Case study:Guadiamar Green Corridor Project

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Project overview

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Status	Complete
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Country	Spain
Main contact forename	MARM
Main contact surname	MARM
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Contact organisation	Junta de Andalucía
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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In April 1998 there was a breach in a tailings pond in the Guadiamar River area, causing a spill of 6 million cubic hectometres of sludges with a high concentration of heavy metals (zinc, lead, arsenic, copper, antimony, thallium, cadmium). The objectives of this project were the Guadiamar River ecological restoration, removal of sludge and effluent pollutants, and creating a green corridor. In addition, we conducted a strategic planning for the different communities of macroinvertebrates, fish, reptiles, birds... The project included several monitoring programs and analysis, in particular, water quality, to see if the level of pollutants had decreased. This project of restoration and recovery of the area was carried out between 1998 and 2005. The total budget for carry out the rehabilitation and restoration of 62 Km of the Guadiamar River was 165.396.261€. The financing came from the MARM and the Consejería of Environment, Andalucía.

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Catchment and subcatchment

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Catchment

River basin district	C.H.Guadalquivir
River basin	Guadalquivir

Subcatchment

River name	Guadalquivir
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Area (km2)
Maximum altitude category	Less than 100 m
Maximum altitude (m)	50 m0.05 km <br />5,000 cm <br />
Dominant geology
Ecoregion	Ibero-Macaronesian
Dominant land cover	Extensive agriculture
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Other case studies in this subcatchment: Control and permeabilization of the marsh to the river, the Brazo de la Torre and Entremuros, Recovery "CañoTravieso", Recovery of the functionality of Brazo de la Torre, Restoration of streams Chico Soto, Soto Grande and Arroyo de la Laguna de los Reyes, Restoration of the stream of the Partido

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Name	Caño Guadiamar
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Pre-project morphology	Sinuous
Reference morphology	Sinuous
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Heavily modified water body	true
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Dominant substrate	Clay, Silt
River corridor land use	Extensive agriculture
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Reach length directly affected (m)	12000 m12 km <br />1,200,000 cm <br />
Project started	1998/04/01
Works started
Works completed	2005/11/01
Project completed
Total cost category	more than 10000 k€
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Cost for project phases

Phase	cost category	cost exact (k€)	Lead organisation	Contact forename	Contact surname
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Works and works supervision			Junta de Andalucía
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Reasons for river restoration

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Mitigation of a pressure	Pollution incident
Hydromorphology	Connection to groundwaters, Structure & condition of riparian zones, Channel pattern/planform
Biology
Physico-chemical	Acid neutralising capacity
Other reasons for the project	Landscape enhancement

Measures

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Structural measures
Bank/bed modifications	Recovering connectivity longitudinal and transversal
Floodplain / River corridor	Buffer strips, Recovery of dynamic river system, Facilitate natural regeneration of riparian vegetation
Planform / Channel pattern	Remove drains and pipes
Other	Elimination of pollutants due to the discharge of toxic sludge, Recovering natural habitats, Recovering natural landscapes
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Monitoring

Hydromorphological quality elements

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Element	When monitored		Type of monitoring		Control site used	Result
	Before measures	After measures	Qualitative	Quantitative
Connection to groundwaters	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Awaiting results
Structure & condition of riparian zones	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Awaiting results
Channel pattern/planform	Yes	Yes	Yes			Awaiting results

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Element	When monitored		Type of monitoring		Control site used	Result
	Before measures	After measures	Qualitative	Quantitative
Acid neutralising capacity	Yes	Yes		Yes		Improvement

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Element	When monitored		Type of monitoring		Control site used	Result
	Before measures	After measures	Qualitative	Quantitative
Landscape enhancement	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Improvement

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Aerial view

Map of the area affected by the flood

Photo of the Agrio River and Guadiamar floodplain after flood of toxic sludges.

Cleaning and conditioning of slopes

Mechanical removal of sludges from the riverbed

Aerial view of Guadiamar river floodplain after works

Guadiamar riverside forest

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