Case study:Restoration of Juottimenoja Brook

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Location: 60° 11' 22.62" N, 23° 5' 57.75" E
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Project overview

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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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Juottimenoja after restoration (photo: Liisa Laitinen).jpg

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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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Juottimenoja before restoration (2-stage drainage channel) (photo: Auri Sarvilinna).jpg
Juottimenoja restoration (photo: Liisa Laitinen).jpg
Juottimenoja after restoration (photo: Liisa Laitinen).jpg
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Catchment and subcatchment

Catchment

River basin district Kiskonjoki-Perniönjoki River Basin
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River name Juottimenoja Brook
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Dominant geology Organic (i.e. Peat)
Ecoregion Fenno-Scandian Shield
Dominant land cover Intensive agriculture (arable)
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Name Juottimenoja Brook Catchment
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Pre-project morphology eroded channel
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Dominant hydrology Ephemeral, Quick run-off
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River corridor land use Intensive agriculture (arable)
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Project started 2007/01/01
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Works completed 2007/01/01
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Total cost category 50 - 100 k€
Total cost (k€) 63 k€63,000 € <br />
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Mitigation of a pressure Flood risk management
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