Case study:Rio Tepice urban restoration

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Location: 45° 0' 15.84" N, 7° 29' 24.00" E

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Status	Complete
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Country	Italy
Main contact forename	Guido
Main contact surname	Blanchard
Main contact user ID
Contact organisation	Studio Blanchard-Gallo
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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Catchment

River basin district	Po
River basin	Po Piemontese

Subcatchment

River name	Tepice
Area category	10 - 100 km²
Area (km2)	15 km²1,500 ha <br />
Maximum altitude category	500 - 1000 m
Maximum altitude (m)	660 m0.66 km <br />66,000 cm <br />
Dominant geology	Calcareous, Mixture
Ecoregion	Italy and Corsica
Dominant land cover	Urban, Woodland
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Name	Rio Tepice in Chieri
WFD water body codes	0010941pi
WFD (national) typology	06SS2T
WFD water body name
Pre-project morphology	Single channel, High width:depth
Reference morphology	Pool-riffle
Desired post project morphology
Heavily modified water body	true
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Protected species present
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Dominant hydrology	Quick run-off
Dominant substrate	Cobble
River corridor land use	Urban
Average bankfull channel width category	Less than 2 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)	1.51.5 m³/s <br />1,500 l/s <br />
Average channel gradient category
Average channel gradient	0.013
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Project background

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Reach length directly affected (m)	250 m0.25 km <br />25,000 cm <br />
Project started	1993/03/01
Works started	1996/05/01
Works completed	1997/12/01
Project completed
Total cost category	100 - 500 k€
Total cost (k€)	123 k€123,000 € <br />
Benefit to cost ratio
Funding sources	Piermonte region, Chieri municiplaity

Cost for project phases

Phase	cost category	cost exact (k€)	Lead organisation	Contact forename	Contact surname
Investigation and design	1 - 10 k€	7 k€7,000 € <br />	Studio Blanchard-Gallo	Guido	Blanchard
Stakeholder engagement and communication
Works and works supervision	100 - 500 k€		Studio Blanchard-Gallo	Guido	Blanchard
Post-project management and maintenance	10 - 50 k€		Chieri municiplaity
Monitoring			“Il tuo Parco” association	Luca	Bruno

Reasons for river restoration

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Mitigation of a pressure
Hydromorphology	Channel pattern/planform
Biology
Physico-chemical	Nutrient concentrations
Other reasons for the project	Landscape enhancement

Measures

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Structural measures
Bank/bed modifications	embankement renaturalization
Floodplain / River corridor	Riparian tree planting
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Non-structural measures
Management interventions	Management of paths
Social measures (incl. engagement)	Public green area building
Other	Participation in monitoring

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

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Ex ante status "Il Rio Tepice nel suo Viaggio verso il Po" Ass. Il tuo Parco

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