Case study:Zújar river restoration in the reach between the ford of "El Espolón" and the Chapel of St Mary of Zújar , Badajoz.

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Location: 38° 57' 16.57" N, 5° 35' 37.53" W

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Project overview

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Status	Complete
Project web site	http://www.mma.es/secciones/acm/aguas_continent_zonas_asoc/dominio_hidraulico/conserv_restaur/pdf/Rio_Zujar_Espolon.pdf
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Country	Spain
Main contact forename	CHGuadiana
Main contact surname	CHGuadiana
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Contact organisation	MARM
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Parent multi-site project	Case_study:Environmental restoration of the river Zújar
This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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This project is part of the National Strategy for River Restoration (an initiative of the Ministry of Environment and developed at the Zújar River by the Confederación Hidrográfica del Guadiana) and the State Special Fund for Revitalize Economy and Jobs (Plan E). The full project covers 30 km of the river, and for facilitating the execution of the works is divided in four sub-projects. The main objectives of the project are: Restoration and conservation of the riparian vegetation; to consolidate the longitudinal connectivity and the lateral connectivity of the fluvial ecosystem; preserve the Public Hydraulic Domain from new pressures; environmental education and awareness through the development of outreach activities; to enable the wildlife mobility; and monitoring the biological and physical factors of the reach. The total budget for carry out the rehabilitation and restoration of 30 Km of the Zújar river is 16.240.282 €. The extent of the project is limited to the Public Hydraulic Domain as the first stage of what could be a more ambitious project like recovering the floodplain by land acquisition to give more space to the river, etc.

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River basin district	C.H.Guadiana
River basin	Guadiana

Subcatchment

River name	Zújar
Area category	1000 - 10000 km²
Area (km2)	8505 km²850,500 ha <br />
Maximum altitude category	200 - 500 m
Maximum altitude (m)	285 m0.285 km <br />28,500 cm <br />
Dominant geology	Siliceous
Ecoregion	Ibero-Macaronesian
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Other case studies in this subcatchment: Environmental restoration of the river Zújar, Zújar river restoration in the reach between the Chapel of St Mary of Zújar and the ford of "Entrerríos", Badajoz., Zújar river restoration in the reach between the dam and the ford of "El Espolón" , Badajoz., Zújar river restoration in the reach between the ford of "El Espolón" and the Chapel of St Mary of Zújar , Badajoz., Zújar river restoration in the reach between the ford of "Entrerríos" and its mouth, Badajoz.

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Name	Badén del Zújar (Badajoz)
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Pre-project morphology	Sinuous
Reference morphology	Sinuous
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Local/regional site designations	Site of Community Importance
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River corridor land use	Extensive agriculture
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Reach length directly affected (m)	8500 m8.5 km <br />850,000 cm <br />
Project started	2011/01/01
Works started
Works completed	2011/01/01
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Total cost category	1000 - 5000 k€
Total cost (k€)	3748 k€3,748,000 € <br />
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Funding sources	MARM

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Phase	cost category	cost exact (k€)	Lead organisation	Contact forename	Contact surname
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Works and works supervision			Jogosa Obras y Servicios, S.L.
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Monitoring			C.H.Guadiana

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Mitigation of a pressure
Hydromorphology	Structure & condition of riparian zones, Channel pattern/planform
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Management interventions	DPH recovery by removal of fences and barriers that restrict access to the river
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