Case study:Tungelroyse beek

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Location: 51° 14' 40.73" N, 5° 50' 33.48" E

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Project overview

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Status	Complete
Project web site	http://www.wpm.nl/projecten/@179811/leudal/
Themes	Environmental flows and water resources, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture
Country	Netherlands
Main contact forename	Twan
Main contact surname	van Dijck
Main contact user ID
Contact organisation	Waterschap Peel en Maasvallei
Contact organisation web site	http://www.wpm.nl/projecten/@179811/leudal/
Partner organisations	see description
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

Birds eye view of the Tungelroysebeek after completion (source: Waterschap Peels en Maasvallei)

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For 35 kilometers the Tungelroyse beek flows through the middle of Limburg province, through the municipalities of Weert, Nederweert and Leudal. The stream originates at Budel in the province of North Brabant and discharges near Neerbeek into the Meuse as the Neer stream. For years the stream had been straightened to direct discharges into the Meuse quickly. Over time, with changes land use the water level became unfitting. Moreoverby discharges of substances such as zinc and cadmium had polluted the stream considerably.

In 1999, the Water Board Peel en Maas vallei (Peel and Meuse valley) decided to one of the largest brook restorations projects in the Netherlands, and started the reorganization and restructuring of the Tungelroyse beek. Over course of 12 years and over a length of 30 kilometers work was phased and resulted in bringing back the original meanders, remove contaminated soil, adjust the water level, reduce the number of sewer overflows, improve the quality of life and recreational opportunities, improve conditions for agriculture and contributed to the national ecological network.

Now, the Tungelroyse beek is again a beautiful meandering stream and a habitat for many plants and animals.

A great number of partners was involved in this project: the province of Limburg, the municipalities Leudal, Nederweert, Weert, nature organisations Staatsbosbeheer, NatuurMonumenten, and Stichting LimburgsLandschap. Also the Government Service for Land and Water Management (Dienst Landelijk Gebied), LLTB-Limburg, the IVN, the local anglers association, farmers and private land owners were involved.

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Catchment and subcatchment Select a catchment/subcatchment Edit the catchment and subcatchment details (affects all case studies in this subcatchment) Catchment River basin district Meuse River basin Meuse Subcatchment River name Meuse Area category more than 10000 km² Area (km2) 465465 km² <br />46,500 ha <br /> Maximum altitude category 100 - 200 m Maximum altitude (m) 200200 m <br />0.2 km <br />20,000 cm <br /> Dominant geology chalk and loess Ecoregion Western Plains Dominant land cover Intensive agriculture, Urban Waterbody ID Other case studies in this subcatchment: Aaijen- Removal of bank fixation, Meers - Floodplain lowering, Reméandration du Geer à Grand-Axhe, Rijkelse Bemden - River bed widening, Voorste Nete at Dessel Site Edit site Name Tungelroyse beek WFD water body codes WFD (national) typology WFD water body name Pre-project morphology Reference morphology Desired post project morphology Heavily modified water body Yes National/international site designation Local/regional site designations Protected species present No Invasive species present No Species of interest Dominant hydrology Dominant substrate River corridor land use Improved/semi-improved grassland/pasture Average bankfull channel width category Average bankfull channel width (m) Average bankfull channel depth category 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) 30 km30,000 m <br />3,000,000 cm <br /> Project started 1999/01/01 Works started Works completed Project completed 2011/01/01 Total cost category 10 - 50 k€ Total cost (k€) 3030 k€ <br />30,000 € <br /> Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources Regeling Actief Bodembeheer de Kempen paid for most of the pollution clean up, RRestoration works was paid for by a number of nature funds: SGB-regeling, ILG-regeling, EU Interreg, Provincie Limburg, Beekmondingenconvenant RWS, Alterra Cost for project phases Phase cost category cost exact (k€) Lead organisation Contact forename Contact surname Investigation and design Stakeholder engagement and communication Works and works supervision Post-project management and maintenance Monitoring Reasons for river restoration Edit reasons for restoration Mitigation of a pressure Pollution incident, Land drainage, Barriers to fish migration, low ground water table Hydromorphology Channel pattern/planform Biology Physico-chemical Specific non-synthetic pollutants Other reasons for the project Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Creation of fish passes Floodplain / River corridor Planform / Channel pattern Remeandering Other Fish by-pass channel, improvement of structure of agricultural land Non-structural measures Management interventions Social measures (incl. engagement) Citizen participation in the restoration project, Conditioning roads, Creation of a working group and an advisory board were established with representatives from local and national authorities and NGOs. 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 Monitoring documents Upload monitoring documents Additional documents and videos Upload additional documents Additional links and references Edit links and references Link Description http://vimeo.com/30077201 A video of the Tungelroysebeek by the waterboard Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information