Case study:River restoration project in Congost between the torrent of Malhivern and end of the municipality of La Garriga

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Location: 41° 39' 47.51" N, 2° 17' 20.00" E

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Project overview

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Status	Complete
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Country	Spain
Main contact forename	Naturalea S.L.
Main contact surname	Naturalea S.L.
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Contact organisation	Naturalea S.L.
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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The restored section has a length of 650m, a common channel between 4 and 6 m and a width of 35m in ordinary floods. The slope of the river terrace is bound by dikes and embankments in some places not stabilized in others and longitudinal continuity of the river influenced by two rip-raps. There are occupations of the river area for industrial activities and eventually discharges of debris. As relevant to vegetation, effects of overgrazing are detected and a significant proliferation of exotic species. The main objectives of this project are: limit the presence and possible expansion of invasive exotic species of vascular plants; removal of non-functional riprap stretches the right margin; increase morphological heterogeneity in the right margin; promote the recovery of native riparian vegetation; minimize the impact of human activities taking place in the fluvial environment and are likely to maintain or produce impacts; improving the landscape and the river ecosystem. The project has a total budget of 155.568,08 € and is financed by the Consorci of Besós.

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Catchment

River basin district	Pirineo Oriental
River basin	Besós

Subcatchment

River name	Congost
Area category
Area (km2)
Maximum altitude category	200 - 500 m
Maximum altitude (m)	210 m0.21 km <br />21,000 cm <br />
Dominant geology
Ecoregion	Ibero-Macaronesian
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Name	Río Congost
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Pre-project morphology	Sinuous
Reference morphology	Sinuous
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Average bankfull channel width category	5 - 10 m
Average bankfull channel width (m)	66 m <br />0.006 km <br />600 cm <br />
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Reach length directly affected (m)	650 m0.65 km <br />65,000 cm <br />
Project started	2009/11/01
Works started
Works completed	2010/03/01
Project completed
Total cost category	100 - 500 k€
Total cost (k€)	155 k€155,000 € <br />
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Funding sources	Consorci del Besós

Cost for project phases

Phase	cost category	cost exact (k€)	Lead organisation	Contact forename	Contact surname
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Works and works supervision			Naturalea, S.L.
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Reasons for river restoration

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Mitigation of a pressure
Hydromorphology	Channel pattern/planform, Structure & condition of riparian zones
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Other reasons for the project	Landscape enhancement

Measures

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Structural measures
Bank/bed modifications	New bioengineering elements in order to stabilize slope banks, Removal rip-rap
Floodplain / River corridor	Removal of exotic plants
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Map of the restoration area

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Krainer type network placed in the area

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Photos of the removal of American reed (Arundo donax)

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