Case study:HPP Blanca

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Location: 45° 59' 28.50" N, 15° 22' 52.50" E

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Project overview

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Status	Complete
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Country	Slovenia
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Contact organisation	HESS d.o.o.
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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Catchment and subcatchment

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Catchment

River basin district	Danube River Basin District
River basin	Danube

Subcatchment

River name	Sava River
Area category	100 - 1000 km²
Area (km2)
Maximum altitude category	200 - 500 m
Maximum altitude (m)	270270 m <br />0.27 km <br />27,000 cm <br />
Dominant geology
Ecoregion	Dinaric Western Balkan
Dominant land cover	Wetland
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Other case studies in this subcatchment: LIFE 06 NAT/SLO/000069 Intermittent Lake Cerknica

Site

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Name	River Sava near settlement Blanca
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WFD (national) typology	SI1VT739_VT Sava Boštanj – Krško
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Dominant hydrology	Artificially regulated
Dominant substrate	Gravel, Cobble
River corridor land use	Extensive agriculture, Woodland
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Project background

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Project started	2009/01/01
Works started	2009/01/01
Works completed	2009/08/01
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Cost for project phases

Phase	cost category	cost exact (k€)	Lead organisation	Contact forename	Contact surname
Investigation and design			Fisheries Research Institute of Slovenia
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Post-project management and maintenance
Monitoring			Fisheries Research Institute of Slovenia

Reasons for river restoration

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Mitigation of a pressure	Hydropower
Hydromorphology
Biology	Fish: Species composition, Fish: Abundance, Fish: Disturbance-sensitive species, Fish: Age structure
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Measures

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Structural measures
Bank/bed modifications	new river-bed near old channel
Floodplain / River corridor
Planform / Channel pattern	creation of fish pass
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Non-structural measures
Management interventions	monitoring of fish in the fish pass
Social measures (incl. engagement)	improved cooperation between energy producers and ecologists
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Monitoring

Hydromorphological quality elements

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Element	When monitored		Type of monitoring		Control site used	Result
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Flow velocities		Yes

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Element	When monitored		Type of monitoring		Control site used	Result
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Fish: Species composition		Yes
Fish: Abundance		Yes
Fish: Disturbance-sensitive species		Yes
Fish: Age structure		Yes

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Supplementary Information

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REFERENCES:

Zabric D. 2011. Prehodi za ribe pri HE Blanca – primer dobre prakse. Življenje vodi, str. 19–22. Availabe at: http://www.he-ss.si/pdf/he_blanca-primer_dobre_prakse.pdf

HESS d. o. o. Brežice. 2010. Prehod za vodne organizme na HE Blanca. Availabe at: http://www.he-ss.si/pdf/kratek-opis.pdf