Case study:Basic proposals for restoration and enhancement of the stream of Vilamajor in Sant Antoni de Vilamajor

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Location: 41° 40' 24.72" N, 2° 24' 2.30" E

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Status	Complete
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Country	Spain
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Contact organisation	Naturalea
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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River basin district	Pirineo Oriental
River basin	Besós

Subcatchment

River name	Riera de Sant Antoni de Vilamajor
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Area (km2)
Maximum altitude category	200 - 500 m
Maximum altitude (m)	260 m0.26 km <br />26,000 cm <br />
Dominant geology
Ecoregion	Ibero-Macaronesian
Dominant land cover	Urban
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Name	Tramo entre el puente de la calle Sant Pere y el puente de la calle Sant Jordi
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Pre-project morphology	Entrenched
Reference morphology	Entrenched
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Heavily modified water body	true
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Average bankfull channel width category	2 - 5 m
Average bankfull channel width (m)	55 m <br />0.005 km <br />500 cm <br />
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Reach length directly affected (m)	82 m0.082 km <br />8,200 cm <br />
Project started	2010/01/01
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Works completed	2010/10/01
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Total cost category	10 - 50 k€
Total cost (k€)	20 k€20,000 € <br />
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Funding sources	Municipality of Sant Antoni de Vilamajor

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Phase	cost category	cost exact (k€)	Lead organisation	Contact forename	Contact surname
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Works and works supervision			Naturalea, S.L.
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Mitigation of a pressure
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Other reasons for the project	Landscape enhancement

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Bank/bed modifications	New bioengineering elements in order to stabilize slope banks
Floodplain / River corridor	Recovery riparian vegetation
Planform / Channel pattern	Works to safeguard the bridge
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