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=Improve water retention= Category 01. Water flow quantity improvement

Category 01. Water flow quantity improvement ...taken into account to choose the restoration or mitigation measures. Some management options that could be studied as alternatives are the following:

Category 01. Water flow quantity improvement ...especially during periods of low precipitation), with changes in national water rights, and with morphological measures.

=Recycle used water= Category 01. Water flow quantity improvement

...he sink. There are several well-studied practices and techniques to reduce water erosion at the source like no-tillage or counter farming, cover crops, and ...buffer strips in management of waterway pollution: a review. Environmental Management, 18, 543-558.

...lmonid spawning gravels across the south west UK. Journal of Environmental Management, 91, 1341-1349. ...stics in central Nevada: A case study. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 15, 428-439.

...govt.nz/Publications-and-Reports/Regional-Policies-and-Plans/Regional-Plan-Water/Minimum-Flow-Workshops/ see e.g. the Otago Regional Council information on ...ational water rights. Morphological measures can increase the retention of water (i) within the stream channel, e.g. by improving aquatic habitats in order

...2014/04/28/what-are-environmental-flows/ Ben Gillespies entry on The River Management Blog]. * in case of water abstraction,

...ding the ecological effects of hydropeaking is important for a sustainable management of streams. Negative effects due to large fluctuations in flow (e.g. change ...by using interconnected flood plains, artificial pools, and channels. The water could also be bypassed into a lake or bigger stream. Morphological restorat

...WFD have been addressed to one or two river floodplain functions/services: water storage for flood mitigation, nature/biodiversity conservation or both (Mar ...mprove ecological status and integrity of the rivers but also to restore water storage function of the floodplains. Concepts as ,,fluvial territory”, ,,

The aim of this measure is to recover the continuity of water and sediment flows, and the organism connectivity in both ways, in order to ...r of the Hydro-morphological quality of the running waters water bodies as Water Framework Directive proposes. In United States an increased experience on d

...intakes that delay them to their spawning or growing grounds. Also, these water intakes may lead them to dangerous channels, pipelines or turbines where in ...fishes in their way down through barriers, dams, and to avoid bypasses and water intakes is a measure to mitigate these impacts. These, guiding systems incl

=Remeander water courses= ...e typically lower in re-meandered streams which can significantly increase water temperature if riparian trees and shade is missing (Buckaveckas 2007). More

=Widen water courses= ...crease of sediment deficit, as well as upstream due to the decrease of the water level in the restored reach. To decrease the upstream erosional effect, ste

=Shallow water courses= ...forest that are depending on this kind of frequent flood events. Moreover, water depth and shear stress decrease, potentially reducing invertebrate drift, e

...e typically lower in re-meandered streams which can significantly increase water temperature if riparian trees and shade is missing (Buckaveckas 2007). More Bukaveckas, P. A. (2007) Effects of Channel Restoration on Water Velocity, Transient Storage, and Nutrient Uptake in a Channelized Stream .

This management practice favours macrophyte species able to cope with a high level of physi ...about 40% of the weeds are left, already results in 85% of the drop of the water level compared to the complete removal of the weeds, Vereecken et al. 2006)

...s. Moreover, armouring of the channel-bed decreases the surface-subsurface water exchange and the interstitial spaces available for colonization by inverteb ...efore improve water retention capabilities, increase groundwater level and water supply of floodplain habitats and wetlands.

...el bed placed on the glide. When we add gravel at one degraded riffle, the water rises upstream and may flood the next upstream riffle, which can lose its f ...has to be large enough (average diameter) to resist major displacement by water flow.

...ncy of floodplain inundation along the river courses, lowers valley- floor water tables and frequently leads to destruction of bridges and other infrastruct ...water: Effects of dams and gravel mining on river channels. Environmental Management, 21, 533-551.