Increase minimum flows

Increase minimum flows

Increase minimum flows01. Water flow quantity improvement

Expected effect of measure on (including literature citations):

• HYMO (general and specified per HYMO element)
• physico � chemical parameters
• Biota (general and specified per Biological quality elements)

Pressures that can be addressed by this measure

• Discharge diversions and returns
• Hydrological regime modification

Case studies where this measure has been applied

• Regge Velderberg
• Westlicher Abzugsgraben
• Renaturierung Untere Havel
• Mörrumsån - Hemsjö
• Narew river restoration project
• Heltondale Beck Flow restoration

Useful references

• POFF, N. L., RICHTER, B. D., ARTHINGTON, A. H., BUNN, S. E., NAIMAN, R. J., KENDY, E., ACREMAN, M., APSE, C., BLEDSOE, B. P., FREEMAN, M. C., HENRIKSEN, J., JACOBSON, R. B., KENNEN, J. G., MERRITT, D. M., O’KEEFFE, J. H., OLDEN, J. D., ROGERS, K., THARME, R. E. and WARNER, A. (2010), The ecological limits of hydrologic alteration (ELOHA): a new framework for developing regional environmental flow standards. Freshwater Biology, 55: 147–170. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02204.x _{(language: english, abstract)}