Case study:RESTORATION OF THE GORIŠKI BREŽIČEK STREAM

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Status	Complete
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Country	Slovenia
Main contact forename	Tanja
Main contact surname	Vasilevska
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Contact organisation	Notranjski regijski park
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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	Sava River

Subcatchment

River name	Goriški Brežiček
Area category
Area (km2)
Maximum altitude category	500 - 1000 m
Maximum altitude (m)
Dominant geology	Organic (i.e. Peat), Calcareous
Ecoregion	Dinaric Western Balkan
Dominant land cover	Wetland, Extensive agriculture, Woodland
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Name	watercourses Goriški Brežiček
WFD water body codes
WFD (national) typology	SI141VT2 VTJ Cerkniško jezero (Cerknica lake)
WFD water body name
Pre-project morphology	Straight
Reference morphology	Sinuous, Higher groundwater level
Desired post project morphology
Heavily modified water body
National/international site designation	EU - Special Area of Conservation
Local/regional site designations	Ramsar
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Dominant hydrology	Ephemeral
Dominant substrate	Silt, Sand, Gravel
River corridor land use	Wetland, Extensive agriculture
Average bankfull channel width category	2 - 5 m
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Average bankfull channel depth category	0.5 - 2 m
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Mean discharge category
Mean annual discharge (m3/s)	0.160.16 m³/s <br />160 l/s <br />
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Project started	2007/01/01
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Works completed	2009/12/01
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Funding sources	Notranjska Regional Park, Municipality of Cerknica, Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning

Cost for project phases

Phase	cost category	cost exact (k€)	Lead organisation	Contact forename	Contact surname
Investigation and design			Notranjska Regional Park
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Works and works supervision			TGM Bizjak
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Mitigation of a pressure
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Measures

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Structural measures
Bank/bed modifications	excavation in the U form, construction of small wooden weir to prevent uncontrolled deepening, coves and bays construction
Floodplain / River corridor	bigger flood area
Planform / Channel pattern	re-instatement of old course, introducing sinuosity
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