Case study:VALAGUA (Valorização ambiental e gestão integrada da água e dos habitats no Baixo Guadiana transfronteiriço)

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Location: 37° 40' 15.28" N, 7° 39' 40.38" W

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Status	In progress
Project web site	http://www.valagua.com/projeto
Themes	Economic aspects, Environmental flows and water resources, Habitat and biodiversity, Water quality
Country	Portugal
Main contact forename	Maria
Main contact surname	Bastidas
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Contact organisation	ADPM - Associação de Defesa do Património de Mértola
Contact organisation web site	http://www.adpm.pt/
Partner organisations	DPH - Diputación Provincial de Huelva ODIANA - Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Baixo Guadiana UHU - Universidad de Huelva UALG - Universidade do Algarve J A/CMAOT - Junta de Andalucía / Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación del Territorio ICNF - Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas, I.P. APA - Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente, I.P.
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Valagua project

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The Guadiana basin is one of the three major river basins shared between Portugal and Spain and the one that currently has more problems both in quantity and water quality. This is partly justified by the marked seasonality of precipitation, a strong inter-annual irregularity, and the predominance of drier weather conditions. This scarcity justified a strong regularization and use of available resources, which, however, created more pressure on the river systems due to increasing demand. In the current context of climate change, this picture tends to worsen, with the main scenarios pointing to a significant reduction in water availability. In the southernmost part of the basin, where the river is bordered by the two countries, high climate vulnerability ineracts with significant water uses (irrigation, coastal tourism, urban supply), degradation problems and poor water quality, as well as important ecological and natural values classified by the Natura 2000 Network and representing transboundary spaces of great environmental value in the Iberian Peninsula. The Valagua project addresses these issues, in a cooperation effort of Portugal and Spain, with the main goal of fostering research, knowledge, exchange and harmonization of information, as well as the implementation of good water and associated habitat management practices. The project main actions are: • Production of knowledge on water quantity and quality, water use to safeguard habitats, and resolution of associated use conflicts. • Implementation of functional and demonstrative actions for ecological restoration of riverine and riverine habitats, and awarenes raising in specific target groups to promote sustainable solutions. • Creation of new ecotourism products, specific enhancement interventions, tour operators training and exchange of experiences. • Development of integrated proposals for transboundary water and biodiversity management and their dissemination to policy makers, managers and other stakeholders.

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Guadiana river

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Restoration of 1500 m of a tributary of the Guadiana river to protect saramugo (Anaecypris hispanica)

Guadiana river

Catchment and subcatchment Select a catchment/subcatchment Edit the catchment and subcatchment details (affects all case studies in this subcatchment) Catchment River basin district C.H.Guadiana River basin Guadiana Subcatchment River name Guadiana river Area category Area (km2) Maximum altitude category 200 - 500 m Maximum altitude (m) 222 m0.222 km <br />22,200 cm <br /> Dominant geology Siliceous Ecoregion Ibero-Macaronesian Dominant land cover Intensive agriculture Waterbody ID Other case studies in this subcatchment: LIFE Saramugo, River restoration in the irrigation area Lobón (Badajoz) Site Edit site Name Low Guadiana basin WFD water body codes WFD (national) typology WFD water body name Pre-project morphology Reference morphology Desired post project morphology Heavily modified water body No National/international site designation Local/regional site designations Protected species present Yes Invasive species present No Species of interest Dominant hydrology Dominant substrate River corridor land use 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 2015/01/01 Works started Works completed Project completed 2019/09/30 Total cost category 1000 - 5000 k€ Total cost (k€) 1008,5561,008,556 k€ <br />1,008,556,000 € <br /> Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources INTERREG/POCTEP – ERDF: 756.417, 09 € Cost for project phases Phase cost category cost exact (k€) Lead organisation Contact forename Contact surname Investigation and design Stakeholder engagement and communication Works and works supervision Post-project management and maintenance Monitoring Reasons for river restoration Edit reasons for restoration Mitigation of a pressure Riparian development Hydromorphology Biology Physico-chemical Other reasons for the project Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Floodplain / River corridor Implementation of functional and demonstrative actions for ecological restoration of riverine and riverine habitats Planform / Channel pattern Other Non-structural measures Management interventions Development of integrated proposals for transboundary water and biodiversity management and their dissemination to policy makers, managers and other stakeholders. Social measures (incl. engagement) awarenes raising in specific target groups to promote sustainable solutions; Production of knowledge on water quantity and quality, water use to safeguard habitats, and resolution of associated use conflicts Other Creation of new ecotourism products, specific enhancement interventions, tour operators training and exchange of experiences; Monitoring Hydromorphological quality elements Edit Hydromorphological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative 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 Additional links and references Edit links and references Link Description Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information