Case study:Restoration of Juottimenoja Brook
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Status | Complete |
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Themes | Flood risk management |
Country | Finland |
Main contact forename | Jukka |
Main contact surname | Jormola |
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Contact organisation | Finnish Environment Institute |
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Partner organisations | Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment for Southwest Finland |
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Project summary
Juottimenoja brook is a small tributary of the Kiskonjoki-Perniönjoki River located in south-west Finland. The surrounding of Juottimenoja is intensively cultivated and the latest dredging was in 1970. The brook suffered severe erosion and siltation problems due to erosion-prone soil, intensive farming, and previous straightening. Juottimenoja brook was restored because fields were inundating during high flows. The objective of the restoration was to decrease water levels, and thus field flooding, and control the in-channel erosion during high flows and siltation during low flows as the aim to maintain the brook morphological and ecological diversity and self-purification capacity while meeting the drainage needs of the farmland. In the latest drainage project in 2007 flood terrace were excavated and nature-like submerged weirs were constructed to stop erosion. Besides drainage the environmentally sound measures could help to maintain the original sea trout population in the brook.
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