| Title | Abstract | Case study(ies) |
|---|---|---|
| NEW: final reports for Slowing the Flow at Pickering project | This webpage links to the phase 1 and phase 2 reports of the project. | Slowing the Flow at Pickering, UK |
| The Tolka catchment - fulfilling multiple roles: local government perspectives | Presentation on Tolka Valley Park, showing ecological measures and effects | River Tolka constructed wetland and enhancements, Ireland |
| Komplex vízvisszatartási akcioprogram a NagyszéksosTo vízrendszerében | Enhancement of water supply of a former lake/wetland area to preserve ecologic circumstances. Redirection of surplus drainage water to the area and the creation of a sepatate wetland site to give extra cleaning to water received from the treated municipal wastewater treatement plan | Water supply and rehabilitation in Nagyszeksos-to Southern Hungary |
| Pilootprojecten Stroomgebied Voer | This presentation gives a short graphical overview of two executed NWRM's on the Horstergrub river less than one on the Belgian side of the border, one on the Dutch side of the border. The NWRM on the Belgian side of the border is the discussed NWRM. | Horstergrub sediment management, Belgium |
| Lower Prut Floodplain - Ecological restoration of the Lower Prut Floodplain Natural Park | Project description; Environmental issues; Beneficiaries; Administrative data | Ecological Restoration of Vlascuta Lake, Romania |
| Bocage et cultures : un mariage harmonieux sur le Kervulu | Reconstruction of the hedgerow on the Léguer basin | |
| Some aspects concerning wetland restoration programs in the Prut River Basin | The paper presents some aspects concerning the technical solutions identified for the ecological restoration of some wetlands from the Lower Prut floodplain, located both on Romanian and Moldavian sides, implemented within some international environmental projects | Ecological Restoration of Pochina Lake, Romania |
| Exemple d’une cogestion réussie sur un marais breton | Restoration of the Black Marsh of Saint-Coulban | |
| LIFE FOR THE BOURGAS LAKE - Ensuring Conservation of Priority Bird Species and Coastal Habitats at the Bourgas Natura 2000 Wetland Sites | The †œLife for the Bourgas lakes† project aims to secure the long-term conservation of the five bird species included in Annex I of the Birds Directive and the sustainable management of their wetland habitats around the city of Burgas. To achieve this, it plans to: | Wetland management on the Burgas lakes, Bulgaria |
| Ecological reconstruction works – Vlascuta Lake | Project description | Ecological Restoration of Vlascuta Lake, Romania |
| The Tolka catchment - fulfilling multiple roles: local government perspectives | Presentation of the Tolka catchment and its assets | River Tolka constructed wetland and enhancements, Ireland |
| Lower Prut Floodplain - Ecological restoration of the Lower Prut Floodplain Natural Park | Project description; Environmental issues; Beneficiaries; Administrative data | Ecological Restoration of Pochina Lake, Romania |
| National River Flow Archive | Data and catchment characteristics for Pickering Beck gauging station 27056 - Pickering Beck at Ings Bridge | Slowing the Flow at Pickering, UK |
| SMIVAL, Rapport d'activité 2012 (Activity report 2012) | Raison première de la création du SMIVAL, la prévention des inondations constitue une large majorité des activités du syndicat. Implanté localement, le SMIVAL constitue une interface entre les habitants, les élus et les administrations de l’État et des collectivités. Son rôle porte ainsi sur la mise en exergue des besoins du bassin, sur la déclinaison locale des politiques nationales et régionales, sur la mise en œuvre d’aménagements et sur la sensibilisation des populations et des élus locaux. | Floodbreaking hedgerows in Southern France |
| Case study: Ecoremediation System (ERM) for treatment of polluted tributary of Glinscica, Slovenia | The innovative ecoremediation (ERM) system for treatment of the polluted tributary of GlinšÄica was therefore installed in 2006, the ERM system consists of the sedimentation pond for the deposition of coarse particles and reduction of current flow velocity, a vegetated ditch filled with different mixtures of sand, planted with common reed (Phragmites australis) for the aerobic) “ anaerobic treatment and a meandered revitalized stream bed of the tributary for the additional treatment. | Pollution Treatment on the Glinščica, Slovenia |
| The Salt of Life | The whole website is interesting. | Restoration of Atanasovsko Lake, Bulgaria |
| A bivaly-rehabilitácios területek elemzése a Nagyszéksos-To és a Tanaszi-semlyék eltérÅ‘ biotopjain | Analysis of buffalo driven landscape rehabilitation projects | Water supply and rehabilitation in Nagyszeksos-to Southern Hungary |
| Some aspects concerning wetland restoration programs in the Prut River Basin | The paper presents some aspects concerning the technical solutions identified for the ecological restoration of some wetlands from the Lower Prut floodplain, located both on Romanian and Moldavian sides, implemented within some international environmental projects. | Ecological Restoration of Mata Radeanu, Romania |
| WETLIFE project's final report and deliverables | The WETLIFE project aimed at reversal of negative changes in Amalva and Ž’uvintas mires. Restoration of hydrological conditions necessary for regeneration of mire habitats was the main key to reaching the aim. Additionally, the project had a goal to facilitate a shift in agricultural practices on peatlands in order to improve conditions for biodiversity and reduce rate of peat mineralization with all related environmental consequences. Finally, the project expected to raise awareness about wetlands and to serve as an example of successful wetland restoration and more sustainable use that could be replicated in other parts of the country. see also project video: http://vimeo.com/41861643 |
Restoration of Amalvas and Žuvintas Wetlands, Lithuania |
| Bruno Boz was actively involved in the design and implementation of these measures, as well as the other applications implemented by the Consorzio | Phone Interview | Restructuring the effluent web in Italy |
| Small water reservoirs †“ their function and construction | Small water reservoirs play important role in rural areas. They used to be very popular, but most of them have been devastated in the last century. It is worth to restore them and to construct new ones. Very small reservoirs (ponds) can be constructed in economical and cost efficient way by individual farmers. In regard to damming below 1.0 m and to reservoirs situated outside protected areas, the permission for construction and the environmental impact assessment is not required. However, one should always keep in mind that even the smallest construction is the work of engineering and should be performed in accordance with the current standards. The increase of available water resources and improvement of water quality demand various measures including those aimed at reducing and limiting water runoff and pollutants transport from the river basins. One of the methods to improve the structure of water balance and the amount of water in rivers is the construction of a large number of small reservoirs, wetland reconstruction etc. Such reservoirs may be divided to: recreational, floristic and faunistic conservation sites, swimming pools, water quality protection (constructed wetlands) and infiltration reservoirs. Reservoirs can have many functions of the economic and natural character. If they are designed and constructed properly they can be a valuable element of the natural landscape in rural areas. Basic data for designing of small reservoirs serving mainly recreational (decorative) purposes and those used for water treatment and ground water recharge are given in the paper. |
Reconstruction and modernization of existing and construction of new reservoirs and ponds in rural areas of Poland |
| Case study:The Holbina-Dunavat Restoration Project | Holbina-Dunavat area (S=5630 ha) has been studied from 1994 in order to establish a strategy for ecological restoration by a reintegration of the fish farm basins with the surrounding wetlands by opening the ring dikes around the basins. The positive effects are both ecological (wetland restoration, natural habitat and breeding area for fish and aquatic birds) and socio-economical (development of traditional activities, fishing, livestock and reed harvesting, creation of recreational areas for ecotourism) for the local people. | Holbina-Dunavat Restoration Project, Romania |
| Runoff Attenuation Features - A guide for all those working in catchment Management | This is a guide to runoff attenuation features (technical issues, environmental considerations etc) based on the work carried out as part of the Belford Catchment Solutions Project. | Rural runoff attenuation in the Belford catchment, UK |
| Life vein-Upper Drau River ; Carinthia†™s largest nature restoration campaign (2006-2011) | The project included the widening of 3 section of the river and the reconstruction of an open check dam. | Revitalization of the upper Drau River in Austria |
| The regulation of stream water quality and flow by a forested wetland, Kylmäojankorpi, Vantaa. | The Kylmäojankorpi case study represents a research work which aimed to assess whether and how existing forested wetland improves and regulates stream water quality and flow. | Kylmäojankorpi forested wetland, Vantaa, Finland |
| Potential Use of Runoff Attenuation Features in small Rural Catchments for Flood Mitigation | Development of a number of small scale, low cost soft engineered flood reduction schemes, designed to store/attenuate rapid runoff in small rural catchments. Design and implimentation of a network of 35 NWRM measures in a Northumberland catchment. To aid understanding of how features impact on downstream flood hazard. | Rural runoff attenuation in the Belford catchment, UK |
| Agrarumweltprogramm der Stadt HeilbronnAktualisierte Richtlinie für das AckerrandstreifenprogrammStaatliche Beihilfe Nummer N539/2009, 2010-2013 | Reglementation concerning the field margins programme | Field margins in Heilbronn, Germany |
| Das Ackerrandstreifenprogramm | Brochure presenting shortly the programme | Field margins in Heilbronn, Germany |
| NWRMs experience from Austria | characterization of Austria's landcover, population density, topography and the traditional flood protection National laws and technical rules for near-natural flood protection, principles of passive flood protection, critical lessons learned |
Revitalization of the upper Drau River in Austria |
| WFD Surface Water Objectives 2012 | Spreadsheet containing the classification status and environmental objectives for surface water bodies across all River Basin Districts in England and Wales. | Slowing the Flow at Pickering, UK |
| Some aspects concerning wetland restoration programs in the Prut River Basin | The paper presents some aspects concerning the technical solutions identified for the ecological restoration of some wetlands from the Lower Prut floodplain, located both on Romanian and Moldavian sides, implemented within some international environmental projects. | Ecological Restoration of Vlascuta Lake, Romania |
| Telephone Interview with Norbert Sereinig (project responsible) | discussion on financial aspects, details of the monitoring programme and governmental aspects | Revitalization of the upper Drau River in Austria |
| Das Ackerrandstreifenprogramm | This is the website of the programme. It contains short description of the programme as well as links to administrative documents (contracts, reglementation...) | Field margins in Heilbronn, Germany |
| Ecological Restoration of Mata-Radeanu Complex | The Lower Prut Floodplain Natural Park is the entrance of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve. It lies on the flyway route of hundreds of migratory birds. The ecological importance of the park has been recognised at national as well as international levels.The project objective is to improve the conservation status of 13 priority and more than 50 non-priority bird species listed in the Birds Directive and present in the Lower Prut Floodplain Natural Park. A main aim is to resolve the environmental problems caused by human activities such as agriculture, pasturage, fishery and tourism in and around the Park. To deal with the degradation of hydrological structures, the project also aims to re-establish the ecological balance of the lakes, including improvement of the water level and its maintenance. The results of the project are linked by the designation of Mata – Radeanu Complex as Special Protected Area NATURA 2000 within The Lower Prut Floodplain Natural Park. Through the ecological restoration works at Mata – Radeanu Complex, the water level is maintained so the habitats are protected as in drought period so in the floods ones. | Ecological Restoration of Mata Radeanu, Romania |
| SMIVAL Rapport d'activité 2013 (Activity report 2013) | Raison première de la création du SMIVAL, la prévention des inondations constitue une large majorité des activités du syndicat. Implanté localement, le SMIVAL constitue une interface entre les habitants, les élus et les administrations de l’État et des collectivités. Son rôle porte ainsi sur la mise en exergue des besoins du bassin, sur la déclinaison locale des politiques nationales et régionales, sur la mise en œuvre d’aménagements et sur la sensibilisation des populations et des élus locaux. | Floodbreaking hedgerows in Southern France |
| Le suivi de la qualité de l’eau | Reconstruction of the hedgerow on the Léguer basin | |
| Performance Assessment of an Integrated Constructed Wetland-Pond System in Dublin, Ireland |
Chemical results from integrated wetlands, installtion of barley straw. | River Tolka constructed wetland and enhancements, Ireland |
| Phone interview Italy | Phone interview: Paolo Cornelio is the person in charge of implementing NWRMs in the Consorzio's area of intervention | Restructuring the effluent web in Italy |
| SMIVAL Rapport d'activité 2010 (Activity report 2010) | Raison première de la création du SMIVAL, la prévention des inondations constitue une large majorité des activités du syndicat. Implanté localement, le SMIVAL constitue une interface entre les habitants, les élus et les administrations de l’État et des collectivités. Son rôle porte ainsi sur la mise en exergue des besoins du bassin, sur la déclinaison locale des politiques nationales et régionales, sur la mise en œuvre d’aménagements et sur la sensibilisation des populations et des élus locaux. | Floodbreaking hedgerows in Southern France |
| SMIVAL Rapport d'activité 2009 (Activity report 2009) | The SMIVAL (Syndicat Mixte Interdépartemental de la Vallée de la Lèze - an association of 24 communes localised in the Lèze's valley) has been created in 2003. It is responsible for leading, for defining and for implementing actions for a qualitative and quantitative use of the Lèze and its tributaries and for preventing its floods. For preventing floods, an actions programme (called PAPI) has been set up. One action refers to the plantation of floodbreaking hedgerows in order to slow down the flood peak. Hedgerows are located across the flooding plain of the river and they are regularly spaced every 300 to 500 metres. Partially obstructing the flow, hedges can slow running water to dissipate the force and reduce the impacts of flooding. This is a cumulative effect that is measured across the entire valley, with a significant decrease in rates. According to thre PAPI, 75 km of floodbreaking hedgerows were initially planned to be planted until 2016. |
Floodbreaking hedgerows in Southern France |
| Créer une prairie multi-espèce en zone inondable. Fiche technique n°05 | Restoration of a natural floodplain meadow in the Quintarets at Isle-Jourdain | |
| The evolution process in Holbina-Dunavat area during restoration works | Mainly during the last decades of the 20th century, the Danube Delta has suffered from human interventions that led to dramatic changes in some areas. These interventions consisted in the dyking of large areas for the purpose of agricultural use, intensive fish-farming and forestry, which resulted in dramatic alterations or disturbances of the water balance. This again had effects on the alteration of natural processes, the ecological balance as well as the characteristic functions of wetlands and led to a deterioration or worse, the loss of area-specific habitats. When the transformation measures were stopped in early 1990, the dyked area covered 97.408 ha (22 %) of the total 482.592 ha. | Holbina-Dunavat Restoration Project, Romania |
| Analysis of inadequate water quality of the Vonarje reservoir / Sutla Lake and the possibility of restoration and utilisation. | The model for the Sutla (Sotla) river and the Sutlansko Lake reservoir applies a life-cycle concept with the the DPSIR framework approach. | The Vonarje flood storage reservoir in Croatia |
| Biodiversity Survey of the Integrated Constructed Wetland at Tolka Valley Park, Finglas, Co. Dublin | Ecological survey | River Tolka constructed wetland and enhancements, Ireland |
| Etat des lieux – Document d’objectifs Natura 2000 Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel. | Restoration of the Black Marsh of Saint-Coulban | |
| www.tullstorpsan.se | website describing the Tullstorpsån project. The website has many additional documents about the project. | Tullstorpsån rural development project in Sweden |
| Ecological Reconstruction works - Pochina Lake | Project description | Ecological Restoration of Pochina Lake, Romania |
| REVITALIZATION OF THE CLIMATE IN DRIED - OUT COMMUNITIES IN SLOVAKIA VIA HYDRO - CLIMATE RECOVERY | Recovery of the climate and landscape via integrated rainwater retention in the damaged parts of the country utilizing water retention measures (small dams, retention ponds, rainwater gardens, re-cultivated logging roads) | Recovery of dried out communities in Slovakia |
| Rehabilitation works for the dykes ON Mata Lake | Project description | Ecological Restoration of Mata Radeanu, Romania |
| Vegetated ditches for treatment of surface water with highly fluctuating water regime | Vegetated drainage ditches (VDD) as a type of constructed wetland primarily serve to remove and store excess water associated with irrigation and storm events. Current research suggests using a VDD as an additional practice in the mitigation of surface water pollution. The VDD for water treatment of the Glinscica River was constructed in 2006. The efficiency of the system was evaluated in 2008 and 2009 regarding the reduction of SS, COD, BOD5, NH4-N, NO3-N, NO2-N, TN, ON and TP. The microbiological association developed in the VDD was analyzed with a focus on the identification and quantification of the narG gene as a denitrification indicator. This paper discusses the efficiency of pollution removal and the distribution of the narG gene within the VDD. The results showed that the highly fluctuating water regime was the main reason for the even distribution and abundance of the narG gene throughout the system, regardless of oxygen saturation or the nutrient status of the wastewater. With the exception of SS, pollutant concentrations met the permitted outflow levels. | Pollution Treatment on the Glinščica, Slovenia |