sludge- and soiltreatment
Since mid-2009, Ghent Dredging operates a centre for sludge- and soiltreatment at the seaport of Ghent, which means an immediate milestone in the company's history. Ghent Dredging has hereby reached the perfect vertical integration and enables the company to control the whole process from top to bottom. On request of our customers we can do the dredging, the soil- and sludge treatment and the re-use of secondary, up-graded resources in water-, soil- or infrastructure projects.
The centre for sludge- and soiltreatment GSC Rodenhuize is located on an area of 5.5 hectares and includes five lagoons with a net area of 35,000 sqm. The centre has a capacity of about 100,000 cubic meters of sludge and soil a year. The delivered sludge is first dewatered and then, if necessary, biologically treated and/or manipulated in another way.
The centre has its own screening and stabilizing facility. This allows us both to separate the rock- and non-rock fraction from the soil. The sludge or soil can be structurally improved by treatment with lime or cement.
The soil and sludge treatment centre is licensed as "Temporary Storage" and "Soil Treatment centre.". This allows us to accept and process sludge and soil from our own sites as well as from sites of third parties. Soils contaminated with biodegradable organic pollutants are biologically treated. Lots that require other types of treatment or remediation are temporarily stored to be transferred to other treatment centres.
All our submitted procedures and techniques as well as the used materials are under the strict control of our own soilmanagers and in close participation with external organizations like Grondbank and OVAM. All activities proceed according to the Flemish law VLAREBO.
The treatment centre is located at Rodenhuizedok along the Canal Ghent-Terneuzen and has its own dock. In this way, sludge and soil can be easily handled by ship.
