Case study:Ecological Restoration of Natural Lake Pochina

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Location: 45° 59' 29.63" N, 28° 5' 46.38" 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, Romania; Romanian Ornithological Society, Romania; Galaţi Forestry District, Romania
This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	Ecological Restoration of Natural Lake Pochina

Lower Prut Natural Park

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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.More than 50 of these birds are listed in the EU Birds Directive and in the Bern Convention.The ecological importance of the park has been recognised at national as well as international levels. 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 first phase of the multi-site project focuses on the establishment of park administrative structures and the preparation of an integrated management plan, to be approved by the local authorities. This plan would guide the conservation activities to be implemented and would consider the protection needs of target habitats and species of the project. A number of actions have been foreseen to address and involve the local community (e.g. dissemination, consultation of every village in the area, and active participation and education with local educational material to be produced). The project was addressed stakeholders in wide variety of ways, including picture books, nature trails, six annual environment days with expeditions into the area, children's exhibitions, and bird watching towers. The ecological restoration works of Pochina Lake assures, by gravitational transfer a sufficient water volum to contribute to the conservation of this special area, designated Special Protected Area (SPA).

The two channels for Vlăşcuţa Lake (in total length of about 542 m) were reshaped and consolidated, so that they assure the supply and the evacuation from/to lake/river Prut, subject to necessary water level of the lake.

Funding - From LIFE Nature Programme; Co-financing Ministry of Environment and County Council Galati,Regional Agency for Environmental Protection Galati (RAEP Galati)

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Pochina area during restoration

Pochina Lake 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 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 Vlascuta Lake, The Ciobarciu Wetland Project Site Edit site Name Pochina 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 wich gravitational transfer a sufficient water volum to contribute to the conservation of this special area 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 2006/05/01 Works completed 2006/06/01 Project completed Total cost category 10 - 50 k€ Total cost (k€) 31 k€31,000 € <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 Less than 1 k€ 0.737 k€737 € <br /> Regional Agenty for Environmental Protection Galati (REPA Galati) Fica Boldea Stakeholder engagement and communication Regional Agenty for Environmental Protection Galati (RAEP Galati) Fica Boldea Works and works supervision Less than 1 k€ 0.368 k€368 € <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 Morphological diversification, Channel reprofiling 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 The web-site of 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