Case study:Sustainable management, at local level, of the alluvial aquifer of the River Tordera, through the reuse of waste water

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Location: 41° 41' 46.59" N, 2° 44' 0.73" E

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Status	Complete
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Country	Spain
Main contact forename	Lluis
Main contact surname	Balaguer
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Contact organisation	ACA
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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The rivers of the Mediterranean countries are subject to intense human occupancy that causes problems in the exploitation of their resources. The overuse of water resources (urban, industrial and agricultural) leads to the following impacts on alluvial aquifers: The water table is lowered and the capacity of the bores is reduced; the drought period is extended, leaving the river bed dry for increasing periods; groundwater quality is reduced and urban water supply sources become polluted; protected wetlands dry up, biodiversity is lost and conservation problems arise. The Tordera Aquifer project will strive to reverse this trend by improving water management in the Tordera municipality. The objectives are as follows: improve quality of the sewage system; recycled treated water for conservation (aquifer recharge, establishment of wetlands); use of renewable energy and low-maintenance, soft treatment systems in the processes; serve as a pioneer example for other communities in the same river basin which can manage their water resources in a similar way. This project counts with the support of local, regional and European institutions. The financing comes from the LIFE initiative, the Tordera City Council and the Government of Cataluña. The total budget is 1.409.139€ (LIFE support 338.101€).

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River basin district	Pirineo Oriental
River basin	Tordera

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River name	Tordera
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Maximum altitude category	Less than 100 m
Maximum altitude (m)	25 m0.025 km <br />2,500 cm <br />
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Ecoregion	Ibero-Macaronesian
Dominant land cover	Urban
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Other case studies in this subcatchment: Fluvial river restoration of Tordera in Sant Celoni, Fluvial river restoration of Tordera in Tordera

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Name	Río Tordera
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Pre-project morphology	Braided
Reference morphology	Braided
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River corridor land use	Urban
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Reach length directly affected (m)	55 m0.055 km <br />5,500 cm <br />
Project started	2001/07/01
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Works completed	2003/12/01
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Total cost category	1000 - 5000 k€
Total cost (k€)	1409 k€1,409,000 € <br />
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Funding sources	LIFE project 338.101€, ACA, Tordera city council

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Works and works supervision			ISTEM (sistema de placas fotovoltaica)
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Mitigation of a pressure	Abstraction
Hydromorphology	Connection to groundwaters
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Physico-chemical	Salinity
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Floodplain / River corridor	Creation of an infiltration lagoon, New habitats construction
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Social measures (incl. engagement)	Communication and dissemination program of environmental problems in the area.
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