Key Engineering Materials Vol. 828

Abstract: The paper grounds the necessity to conduct the large-scale field experiment on manoeuvring with the floodgates of Saint Petersburg Flood Protection Complex (FPC). The paper presents the results of I-stage experiment and the program of II-stage experiment. The aim of the experiment is the verification of the possibility to manage the hydrological, sanitary and ecological state of the Neva Bay and the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic sea by means of manoeuvring with Flood Protection Complex floodgates. In order to develop the program of field experiment implementation it was necessary to assess the sanitary and ecological state of water ecosystem under present conditions. The assessment was based on monitoring data concerning the certain priority parameters obtained from the selected representative measuring points. On the basis of the analysis of water quality and the state of the Neva Bay and the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland the scheme for manoeuvring with floodgates of the FPC together with the sequence of order of their opening and closing was developed. Recommendations regarding the conditions and terms of conducting the experiment were developed.