A field campaign carried out in Coruche marks a new stage of the project and initiates the collection of samples for sediment characterisation and the study of sediment dynamics and water quality.
As part of the SedTrail project (LISBOA2030-FEDER-00840300; 2023.17943.ICDT | DOI 10.54499/2023.17943.ICDT), the research team, comprising researchers and students from Universidade Lusófona, the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL), and Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), conducted a new field campaign in the study area on 10 July 2026, marking the beginning of the project’s first sediment sampling campaign.
The campaign marks an important stage in the development of SedTrail, initiating sample collection in the study area, specifically within the Maranhão Dam and Reservoir system, in Coruche. During the fieldwork, sediment samples were collected at different sampling points, initiating the establishment of a sample set that will subsequently be analysed as part of the project.
The collection of these samples will enable a more detailed characterisation of the sediments present in the study system and support the investigation of their relationship with the processes that influence sediment dynamics and water quality. The data resulting from this campaign will therefore provide an important contribution to a more integrated understanding of the functioning of the aquatic system and to the development of the scientific objectives of SedTrail.
This first sampling campaign represents a significant step forward in the project’s scientific work, providing material collected directly from the study area for the subsequent stages of analysis. The information obtained from these samples will contribute to advancing knowledge of sediment dynamics and their interaction with the aquatic system, strengthening the scientific basis required to understand the processes under investigation.
SedTrail will therefore continue its research into sedimentary processes and water quality, moving into a phase in which the analysis of the collected samples will enable the field data to be transformed into scientific knowledge about the functioning of the system under study.
Entities involved:
Instituto Superior Técnico – IST-ID
Universidade Lusófona de Lisboa
Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL)
Instituto Dom Luiz (IDL)
Association of Irrigators and Beneficiaries of the Sorraia Valley (ARBVS)
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Images: SedTrail Project
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