Case study:´Restorations of River Nolån-Fishway in Forsa hydro power plant

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Location: 57° 39' 37.11" N, 12° 31' 54.02" E

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Status	Complete
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Themes	Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Hydropower
Country	Sweden
Main contact forename	Andreas
Main contact surname	Bäckstrand
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Contact organisation	Länsstyrelsen västra Götalands län
Contact organisation web site	http://projektwebbar.lansstyrelsen.se/rolfsan/Sv/folj-atgardsarbetet/Pages/nolan.aspx
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Parent multi-site project	Case_study:Biologisk återställning i Rolfsåns vattensystem
This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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Bypass channel in Forsa hydro power station was built in 2008-2009 by the power plant owners VEGAB Vatten Energi AB. Restoration was financed by the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation and costs were approximately 80 000 euros.

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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 Skagerrak and Kattegat River basin River basin Rolfsån River Basin Subcatchment River name River Rolfsån Area category Area (km2) Maximum altitude category Maximum altitude (m) Dominant geology Organic (i.e. Peat) Ecoregion Fenno-Scandian Shield Dominant land cover Woodland, Intensive agriculture (arable) Waterbody ID Other case studies in this subcatchment: Apelnäs fishway at River Rolfså, Biologisk återställning i Rolfsåns vattensystem, Bosgården nature-like fishway at River Rolfså, Dam removal at Grönkullen, River Rolfsån, Restorations of River Nolån-Hulta dam removal, ´Restorations of River Nolån-Bypass channel in Hulta Hydro power plant, Ålgårda nature-like bypass channel at River Rolfsån Site Edit site Name Forsa hydro power plant WFD water body codes WFD (national) typology WFD water body name River Nolån Pre-project morphology Artificial bed, Artificial channel, Embanked 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 Artificially regulated Dominant substrate River corridor land use Intensive agriculture (arable) 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) Project started Works started 2008/05/01 Works completed 2009/09/01 Project completed Total cost category more than 10000 k€ Total cost (k€) 8000080,000 k€ <br />80,000,000 € <br /> Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources 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 Hydromorphology Biology Physico-chemical Other reasons for the project Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Floodplain / River corridor Planform / Channel pattern Other Non-structural measures Management interventions Social measures (incl. engagement) 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 Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information