Case study:Ecological Restoration of Natural Lake Pochina

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Location: 45° 59' 29.63" N, 28° 5' 46.38" E
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Project overview

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Status Complete
Project web site http://www.luncaprut.ro
Themes Habitat and biodiversity
Country Romania
Main contact forename Fica
Main contact surname Boldea
Main contact user ID
Contact organisation Prut - Barlad River Basin Authority
Contact organisation web site http://www.rowater.ro/daprut/default.aspx
Partner organisations University of Bucharest – Centre for Environmental Research and Impact Studies, Romania; Romanian Ornithological Society, Romania; Galaţi Forestry District, Romania
This is a parent project
encompassing the following
projects
Ecological Restoration of Natural Lake Pochina
Lower Prut Natural Park

Project summary

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The Lower Prut Floodplain Natural Park is the entrance of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve. It lies on the flyway route of hundreds of migratory birds.More than 50 of these birds are listed in the EU Birds Directive and in the Bern Convention.The ecological importance of the park has been recognised at national as well as international levels. The project objective was to improve the conservation status of 13 priority and more than 50 non-priority bird species listed in the Birds Directive and present in the Lower Prut Floodplain Natural Park. The first phase of the multi-site project focuses on the establishment of park administrative structures and the preparation of an integrated management plan, to be approved by the local authorities. This plan would guide the conservation activities to be implemented and would consider the protection needs of target habitats and species of the project. A number of actions have been foreseen to address and involve the local community (e.g. dissemination, consultation of every village in the area, and active participation and education with local educational material to be produced). The project was addressed stakeholders in wide variety of ways, including picture books, nature trails, six annual environment days with expeditions into the area, children's exhibitions, and bird watching towers. The ecological restoration works of Pochina Lake assures, by gravitational transfer a sufficient water volum to contribute to the conservation of this special area, designated Special Protected Area (SPA).

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Pochina area during restoration
Pochina Lake after restoration
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Catchment and subcatchment

Catchment

River basin district Danube
River basin Prut Barlad

Subcatchment

River name Prut
Area category Less than 10 km²
Area (km2)
Maximum altitude category 100 - 200 m
Maximum altitude (m)
Dominant geology Siliceous
Ecoregion Eastern Plains
Dominant land cover
Waterbody ID



Other case studies in this subcatchment: Ecological Restoration of Mata-Radeanu Complex, Ecological Restoration of Vlascuta Lake, The Ciobarciu Wetland Project


Site

Name Pochina Lake
WFD water body codes ROLW13.1_B5.2
WFD (national) typology ROLN01
WFD water body name
Pre-project morphology Side ponds
Reference morphology Single channel, Supply channel and discharge channel wich gravitational transfer a sufficient water volum to contribute to the conservation of this special area
Desired post project morphology
Heavily modified water body
National/international site designation EU - Special Protected Area
Local/regional site designations
Protected species present
Invasive species present
Species of interest
Dominant hydrology
Dominant substrate Silt, Sedimentary rocks (mixture of sand and mud of fluviatile origin).
River corridor land use Wetland
Average bankfull channel width category
Average bankfull channel width (m)
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Average bankfull channel depth (m)
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Mean annual discharge (m3/s)
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Project background

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Project started 2005/11/01
Works started 2006/05/01
Works completed 2006/06/01
Project completed
Total cost category 10 - 50 k€
Total cost (k€) 31 k€31,000 € <br />
Benefit to cost ratio
Funding sources From LIFE Nature Programm; Co-financig Ministry of Environment and County Council Galati, Regional Agenty for Environmental Protection Galati (RAEP Galati)

Cost for project phases

Phase cost category cost exact (k€) Lead organisation Contact forename Contact surname
Investigation and design Less than 1 k€ 0.737 k€737 € <br /> Regional Agenty for Environmental Protection Galati (REPA Galati) Fica Boldea
Stakeholder engagement and communication Regional Agenty for Environmental Protection Galati (RAEP Galati) Fica Boldea
Works and works supervision Less than 1 k€ 0.368 k€368 € <br />
Post-project management and maintenance
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Reasons for river restoration

Mitigation of a pressure
Hydromorphology Width & depth variation
Biology
Physico-chemical Oxygen balance
Other reasons for the project


Measures

Structural measures
Bank/bed modifications Morphological diversification, Channel reprofiling
Floodplain / River corridor
Planform / Channel pattern
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Non-structural measures
Management interventions
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Monitoring

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Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result
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Width & depth variation Improvement

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Additional links and references

Link Description
http://www.wise-rtd.info The web-site of Water Knowledge Portal
http://www.mmediu.ro Web-site of The Romanian Ministry of Environment and Forests
http://www.ser.org Web-site of The Society for Ecological Restoration

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