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A Win for River Restoration

A team of scientists from eWater CRC based in Canberra and at Griffith University in Queensland has won the WaterSecure - Healthy Waterways Research Award for its work on Prioritisation of Catchment Scale River Restoration within Southeast Queensland (SEQ). The work is part of a Queensland Government funded ‘proof of concept’ initiative designed to demonstrate that bringing ...

Feb. 1, 2012

By IWA Publishing

The challenge of restoring rivers - short version

Short video produced by Wetlands International - European Association and the Iberian Centre for River Restoration (CIREF) to illustrate the need for river restoration, the benefits it brings and the necessary factors for its ...

Feb. 11, 2015

By Wetlands International

River Talk Series: with Matthew Reddy, International RiverFoundation

Jane Madgwick sits down with Matthew Reddy, CEO of the International RiverFoundation to discuss the process and prestige of the 1st European Riverprize and the prospects for regional awards in the global south. This is one of the seven River Talk videos recorded at the European River Restoration ...

Sep. 27, 2013

By World Resources Institute WRI

Willingness to pay for the urban river ecosystem restoration in Hangzhou and Nanjing, China

Continuing degradation of river ecosystems and environmental disruption are widespread in Chinese metropolitan areas. The study on the residents' preference for river ecosystem restoration is an essential part of assessing the environmental benefit and cost for policies implementation. A contingent valuation method is applied to estimate the public demand for urban river restoration in Hangzhou ...

Jun. 6, 2014

By Inderscience Publishers

River Talk Series: with Alastair Driver, National Conservation Manager of the UK Environment Agency

Jane Madgwick sits down with Alastair Driver, National Conservation Manager of the UK Environment Agency to discuss the impact in London and the UK after the River Thames won the Internatioanl RiverPrize. Alastair highlights some of the current projects of the Environment Agency and what the future needs are. This is one of the seven River Talk videos recorded at the European River Restoration ...

Sep. 27, 2013

By World Resources Institute WRI

Restoration Case Studies RiverWiki

You can search the database to find case studies by using the different categories: country; monitoring or implementation costs and many more: click here to search for a case studies Please also add your own river restoration scheme to the database: click here to create a new case study. Provide us with your feedback: click here to take the survey or add to the discussion pages. Continue ...

Aug. 6, 2013

By IWA Publishing

Proceedings of the 10th Annual River Restoration Centre Networking Conference

The River Restoration Centre's 10th Annual Network Conference was held between the 1st and 3rd of April 2009 at the University of Nottingham. This event saw the number of delegates who have attended this run of events total just under two thousand, albeit with some repeat faces. Such an occasion called for both looking back and to the way forward. Continue reading the full ...

Feb. 1, 2012

By IWA Publishing

Submission on Policy Options for the Blueprint to Safeguard Europe’s waters

Key points River restoration as part of ensuring green infrastructure is a key means to help reduce and counter the impacts of land and water use and provides the basis for resilient and sustainable water resource management. Sectoral impacts on water resources are much wider than just water quality impacts related to agriculture, which have a recognized strong impact, and the Blueprint needs ...

Jun. 7, 2012

By Wetlands International

Rio Salado Environmental Restoration Project

The Rio Salado Environmental Restoration Project (Project) has been 40 years in the making and is the first of its kind in the desert southwest. It has become the benchmark for future river restoration Projects. The Project restores a 5-mile section of the Salt River (Rio Salado) that goes through the very core of the City of Phoenix. The Salt River provides essential 100-year flood protection ...

Oct. 21, 2006

By Water Environment Federation (WEF)

Paradise Creek Nature Park, Portsmouth, VA - Case Study

Project Name: A Paradise Creek Naure Park, Phase 1 Products: Gravelpave2 Porous Pavement Applications: Parking lot and road City: Portsmouth State/Province: Virginia Install Date: Summer 2012 Client: Elizabeth River Project and City of Portsmouth Install Size: 2400 m2 (26,000 sq ft) Address: 1009 Victoria Blvd, Portsmouth, VA Designer: Elizabeth River Restoration Project and ...

Oct. 2, 2012

By Invisible Structures, Inc.

A multivariate approach to assess habitat integrity in urban streams using benthic macroinvertebrate metrics

Benthic macroinvertebrates are widely used as indicators of the health of freshwater ecosystems, responding both to water quality and to the hydromorphological integrity. In urban streams, evaluations can be tricky for the synergistic effects of multiple stressors and confounding factors. In these situations, the most broadly used multimetric indices can be used to assess the overall damage to ...

Jun. 21, 2013

By IWA Publishing

A case study of regional risk assessment of river restoration projects: Nakdong River Basin, South Korea

An integrated approach to risk assessment that can pose significant challenges to mitigation and adaptation at the local or regional levels in the context of climate change was developed. First, a conceptual framework for flood risk analysis was developed based on the hydrologic hazard and the socioeconomic vulnerability of a region. Second, weighting factors for each indicator were estimated ...

Feb. 19, 2015

By IWA Publishing

A river environment index for Korean national rivers: rationale, methods and application

A methodology for indexing river environmental condition was developed and applied to 269 subsections of national rivers located in the Republic of Korea, based on a river management perspective. The resulting index has been called the River Environment Index (REI). To develop the methodology, a total of 32 factors related to a river's environment were initially investigated, from which ...

Jun. 20, 2014

By IWA Publishing

Restoring a gravel/cobble substrate trout stream, Swift Run Creek

River Restoration Project on Swift Run Creek, Removal of Bentonite in Trout Stream to Restore Gravel/Cobble Substrate using Sand Wand™. Swift Run Creek is a trout stream 25 miles north of Charlottesville, Virginia. During a drilling project near Elkton, VA, bentonite was used as a lubricant in horizontal directional drilling under the creek, and also served to provide a seal around the ...

Oct. 1, 2009

By Streamside, LLC.

9. Reflections and Lessons: Contextual Water Management

Being a delta country, the Netherlands has understandable concerns regarding the increasing frequency of high and low water situations as a result of climate change. This has warranted a drastic change of approach to water, land and nature management through a strategy that uses nature‘s resilience to provide for both human and natural environmental needs. The subject of our study ...

Jan. 27, 2012

By IWA Publishing

GIS-Based Rapid Geomorphic Assessment to Guide Sustainable River Restoration and Riverfront Redevelopment: Four Mile Run, Alexandria, Virginia

ABSTRACT A Geographic Information System (GIS)-based geomorphic assessment was performed to quickly identify opportunities and constraints for a river restoration and riverfront redevelopment project along Four Mile Run in Alexandria, Virginia. This assessment was further used to guide channel restoration design. Components of the GIS-based geomorphic assessment included the following: 1) ...

Oct. 13, 2007

By Water Environment Federation (WEF)

Fawn River Restoration, Restoring one of Indiana`s Most Pristine Rivers

In 1998, approximately 100,000 CY of sediment was discharged to a 5-mile section of Fawn River, in Steuben County, Indiana as the result of a rapid draw down of an upstream reservoir (the “Event”). Prior to 1998, Fawn River below the Orland dam (“lower Fawn”) was recognized as one of the best-preserved sections of river in the State of Indiana. The Fawn had a deep swift ...

May 1, 2013

By Streamside, LLC.

Tucson to Revive River with Recycled Wastewater

Tucson’s project to restore the Santa Cruz River will take advantage of the city’s prior investment in water reclamation facilities and an extensive pipe network. Plan will take advantage of existing water reuse facilities Traveler Julius Froebel once described the lush river valley that he encountered on his 1855 trip along the Santa Cruz River as: […] covered with ...

Jul. 26, 2018

By Fluence Corporation

Successful reduction of diffuse nitrogen emissions at catchment scale: example from the pilot River Odense, Denmark

Land-based total nitrogen (N) loadings to Danish coastal waters have been markedly reduced since 2000. This has been achieved by general measures reducing discharges from all point sources and N leaching from farmed land supplemented with more local and targeted mitigation measures such as restoration of wetlands to increase the catchment-specific N retention. In the catchment of River ...

Feb. 2, 2016

By IWA Publishing

Methods of Design and Financing River Restoration Projects Constructed to Address Erosion and Sediment TMDL Problems Resulting from Development in Watersheds

This paper presents the results of research and experience with design and implementation of creek or river rehabilitation in urban watersheds. The paper discusses a five-step method for designing instream projects for reaches of creek subject to erosion. It recommends a post project audit of design and construction practices to qualify a project as a stream rehabilitation project.The general ...

Oct. 21, 2006

By Water Environment Federation (WEF)

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