Case study:Restoration of Vesselina River

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Location: 43° 1' 48.51" N, 25° 49' 33.96" E

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Status	Complete
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Themes	Hydromorphology
Country	Bulgaria
Main contact forename	Ivan
Main contact surname	Hristov
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Contact organisation	WWF Danube Carpathian programme Bulgaria
Contact organisation web site	http://www.wwf.bg
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

Vasselina River area

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WWF together with local people from Mindya village in the region of Veliko Turnovo, restored the connection of Veselina River, a tributary of Yantra, with its former meander near the village. When the river meander was cut off back in time, the river dug nearly 150 cm deeper into its bed, so now a threshold had to be built to raise its level enough for enabling it run back to its old bed. The project objective is by conducting a number of technical, environmental and forest management activities to achieve ecosystem restoration of the river Vesselina in particular: • Conservation and restoration of biodiversity in isolated old bed of the river and correction of Vesselina river near by Mindya village; • Create favorable conditions for development of recreation and tourism in the region; • Reduce the level of flood risk; • Optimization of groundwater level and reduce the impact of drought and floods on agricultural land in river terrace; • Reduction of erosion; • Increased self-purification capacity of water flow in the region of isolated old bed of the river.

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Vesselina River - before restoration

Vesselina River - during restoration

Vesselina River - during restoration

Vesselina River - during restoration

Vesselina River - after restoration

Catchment and subcatchment Select a catchment/subcatchment Edit the catchment and subcatchment details (affects all case studies in this subcatchment) Catchment River basin district Danube River basin Yantra River Subcatchment River name Vesselina Area category 100 - 1000 km² Area (km2) Maximum altitude category 200 - 500 m Maximum altitude (m) Dominant geology Calcareous Ecoregion Pontic Province Dominant land cover Woodland Waterbody ID Site Edit site Name WFD water body codes BG1YN130R029 WFD (national) typology BGTR7 WFD water body name Pre-project morphology Straightened Reference morphology Sinuous Desired post project morphology Heavily modified water body true National/international site designation EU - Special Protected Area Local/regional site designations Protected species present Invasive species present Species of interest Dominant hydrology Artificially regulated Dominant substrate Gravel River corridor land use Woodland Average bankfull channel width category 5 - 10 m Average bankfull channel width (m) Average bankfull channel depth category 0.5 - 2 m Average bankfull channel depth (m) Mean discharge category Mean annual discharge (m3/s) Average channel gradient category Average channel gradient Average unit stream power (W/m2) Project background Edit project background Reach length directly affected (m) Project started 2005/09/01 Works started 2007/09/01 Works completed 2008/04/01 Project completed Total cost category 50 - 100 k€ Total cost (k€) 7676 k€ <br />76,000 € <br /> Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources WWF, DOEN Foundation Cost for project phases Phase cost category cost exact (k€) Lead organisation Contact forename Contact surname Investigation and design 10 - 50 k€ Stakeholder engagement and communication 1 - 10 k€ Works and works supervision 1 - 10 k€ Post-project management and maintenance Less than 1 k€ Monitoring Less than 1 k€ Reasons for river restoration Edit reasons for restoration Mitigation of a pressure Riparian development Hydromorphology Continuity for organisms Biology Fish: Species composition Physico-chemical Other reasons for the project Landscape enhancement Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Floodplain / River corridor Planform / Channel pattern Other Non-structural measures Management interventions Social measures (incl. engagement) Other Monitoring Hydromorphological quality elements Edit Hydromorphological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Continuity for organisms No change Biological quality elements Edit biological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Fish: Species composition Improvement Physico-chemical quality elements Edit Physico-chemical quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Any other monitoring, e.g. social, economic Edit Other responses Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Monitoring documents Upload monitoring documents Additional documents and videos Upload additional documents Additional links and references Edit links and references Link Description http://www.veliko-tarnovo.bg/bg/ Veliko Tarnovo municipality http://www.wwf.bg/ WWF-Bulgaria Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information