Case study:Remediation and revitalization of Séd-Nádor stream
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Project overview
Status | Complete |
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Project web site | http://www.sednador-karmentesites.hu/ |
Themes | Habitat and biodiversity, Water quality |
Country | Hungary |
Main contact forename | László |
Main contact surname | Mag |
Main contact user ID | |
Contact organisation | Séd-Nádor 2009 Consortium |
Contact organisation web site | |
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Parent multi-site project | |
This is a parent project encompassing the following projects |
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Project summary
The activity of the Nitrokémia chemical industry was recently terminated, but it's sewage waters left the Séd-Nádor stream along a 125 km long section polluted by toxic metals, which pose a significant environmental risk caused mainly by mercury, cadmium and lead. The aim of the project is to restore and rehabilitate the Séd-Nádor stream by removing the polluted sludge, creating structures in the streambed and by the recultivation of the banks and surrounding area. All interventions are based on an ecological and human health risk assessment.
Monitoring surveys and results
Lessons learnt
Catchment and subcatchment
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Catchment
River basin district | Danube |
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River basin | Danube |
Subcatchment
River name | Séd-Nádor stream (Sárvíz) |
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Area category | 100 - 1000 km² |
Area (km2) | 733 km²73,300 ha <br /> |
Maximum altitude category | 100 - 200 m |
Maximum altitude (m) | |
Dominant geology | Calcareous |
Ecoregion | Hungarian Lowlands |
Dominant land cover | Intensive agriculture (arable), Plantation forestry, Woodland, Grassland, Wetland |
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Site
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WFD water body codes | HU RW AAA102 |
WFD (national) typology | AEP819 |
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Pre-project morphology | Single channel, Straightened |
Reference morphology | Sinuous, Step-pool |
Desired post project morphology | |
Heavily modified water body | true |
National/international site designation | EU - Special Area of Conservation |
Local/regional site designations | |
Protected species present | |
Invasive species present | |
Species of interest | |
Dominant hydrology | |
Dominant substrate | Sand, Silt, Gravel |
River corridor land use | Intensive agriculture (arable), Plantation forestry, Grassland, Wetland |
Average bankfull channel width category | 10 - 50 m |
Average bankfull channel width (m) | 1616 m <br />0.016 km <br />1,600 cm <br /> |
Average bankfull channel depth category | 2 - 5 m |
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Project background
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Project started | 2009/03/01 |
Works started | 2011/07/01 |
Works completed | |
Project completed | |
Total cost category | 5000 - 10000 k€ |
Total cost (k€) | 5200 k€5,200,000 € <br /> |
Benefit to cost ratio | |
Funding sources | National |
Cost for project phases
Phase | cost category | cost exact (k€) | Lead organisation | Contact forename | Contact surname |
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Investigation and design | 1000 - 5000 k€ | 1470 k€1,470,000 € <br /> | Séd-Nádor 2009 Consortium | László | Mag |
Stakeholder engagement and communication | 100 - 500 k€ | 203 k€203,000 € <br /> | Séd-Nádor 2009 Consortium | László | Mag |
Works and works supervision | 1000 - 5000 k€ | 3400 k€3,400,000 € <br /> | Séd-Nádor 2009 Consortium | László | Mag |
Post-project management and maintenance | Séd-Nádor 2009 Consortium | László | Mag | ||
Monitoring | 100 - 500 k€ | 109 k€109,000 € <br /> | Séd-Nádor 2009 Consortium | László | Mag |
Reasons for river restoration
Mitigation of a pressure | |
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Hydromorphology | Substrate conditions |
Biology | |
Physico-chemical | Specific non-synthetic pollutants |
Other reasons for the project |
Measures
Structural measures
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Bank/bed modifications | Construction of gravel banks, Removal of sludge, Planting, Creation of fish spawn nursing places |
Floodplain / River corridor | |
Planform / Channel pattern | introducing sinuosity |
Other | |
Non-structural measures
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Management interventions | Reduced pollution |
Social measures (incl. engagement) | |
Other | Information provision, Consultation |
Monitoring
Hydromorphological quality elements
Element | When monitored | Type of monitoring | Control site used | Result | ||
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Before measures | After measures | Qualitative | Quantitative | |||
Substrate conditions | Yes | Improvement |
Biological quality elements
Element | When monitored | Type of monitoring | Control site used | Result | ||
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Before measures | After measures | Qualitative | Quantitative | |||
Fish: Species composition | Yes | Awaiting results | ||||
Invertebrates |
Physico-chemical quality elements
Element | When monitored | Type of monitoring | Control site used | Result | ||
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Before measures | After measures | Qualitative | Quantitative | |||
Specific non-synthetic pollutants | Yes | Improvement |
Any other monitoring, e.g. social, economic
Element | When monitored | Type of monitoring | Control site used | Result | ||
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Before measures | After measures | Qualitative | Quantitative |
Monitoring documents
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Additional links and references
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