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Special attention was given to stakeholder participation (agriculture, water management, nature conservation), to inform the public and to touristic aspects.

...se the Fluvial Mobility Space upstream Fraga. This measure will reduce the water level in Fraga because floods use the new space to flow and loose energy. During the '''execution''' phase, there will be different researches: Water Quality; Fishes and other communities; Sediments analysis.<br />

This artificial structure provides a shallow water body along the bank line protected from boat wave wash by a sheet pile wall ...on – challenges to improve fish and fisheries in urban waters. Fisheries Management and Ecology 17: 176-185.

For the global maintenance of the basin conditions, a Management and Use Plan was elaborated for the three areas of the SCI Río Asón.<br / ...ment of the river basin, ensuring the conservation and availability of the water resources for the ecosystems and the local populations.<br /><br />

...of the Merdero stream with the Tajo). The result is the alteration of the water quality and tha availability of instream habitat.<br /> [[Image:AltoTajo1.jpg|left|thumb|300px|High turbidity of the water, due to the input of suspended matter. ]] [[Image:AltoTajo2.jpg|center|thum

...ing, resulting in an increase of suspended solids and a noticeable loss of water quality.<br /><br /> The '''improvement of water quality''' is achieved in two ways: improving the purification of urban was

...chniques and to demonstrate these projects to a wider audience of European water managers. It was the first river restoration project of this kind in the UK ...te disposal. Waste water treatment plants have a negative influence on the water quality, while technical infrastructure such as sewer pipes and electric ca

...side channel which flows with the river during 95% of the time. During low water levels the flow in the channel is reduced by a sill between the sand pit an ...rgely related to the available substrate, which is more abundant at higher water levels. Also, a lot of exotic species were found in the area. Due to the la

Old gravel pit filled with water ...ect of the gravel mining in the area. The pool is characterized by limited water quality and botulism is a common threat to the fish during summer. To incre

...ll shallow waters, as river estuaries, swamps, coastal lagoons and lowland water bodies, due to its capacity to resist a wide range of salinity (euryhaline) ...d channel, so the farm machinery doesn´t have to reach the river for take water.<br />

...der".This work was framed within the Interreg IIIa TURN-IMER Comprehensive Management of European Rivers.The Department of Rural Development and Environment of t [[Category:Quantity and dynamics of water flow]] [[Category:River depth and width variation]] [[Category:Structure of

...ation of coarser sediments. Where drains are constructed to remove surface water, these make delivery of sediment to river systems more efficient, and if th ...widely recognized as important sediment sources, conduits for sediment and water, and potential locations from which landslides may be triggered (Brunke and

[[File:Isolation of water bodies photo 1.jpg|300px|thumbnail|Isolated aquatic habitats at the Danube [[File:Isolation of water bodies photo 2.jpg|300px|thumbnail|Isolated aquatic habitats at the Danube

...then 300m in length and was originally build in two parts. This means that water was also able to enter/exit the channel about half way along it, creating w ...just above the average water table. This leads to disturbance during high water and floods, which in turn sets back the succession and thus keeps the syste

...comprises improvement of river and riparian habitats, wildlife population, water quality, control of shore and bank erosion and improvement of the reach lan ...veral indicators about fish population, riparian forest, physical-chemical water parameters, river hydromorphology (topographic profiles, flows, etc.).

...en 2001 and 2003 a LIFE project was carried out to promote the sustainable management of the alluvial aquifer of the River Tordera. Few years after at the same p ...together with overexploitation of water resources leads to the fall of the water table and longer dry periods. Groundwater quality declines and supply sourc

...disappeared from several streams all over Europe. 95 % of the Fresh Pearl water mussel population in Central Europe has actually fallen during the last cen The decline is mainly due to water quality changes, inadequate regulation of water-flow, and habitat degradation which either affect the mussels directly, or

...disappeared from several streams all over Europe. 95 % of the Fresh Pearl water mussel population in Central Europe has actually fallen during the last cen The decline is mainly due to water quality changes, inadequate regulation of water-flow, and habitat degradation which either affect the mussels directly, or

...lantic salmon specie is now at risk all over Europe even in Scotland where water quality is generally good. Scottish rivers such as the Dee, Tweed, Tay and ...rough a significant improvement of freshwater habitats, the development of management guidelines, and the promotion and demonstration of best practice in the rem

...g in the establishment of several agreements, programmes aiming to improve water retention along the Rhine river. ...gned following serious increases in flooding frequency due the building of water power plants by the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of France