Case study:Ecological Restoration of Vlascuta Lake

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Location: 45° 46' 39.38" N, 28° 8' 50.41" E

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Status	Complete
Project web site	http://www.luncaprut.ro
Themes	Habitat and biodiversity
Country	Romania
Main contact forename	Fica
Main contact surname	Boldea
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Contact organisation	Prut - Barlad River Basin Authority
Contact organisation web site	http://www.rowater.ro/daprut/default.aspx
Partner organisations	University of Bucharest – Centre for Environmental Research and Impact Studies, University of Bucharest – Centre for Environmental Research and Impact Studies; Romania Romanian Ornithological Society; Galaţi Forestry District
This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	Ecological Restoration of Vlascuta Lake

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The Lower Prut Floodplain Natural Park is the entrance of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve. It is the nesting site for more than a hundred bird species, and also a resting/wintering place for many of the passing migratory birds. More than 50 of these birds are listed in the EU Birds Directive and in the Bern Convention. The project objective was 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. The results of the project are linked by the designation of Vlascuta Lake as Special Protected Area NATURA 2000 within The Lower Prut Floodplain Natural Park. Through the ecological restoration works at Vlascuta Lake, the water level is maintained so the habitats are protected as in drought period so in the floods ones.

The rehabilitation of the two channels, which connect Pochina Lake and Prut River, respectively the water supply channel (362 m) and evacuation channel (235 m) and removal of mud from of about 2000 sqm surface of lake, the worst part of the lake.

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Vlascuta area before works

Vlascuta area before works

Vlascuta area during the works

Vlascuta channel during the works (1)

Vlascuta channel during the works (2)

Vlascuta area after restoration

Vlascuta Lake

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 Prut Barlad Subcatchment River name Prut Area category Less than 10 km² Area (km2) Maximum altitude category 100 - 200 m Maximum altitude (m) Dominant geology Siliceous Ecoregion Eastern Plains Dominant land cover Waterbody ID Other case studies in this subcatchment: Ecological Restoration of Mata-Radeanu Complex, Ecological Restoration of Natural Lake Pochina, The Ciobarciu Wetland Project Site Edit site Name Vlascuta Lake WFD water body codes ROLW13.1_B5.2 WFD (national) typology ROLN01 WFD water body name Pre-project morphology Side ponds Reference morphology Single channel, Supply channel and discharge channel Desired post project morphology Heavily modified water body National/international site designation EU - Special Protected Area Local/regional site designations Protected species present Invasive species present Species of interest Dominant hydrology Dominant substrate Silt, Sedimentary rocks (mixture of sand and mud of fluviatile origin). River corridor land use Wetland Average bankfull channel width category Average bankfull channel width (m) Average bankfull channel depth category 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 2005/11/01 Works started 2009/08/01 Works completed 2009/11/01 Project completed Total cost category 50 - 100 k€ Total cost (k€) 79 k€79,000 € <br /> Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources Ministry of Environment and County Council Galati, Regional Agency for Environmental Protection Galati (RAEP Galati), EU LIFE Programme Cost for project phases Phase cost category cost exact (k€) Lead organisation Contact forename Contact surname Investigation and design Stakeholder engagement and communication Regional Agenty for Environmental Protection Galati (RAEP Galati) Fica Boldea Works and works supervision Less than 1 k€ 0.664 k€664 € <br /> Post-project management and maintenance Monitoring Reasons for river restoration Edit reasons for restoration Mitigation of a pressure Hydromorphology Width & depth variation Biology Physico-chemical Oxygen balance Other reasons for the project Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Removal of sediment Floodplain / River corridor Planform / Channel pattern Other Non-structural measures Management interventions Social measures (incl. engagement) Other Information provision Monitoring Hydromorphological quality elements Edit Hydromorphological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Width & depth variation Improvement Biological quality elements Edit biological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative 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 Recognising the importance of South East European landscapes Additional links and references Edit links and references Link Description http://www.wise-rtd.info Water Knowledge Portal http://www.mmediu.ro Web-site of The Romanian Ministry of Environment and Forests http://www.ser.org Web-site of The Society for Ecological Restoration Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information