Case study:Scolo Desolino restoration project

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Location: 45° 34' 44.92" N, 12° 8' 11.87" E
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Project overview

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Status Complete
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Themes Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Land use management - forestry, Monitoring, Water quality
Country Italy
Main contact forename Paolo
Main contact surname Cornelio
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Contact organisation Consorzio di Bonifica Acque Risorgive
Contact organisation web site http://http://www.acquerisorgive.it/
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New in-stream wetland

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The main objectives of this project concerned the reduction of flood risk and of nutrients supply to Venice Lagoon to avoid eutrophication; in the same time an increase of biodiversity was expected. These different objectives have been reached by a number of restoration actions: river section enlargement, increase of sinuosity by the creation of new meanders,in-stream and out-stream wetlands and adoption of new practices in river management to permit a complete or partial preservation of aquatic vegetation; the creation of 4220 m.of new woody riparian buffer was mainly done for nutrient removal.

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Creation of new meanders
Riparian and aquatic vegetation in a restored reach
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Catchment and subcatchment

Catchment

River basin district Alpi Orientali
River basin Bacino scolante della Laguna di Venezia

Subcatchment

River name Bacino scolante della Laguna di Venezia
Area category 1000 - 10000 km²
Area (km2) 2,0382,038 km² <br />203,800 ha <br />
Maximum altitude category 100 - 200 m
Maximum altitude (m)
Dominant geology
Ecoregion Italy and Corsica
Dominant land cover Intensive agriculture (arable)
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Other case studies in this subcatchment: Pagana canal restoration project, Rio San Martino and Piovega di Scandolara restoration project, Rio Sant'Ambrogio restoration project, Salzano wetland and Marzenego river restoration project, Zero river restoration project


Site

Name Scolo Desolino
WFD water body codes 672_30
WFD (national) typology
WFD water body name Fiume Dese
Pre-project morphology Plane bed
Reference morphology Low gradient passively meandering
Desired post project morphology
Heavily modified water body Yes
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Protected species present Yes
Invasive species present Yes
Species of interest
Dominant hydrology Artificially regulated
Dominant substrate Sand
River corridor land use Intensive agriculture (arable)
Average bankfull channel width category 2 - 5 m
Average bankfull channel width (m)
Average bankfull channel depth category 0.5 - 2 m
Average bankfull channel depth (m)
Mean discharge category 0.1 - 1.0 m³/s
Mean annual discharge (m3/s)
Average channel gradient category 0.001 - 0.01
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Average unit stream power (W/m2)


Project background

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Project started 2005
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Works completed
Project completed 2009/01/01
Total cost category 1 - 10 k€
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Funding sources Veneto Region - “Piano per la prevenzione dell’inquinamento ed il risanamento delle acque del bacino idrografico immediatamente sversante in Laguna – Piano Direttore 2000”

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Reasons for river restoration

Mitigation of a pressure Nutrient removal to reduce eutrophication, reduce flood risk
Hydromorphology Create a more natural channel morphology
Biology Increase ecological status of Fish, Macrophytes, Macrozoobenthos
Physico-chemical Reduce Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Organic pollution
Other reasons for the project Increase fruition and biodiversity in general in a agricultural and urban contest


Measures

Structural measures
Bank/bed modifications
Floodplain / River corridor Floodplain reconnection, Floodplain creation, Buffer strips
Planform / Channel pattern Channel naturalisation, Channel widening, Meandering channel
Other Creation of in-stream and out-stream wetland
Non-structural measures
Management interventions Adoption of new practices for aquatic vegetation management
Social measures (incl. engagement) Involvement of farmers in buffer strips plantation
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Additional links and references

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http://www.cirf.org/rf2012/atti/rischio Cornelio.pdf Paper describing the project presented at the II Conference on river restoration in Italy (2012) - In Italian
http://www.acquerisorgive.it/page.asp?m=18 A website section dedicated to river restoration projects, studies and monitoring results by Consorzio Acque Risorgive

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