Case study:Rinya water-system reconstruction

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Project overview

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Status	Complete
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Themes	Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity
Country	Hungary
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Contact organisation	South-Transdanubian Environmental Protection and Water Management Directorate
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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Catchment

River basin district	Danube
River basin	Drava

Subcatchment

River name	Rinya
Area category	100 - 1000 km²
Area (km2)	912 km²91,200 ha <br />
Maximum altitude category	200 - 500 m
Maximum altitude (m)
Dominant geology	Calcareous
Ecoregion	Hungarian Lowlands
Dominant land cover	Intensive agriculture
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Name	Szabás
WFD water body codes	AEP288
WFD (national) typology	9
WFD water body name
Pre-project morphology	Single channel, Deepening, Straight
Reference morphology	Single channel, Sinuous, Pool-riffle
Desired post project morphology
Heavily modified water body
National/international site designation	EU - Special Protected Area
Local/regional site designations	National Park
Protected species present
Invasive species present
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Dominant hydrology	Permanent lotic
Dominant substrate	Boulders, Sand
River corridor land use	Intensive agriculture (arable), Woodland
Average bankfull channel width category	2 - 5 m
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Average bankfull channel depth category	Less than 0.5 m
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Mean annual discharge (m3/s)	5050 m³/s <br />50,000 l/s <br />
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Project background

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Reach length directly affected (m)	37000 m37 km <br />3,700,000 cm <br />
Project started	2008/04/01
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Works completed	2011/12/01
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Total cost category	1000 - 5000 k€
Total cost (k€)	1856 k€1,856,000 € <br />
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Funding sources	European Union and the European Regional Development Fund

Cost for project phases

Phase	cost category	cost exact (k€)	Lead organisation	Contact forename	Contact surname
Investigation and design			South-Transdanubian Environmental Protection and Water Management Directorate
Stakeholder engagement and communication			South-Transdanubian Environmental Protection and Water Management Directorate
Works and works supervision			South-Transdanubian Environmental Protection and Water Management Directorate
Post-project management and maintenance			South-Transdanubian Environmental Protection and Water Management Directorate
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Reasons for river restoration

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Mitigation of a pressure	Flood defence, Riparian development
Hydromorphology	Continuity for organisms, Flow velocities, Quantity & dynamics of flow
Biology	Fish: Species composition
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Other reasons for the project	Flood risk management, Landscape enhancement

Measures

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Structural measures
Bank/bed modifications	Reduction of bank slope, Creation of new weirs, Reventment renewal, Creation of fish ladders, Riverbed stabilization
Floodplain / River corridor	Riparian tree and bush planting, Reduction of alien plant species
Planform / Channel pattern	Channel widening
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Management interventions	Ensuring biodiversity
Social measures (incl. engagement)	Recreation, Decreased flood risk
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	Before measures	After measures	Qualitative	Quantitative
Quantity & dynamics of flow						Awaiting results
Continuity for organisms						Awaiting results

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Fish: Species composition						Awaiting results

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