River floodplain restoration on the Tundzha, Bulgaria

National Id
Bulgaria_07
Site name
Dolna Topchia Reserve and its sleevet MalkaTundzha
Summary
The restoration of riparian floodplain habitats in reserve "Dolna Topchia", Bulgaria, was performed by Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water – Stara Zagora. It was designed and constructed hydraulic structures on river Tundzha (a weir and one channel of 900 m) for recovery of riparian wetland biotypes maintained in the reserve and run off on his sleeve Malka Tundzha.
NUTS Code
Югоизточен (Yugoiztochen)
RBD code
BG2000
Transboundary
0
Data provider
REC
NWRM(s) implemented in the case study
Longitude
26.56638
Latitude
42.23
Climate zone
warm temperate moist
Mean rainfall
650
Mean rainfall unit
mm/year
Average temperature
13
Type
Case Study Info
Light or indepth?
Light
Application scale
River
Area (ha)
467,600006103516
Inflow volume
32
Inflow volume unit
m3/sec
Design contractual arrangement
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Design land use change
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Design authority
Authority type Role Responsibility Name Comments
Implementation
Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water †“ Stara Zagora
Financing
Enterpise for Management of Environmental Protection Activities
Key lessons
Insufficient public consultations and limited public information during the NWRM planning and implementation phases create difficulties to deliver integrated (multi-benefit) results.
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Policy target
Target purpose
Improved Biodiversity
Policy pressure
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Costs total information
100000-500000 (Total cost category)
Ecosystem impact climate regulation
Not relevant for the specific application
Water quality overall improvements
N/A info
Soil quality overall soil improvements
Not relevant for this application

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