Case study:Biologisk återställning i Rolfsåns vattensystem

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Location: 57° 29' 20.85" N, 12° 7' 12.51" E

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Project overview

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Status	Complete
Project web site	http://projektwebbar.lansstyrelsen.se/rolfsan/Sv/Pages/default.aspx
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Country	Sweden
Main contact forename	Anna
Main contact surname	Ek
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Contact organisation	County Administrative Board of Västra Götaland
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	Apelnäs fishway at River Rolfså, Bosgården nature-like fishway at River Rolfså, Dam removal at Grönkullen, River Rolfsån, Restorations of River Nolån-Hulta dam removal, ´Restorations of River Nolån-Bypass channel in Hulta Hydro power plant, ´Restorations of River Nolån-Fishway in Forsa hydro power plant, Ålgårda nature-like bypass channel at River Rolfsån

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Catchment

River basin district	Skagerrak and Kattegat River basin
River basin	Rolfsån River Basin

Subcatchment

River name	River Rolfsån
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Area (km2)
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Dominant geology	Organic (i.e. Peat)
Ecoregion	Fenno-Scandian Shield
Dominant land cover	Woodland, Intensive agriculture (arable)
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Other case studies in this subcatchment: Apelnäs fishway at River Rolfså, Bosgården nature-like fishway at River Rolfså, Dam removal at Grönkullen, River Rolfsån, Restorations of River Nolån-Hulta dam removal, ´Restorations of River Nolån-Bypass channel in Hulta Hydro power plant, ´Restorations of River Nolån-Fishway in Forsa hydro power plant, Ålgårda nature-like bypass channel at River Rolfsån

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WFD water body name
Pre-project morphology	There were several dams
Reference morphology	To take off old dams and build fisways next to relevant dams
Desired post project morphology
Heavily modified water body
National/international site designation	EU - Special Area of Conservation
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Dominant substrate	Gravel, Sand, Cobble
River corridor land use	Woodland
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Project started	2006/01/01
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Works completed	2012/01/01
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Total cost category	100 - 500 k€
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Funding sources	County Administrative Board of Västra Götaland, Federal Nature Protection Agency, Energy company producing water electricity (Göteborg Energi)

Cost for project phases

Phase	cost category	cost exact (k€)	Lead organisation	Contact forename	Contact surname
Investigation and design			County Administrative Board of Västra Götaland	Anna	Ek
Stakeholder engagement and communication			County Administrative Board of Västra Götaland	Anna	Ek
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Reasons for river restoration

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Mitigation of a pressure	Hydropower
Hydromorphology	Continuity for organisms
Biology	Fish: Disturbance-sensitive species, Fish: Abundance, Fish: Species composition, Invertebrates: Disturbance-sensitive species
Physico-chemical
Other reasons for the project	Recreation

Measures

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Structural measures
Bank/bed modifications	Removal of old dams, Building fishways
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Planform / Channel pattern	Removal of old dams, Building fishways
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Element	When monitored		Type of monitoring		Control site used	Result
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Continuity for organisms

Biological quality elements

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Element	When monitored		Type of monitoring		Control site used	Result
	Before measures	After measures	Qualitative	Quantitative
Fish: Disturbance-sensitive species
Fish: Abundance
Fish: Species composition
Invertebrates: Disturbance-sensitive species

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