Case study:The Bulgarian Wetlands Restoration and Pollution Reduction Project
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
This case study is pending approval by a RiverWiki administrator.
Location: none specified
Project overview
Status | Complete |
---|---|
Project web site | |
Themes | Hydromorphology |
Country | Bulgaria |
Main contact forename | Mihail |
Main contact surname | Mihailov |
Main contact user ID | |
Contact organisation | Ministry of Environment and Water, Bulgaria, http://www.moew.government.bg/ |
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, Regelsbrunner Aue, Renaturation of Stržen's riverbed on intermittent Cerknica Lake, Witzelsdorf Pilot Project
Site
Name | Persina Nature park, protected site "Kalimok- Brashlen" |
---|---|
WFD water body codes | BG1DU000R001, BG1DJ149R002 |
WFD (national) typology | BGTR6 |
WFD water body name | |
Pre-project morphology | Embanked |
Reference morphology | |
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 | Artificially regulated |
Dominant substrate | Sand |
River corridor land use | Plantation forestry |
Average bankfull channel width category | more than 50 m |
Average bankfull channel width (m) | |
Average bankfull channel depth category | 2 - 5 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
Reach length directly affected (m) | |
---|---|
Project started | 2002/10/01 |
Works started | |
Works completed | 2008/12/01 |
Project completed | |
Total cost category | more than 10000 k€ |
Total cost (k€) | |
Benefit to cost ratio | |
Funding sources | Global Environment Facility (GEF) |
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
Mitigation of a pressure | |
---|---|
Hydromorphology | |
Biology | |
Physico-chemical | |
Other reasons for the project |
Measures
Structural measures
| |
---|---|
Bank/bed modifications | |
Floodplain / River corridor | Creation of wetlands |
Planform / Channel pattern | |
Other | |
Non-structural measures
| |
Management interventions | |
Social measures (incl. engagement) | |
Other |
Monitoring
Hydromorphological quality elements
Element | When monitored | Type of monitoring | Control site used | Result | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Before measures | After measures | Qualitative | Quantitative |
Biological quality elements
Element | When monitored | Type of monitoring | Control site used | Result | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Before measures | After measures | Qualitative | Quantitative |
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
Element | When monitored | Type of monitoring | Control site used | Result | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Before measures | After measures | Qualitative | Quantitative |
Monitoring documents
Image gallery
Additional documents and videos
Additional links and references
Link | Description |
---|