Case study:Regelsbrunner Aue

This case study is pending approval by a RiverWiki administrator.

Approve case study

 

0.00

(0 votes)

To discuss or comment on this case study, please use the discussion page.

Location: 48° 7' 4.80" N, 16° 41' 24.00" E

Edit location

Loading map...

{"format":"googlemaps3","type":"HYBRID","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"limit":50,"offset":0,"link":"all","sort":[""],"order":[],"headers":"show","mainlabel":"","intro":"","outro":"","searchlabel":"... further results","default":"","import-annotation":false,"width":"auto","height":"400px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"visitedicon":"","wmsoverlay":false,"zoom":14,"layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview","rotate"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"resizable":false,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"cluster":false,"clustergridsize":60,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clusteraveragecenter":true,"clusterminsize":2,"imageoverlays":[],"kml":[],"gkml":[""],"searchmarkers":"","fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":false,"showtitle":false,"hidenamespace":true,"template":"Location map popup","userparam":"","activeicon":"","pagelabel":false,"ajaxcoordproperty":"","ajaxquery":"","locations":[{"text":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EProject Title:\u003C/b\u003E Regelsbrunner Aue\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECountry:\u003C/b\u003E \u003Ca href=\"/wiki/index.php?title=Austria\" title=\"Austria\"\u003EAustria\u003C/a\u003E\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EProject Status:\u003C/b\u003E Complete\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThemes:\u003C/b\u003E Land use management - agriculture\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u003C/p\u003E","title":"Regelsbrunner Aue","link":"","lat":48.118,"lon":16.69,"icon":"/wiki/images/a/af/Red_marker.png"}]}

Left click to look around in the map, and use the wheel of your mouse to zoom in and out.

Project overview

Edit project overview

Status	Complete
Project web site
Themes	Land use management - agriculture, Economic aspects, Flood risk management
Country	Austria
Main contact forename
Main contact surname
Main contact user ID
Contact organisation	Waterways Administration (WSD)
Contact organisation web site
Partner organisations
This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

This case study hasn’t got a picture, you can add one by editing the project overview.

Project summary

This case study hasn’t got any project summary, you can add some by editing the project overview.

Monitoring surveys and results

This case study hasn’t got any Monitoring survey and results, you can add some by editing the project overview.

Lessons learnt

This case study hasn’t got any lessons learnt, you can add some by editing the project overview.

Catchment and subcatchment

Select a catchment/subcatchment

Edit the catchment and subcatchment details
(affects all case studies in this subcatchment)

Catchment

River basin district	Danube
River basin	Danube

Subcatchment

River name	Sava River
Area category	more than 10000 km²
Area (km2)
Maximum altitude category	500 - 1000 m
Maximum altitude (m)	833833 m <br />0.833 km <br />83,300 cm <br />
Dominant geology	Calcareous
Ecoregion	Dinaric Western Balkan, Alps
Dominant land cover
Waterbody ID

Other case studies in this subcatchment: Conservation of alluvial, Hainburg River Restoration, INTERREG MED WETNET - Memoradum on Participation in Wetland Conservation in Ljubljansko Barje Nature Park, Marsh protection in Egyek–Pusztakócs, National Park Danube-Auen, Renaturation of Stržen's riverbed on intermittent Cerknica Lake, The Bulgarian Wetlands Restoration and Pollution Reduction Project, Witzelsdorf Pilot Project

Site

Edit site

Name	Regelsbrunner Aue
WFD water body codes
WFD (national) typology
WFD water body name
Pre-project morphology	Single channel, Straight
Reference morphology	Single channel, Sinuous
Desired post project morphology
Heavily modified water body	true
National/international site designation
Local/regional site designations
Protected species present
Invasive species present
Species of interest
Dominant hydrology	Quick run-off
Dominant substrate	Gravel
River corridor land use	Extensive agriculture
Average bankfull channel width category	10 - 50 m
Average bankfull channel width (m)
Average bankfull channel depth category	5 - 10 m
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)	500 m0.5 km <br />50,000 cm <br />
Project started	1996/01/01
Works started	1998/01/01
Works completed	1998/01/01
Project completed
Total cost category	5000 - 10000 k€
Total cost (k€)
Benefit to cost ratio
Funding sources	WWF Austria, Austrian Ministry of Economy

Cost for project phases

Phase	cost category	cost exact (k€)	Lead organisation	Contact forename	Contact surname
Investigation and design			WWF Austria
Stakeholder engagement and communication			WWF Austria
Works and works supervision
Post-project management and maintenance			WWF Austria
Monitoring			WWF Austria

Reasons for river restoration

Edit reasons for restoration

Mitigation of a pressure	Flood defence
Hydromorphology	Quantity & dynamics of flow, Width & depth variation, Flow velocities
Biology
Physico-chemical
Other reasons for the project	Community demand

Measures

Edit Measures

Structural measures
Bank/bed modifications	Lowering of embankments
Floodplain / River corridor	Re-connection to wider floodplain
Planform / Channel pattern	Re-instatement of old course
Other
Non-structural measures
Management interventions
Social measures (incl. engagement)	Land purchase
Other

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
Public awareness of river		Yes	Yes			Improvement

Monitoring documents

Upload monitoring documents

Image gallery

Edit Image gallery

Additional documents and videos

Upload additional documents

Additional links and references

Edit links and references

Link	Description

Supplementary Information

Edit Supplementary Information