Case study:Rehabilitation of Benta stream

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Location: 47° 19' 7.50" N, 18° 56' 12.57" E

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Status	Complete
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Themes	Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity
Country	Hungary
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Contact organisation	Middle-Danube-Valley Water Management Directorate
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Catchment

River basin district	Danube
River basin	Danube

Subcatchment

River name	Benta stream
Area category	100 - 1000 km²
Area (km2)	410 km²41,000 ha <br />
Maximum altitude category	200 - 500 m
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Dominant geology	Calcareous
Ecoregion	Hungarian Lowlands
Dominant land cover	Urban, Woodland
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Name	Benta stream
WFD water body codes	AEP318
WFD (national) typology	18
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Pre-project morphology	Single channel, Straight, Revetments
Reference morphology	Single channel, Sinuous
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Heavily modified water body	false
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Dominant hydrology	Permanent lotic
Dominant substrate	Gravel
River corridor land use	Urban, Industry, Intensive agriculture
Average bankfull channel width category	2 - 5 m
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Average bankfull channel depth category	0.5 - 2 m
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Project started	2008/08/01
Works started	2009/06/01
Works completed	2011/05/01
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Total cost category	1000 - 5000 k€
Total cost (k€)	2463 k€2,463,000 € <br />
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Funding sources	Operational Program of New Hungary Development Plan, EU funded

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Phase	cost category	cost exact (k€)	Lead organisation	Contact forename	Contact surname
Investigation and design			Middle-Danube-Valley Water Management Directorate
Stakeholder engagement and communication			Middle-Danube-Valley Water Management Directorate
Works and works supervision			Middle-Danube-Valley Water Management Directorate
Post-project management and maintenance			Middle-Danube-Valley Water Management Directorate
Monitoring			Middle-Danube-Valley Water Management Directorate

Reasons for river restoration

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Mitigation of a pressure	Flood defence, Riparian development
Hydromorphology	Quantity & dynamics of flow, Structure & condition of riparian zones
Biology	Fish: Species composition
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Other reasons for the project	Flood risk management, Landscape enhancement, Community demand

Measures

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Structural measures
Bank/bed modifications	Renewal of reventments, Removal of sediment, Planting, Creation of fish spawn nursing places, Creation of piplines
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Other	Reparation of sluice gates
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Management interventions	channel maintenance
Social measures (incl. engagement)	Floodprotection, landenhancement
Other	Information provision

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Element	When monitored		Type of monitoring		Control site used	Result
	Before measures	After measures	Qualitative	Quantitative
Quantity & dynamics of flow	Yes	Yes				Improvement
Structure & condition of riparian zones	Yes	Yes				Improvement

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