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|Project summary=Eldbäcken is a more diverse version of a nature-like bypass channel, a fishway type that we call “biocanal”. The name derives from the idea that the fishway not only would facilitate passage, but also that it would create additional habitats and compensate for the loss of biodiversity which often is the result in regulated rivers.
|Project summary=Eldbäcken is a more diverse version of a nature-like bypass channel, a fishway type that we call “biocanal”. The name derives from the fact that the fishway not only facilitates passage, but also that it creates additional habitats and compensates for the loss of biodiversity which often is the result in regulated rivers.
The biocanal was constructed in 2009 in the Västerdalälven river system, in the province of Dalarna in central Sweden, diverting water around the Eldforsen hydroelectric power plant and into the old river bed. The biocanal has a head of 5 m and a length of 500 m, resulting in a gradient of 1%. To make the flow as nature-like as possible, the intake of the biocanal is constructed to allow a variable flow regime.
The biocanal was constructed in 2009 in the Västerdalälven river system, in the province of Dalarna in central Sweden, diverting water around the Eldforsen hydroelectric power plant and into the old river bed. The biocanal has a head of 5 m and a length of 500 m, resulting in a gradient of 1%. To make the flow as nature-like as possible, the intake of the biocanal is constructed to allow a variable flow regime.


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Status Complete
Project web site http://www.nrrv.se/
Themes Habitat and biodiversity, Hydropower
Country Sweden
Main contact forename Stina
Main contact surname Gustafsson
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Contact organisation Karlstad University
Contact organisation web site http://www.nrrv.se
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Eldbäcken is a more diverse version of a nature-like bypass channel, a fishway type that we call “biocanal”. The name derives from the fact that the fishway not only facilitates passage, but also that it creates additional habitats and compensates for the loss of biodiversity which often is the result in regulated rivers. The biocanal was constructed in 2009 in the Västerdalälven river system, in the province of Dalarna in central Sweden, diverting water around the Eldforsen hydroelectric power plant and into the old river bed. The biocanal has a head of 5 m and a length of 500 m, resulting in a gradient of 1%. To make the flow as nature-like as possible, the intake of the biocanal is constructed to allow a variable flow regime.

To increase the potential for a high biodiversity, four different habitat types, each replicated three times, were created within the biocanal:

1) Pools, with a low water velocity and gravel substrate to compensate for lost freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) habitat and spawning areas for brown trout (Salmo trutta).

2) Floodplains, with winding channels and shallow ponds and

3) Braided habitats, where the canal has been diverted into narrow channels with islands in-between. These two habitat types were created to accommodate young individuals of brown trout.

4) Riffles, with a straight watercourse and higher water velocity, providing habitat for rheophilic taxa in general.

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Name Eldbäcken
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WFD water body name River Västerdalälven
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Heavily modified water body Yes
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Protected species present No
Invasive species present No
Species of interest Freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera), Brown trout (Salmo trutta)
Dominant hydrology
Dominant substrate boulder, cobble
River corridor land use
Average bankfull channel width category 2 - 5 m
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Average bankfull channel depth category 0.5 - 2 m
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Mean discharge category 0.1 - 1.0 m³/s
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Average channel gradient category 0.001 - 0.01
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Total cost category 100 - 500 k€
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Funding sources Fortum Environmental Fund

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Flow velocities No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Substrate conditions No Yes Yes Yes Yes

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Fish No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Invertebrates No Yes Yes Yes Yes

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Floodplain habitat during high flow conditions. Photo: Olle Calles
Braided habitat during high flow conditions. Photo: Olle Calles
Colonization of riparian vegetation in progress. Photo: Olle Calles


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