Floodgate reconstruction, Slovakia

General

National Id:

Slovakia_04

Site name:

Senne depression by the Cierna Voda Channel, tributary of the Laborec river, whose catchment is largely within the pilot project area.

Summary:

Reconstruction of the existing floodgate in confluence of a dying bypass channel with Ziarovnicky stream in Slovakia, and ensuring supplying of wetlands by water during the dry period and in case of flood events to facilitate the elimination of flood impact on this territory. It was financed by the Global Environmental Fund and carried out by the Global Water Partnership Slovensko (GWPS) and local authorities.

NUTS Code:

Východné Slovensko

RBD code:

SK40000

Transboundary:

Data provider:

Jovanka Ignjatovic

Source(s):

Bodrog demonstration Project - Component 2 - UNDP/GEF Tisza MSP - Making space for water in the Bodrog River Basin

Making space for Water in the Bodrog River Basin (SK-UA-HU)

NWRM(s) implemented in the case study:

Wetland restoration and management

Longitude:

22.0794

Latitude:

48.668

Site information

Climate zone:

cool temperate moist

Mean rainfall:

603

Mean rainfall unit:

mm/year

Average temperature:

Average runoff coefficient:

0,349999994039536

Type:

Case Study Info

Light or indepth?:

Light

Average slope range:

2-5%

Vegetation class:

Flood-plain forest

Monitoring maintenance

Monitoring impacts effects:

Administrative annual costs:

4667

Administrative annual cost information:

Slovakian project site: Dissemination of project results

Performance

Performance impact estimation method:

Catchment outlet

Performance impact estimation information:

Quarterly reports, partly achieved at the end of the project, fully by year 1 after the end, applied to: strategy for mitigation of floods, change of land use and measures elaborated to reduce the effects of floods, to reflect the basin and habitat improved conditions (related to water regime and quality, agiculture, forestry, etc.)

Biophysical impacts

Information on retained water:

N/A info

Information on increased water storage:

Intervention reduces flood risks by decreasing of water discharge into Stretavka pumping station and simultaneously allows retention of water into NNR.

Information on runoff reduction:

N/A info

Water quality overall improvements:

N/A info

Information on Water quality overall improvements:

N/A info

Soil quality overall soil improvements:

N/A info

Information on Soil quality overall soil improvements:

N/A info

Lessons, risks, implications...

Key lessons:

The main lesson learned is that success of such project relies on long-term and complex work with local stakeholders focused on showing practical examples and advantages of alternative solutions to local stakeholders identified based on the Stakeholder Analysis. Even though the same methodology was applied in the Bodrog River Basin countries the experiences are different depending on specific conditions and circumstances in those countries. The project element on "improvement of conditions of original floodplains and wetlands" demonstrated that even using relatively small amount of resources, still significant improvement could be achieved by finding effective measures.

Success factor(s):

Type	Role	Comments
Other	secondary factor	The measures can be done in a short period of time (within 12 months)

Financing:

Type	Comments
Other	GWPS, GEF, SHMU
Local funds	Municipalities in Slovakia, City council of Uzhgorod
Private funds	VITUKI, SVP, EKOVIZIG

Barrier:

Type	Role	Comments
Legal obligations / restrictions	secondary barrier	In the bilateral agreements, the municipalities has limited involvement.
Other	secondary barrier	Difficult ownership situation due to the high number of small owners.

Driver:

Type	Role	Comments
Past flooding events	main driver	Yearly in the Bodrog catchment area which have negative consequences on inhabitants. Most serious one was in 2004 when floods affected 75% of the area in Eastern lowlands, managed by Water Management enterprise and also inhabitants had to be evacuated.
Availability of subsidies	secondary driver	Without the UNDP/GEF support, the coordination among the Bodrog River Basin countries and the national plans and their implementation on the local level would be very limited and thus the idea of flood prevention through the integrated land and water management would not be implemented.

Financing share:

Share type	Share	Comments
Private funds	35,5999984741211

Socio-economic

Direct benefits information:

Formulation of the "Strategy for mitigation of floods for Bodrog River Basin countries"; Creation of "rooms for water" improving the conditions of original floodplains and wetlands affected by current land uses and environmentally inappropriate flood protection measures.

Ancillary benefits information:

By the Strategy, a framework for effective creation of new temporary space for water during flood event swill be set up for each country. Replication on national levels and to other basins thanks to the dissemination of the project results.

Costs investment:

28720

Costs investment information:

Slovakian project site: Preparation of the strategy + Restoration of the original floodplain

Costs capital:

19745

Costs capital information:

Slovakian project site: Restoration of the original floodplains

Costs operation maintenance:

N/A info

Costs total:

45234

Costs total information:

Slovakian project site: Preparation of the strategy + Restoration of the original floodplains + Dissemination of project results + Project managements

Economic costs other annual:

46670

Information on Economic costs other annual:

Rest of the project:Hungarian(39490) and Ukranian(7180) sites; (TOTAL = 91904)

Information on Ecosystem improved biodiversity:

N/A info

Information on Ecosystem provisioning services:

N/A info

Ecosystem impact climate regulation:

Not relevant for the specific application

Information on Ecosystem impact climate regulation:

N/A info

Policy, general governance and design targets

Policy description:

Reduced area of natural floodplain, declining biodiversity; water quality-affected by point and diffuse sources of pollution (agriculture, chemical production, urban effluents); insufficient water management regarding flood prevention and protection; missing harmonization of national strategies on flood management and flood prevention within Bodrog river Basin.

Quantified objectives:

Increase 20% of area temporarily flooded

Part of wider plan:

Policy pressure:

Policy requirement directive:

Policy impact:

Policy wider plan:

Wider plan type	Wider plan focus	Name	Comments
National	Water	UNDP/GEF MSP project Component 1, activity 1(ii)	Component 1 of the Project: Making space for water in the Bodrog river Basin
National	Water	Program of Flood Protection Measures of the Slovak Republic until 2010	The program has declared the restoration of original function of water courses and the improvement of aquatic and terrestrial environment, especially in lowland areas by a long-term flood protection plan oriented predominantly at water retention measures with the aim to decrease surface runoff and maximum discharges.
National	Water	National mitigation strategy and plan focused on flood management and flood prevention.	Each country (SK-HU-UA) within the Tisza catchment has developed it
National	Water	Related Iniciatives	Project "MOSES - Improvement of flood management in Slovakia and Ukraine"; Project UNDP/GEF"Integration of Ecosystem Management Principles and Practices into Land and Water Management of Laborec-Uh region"; Project LIFE "Conservation of Senne and Medzibodrozie SPAs in Slovakia".

Policy area:

Policy target:

Target purpose
Increase Water Storage
Pollutants Removal

Design & implementations

Application scale:

Field Scale

Installation date:

2009-12

Lifespan:

Age:

Performance timescale:

< 1 year

Area (ha):

25100

Area subject to Land use change or Management/Practice change (ha):

25100

Design capacity description:

Reconstruction of existing floodgate

Constraints:

Missing harmonization of national strategies and unsatisfactory involvement of stakeholders and NGOs

Favourable preconditions:

There is a pumping station with 16m3/s capacity from a previous project

Design contractual arrangement:

Arrangement type	Role	Name	Comments
Contractual agreement	Establish the bases of the transboundary cooperation.	Committes for transboundary water	Bilateral agreement between Slovakia and Hungary. Main force to arrange the flood prevention in Bodrog River Basin.
Contractual agreement		Contracts	Signed by GWP and each partner on undertaking specific tasks
Other		Tpwards a River Basin Management Plan for the Tisza River supporting sustainable development of the region	Memorandum of Understanding between the riparian ministries

Design consultation activity:

Activity stage	Name	Key issues	Comments
	Common Meetings		Organised by the project
Design phase	Coordination meetings	Activities at national level	Organised by the project partners or participation of the project expert on the events at national level
Other	Dissemintaion activities	To achieve replication on national levels and to other basins	This activities included: meetings with international stakeholders, inforamation materials and interview for informing the media, articles for local newspapers and presentations about the results of the project at local and international meetings

Design land use change:

Design authority:

Authority type	Role	Name	Comments
NGO	Implementation	Global Water Partnership Slovensko (GWPS)
Local water authority	Implementation	Slovak Water Management enterprise (SVP)	Involvement in the preparation of the strategy, cooperation in implementation of restoration activities
	Monitoring	Slovak hdrometeorological Institute (SHMU)	Provision of data for drafting the strategy
Local water authority	Other	Municipalities in the Bodrog river Basin	Beneficiaries of the project activities and particpants/active involvement when the strategy will be prepared. Public meetings with local people and frequent contacts with stakeholders
	Other	Daphne	Proposals for measures of integrated landscape management, discussions with local stakeholders, especially farmers
National water authority	Other	Ministry of Environment
National water authority	Implementation	Hydromelioration Authority
NGO	Other	Slovak Bird Protection Society - SOVS	Organisisng summer camps, brigades and other similar activities
Farmers	Other	Farmers and farmer associations	Negotiations, definition of mutual profits.
	Monitoring	UNDP

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