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SedAlp
Sediment management in Alpine basins: integrating sediment continuum, risk mitigation and hydropower
- AS priority area: Environment and Risk Prevention
- Duration: 01/09/2012 - 30/06/2015
Project Partners
- Lead partner: Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management Forestry Section (BMLFUW) - Dep. IV/5 Torrent and Avalanche Control Service (AT) Contact person: Andreas Pichler, Tel.: +43 (0) 1 71100 7343, andreas.pichler[at]lebensministerium.at
- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Institute for Water Management, Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, Dep. Water-Atmosphere-Environment (AT) Contact person: Helmut Habersack, Tel.: +43 1 47654 5500, helmut.habersack[at]boku.ac.at
- Regional Government of Carinthia, Department 8 - Environment, Water and Nature Protection (AT) Contact person: Norbert Sereinig, Tel.: 0043/5053618331, norbert.sereinig[at]ktn.gv.at
- Office of the Tyrolean Regional Government, Department of Water Managemen (AT) Contact person: Markus Federspiel, Tel.: +43 (0) 512 / 508 210, markus.federspiel[at]tirol.gv.at
- Bavarian Environment Agency - Unit 61: Flood Protection and Alpine Natural Disasters (DE) Contact person: Dr. Andreas Rimböck, Tel.: +49 821 9071-5944, andreas.rimboeck[at]lfu.bayern.de
- National Center of Scientific Research (FR) Contact person: Hervé Piegay, Tel.: +33 4 37 37 63 51, herve.piegay[at]ens-lyon.fr
- Irstea, Grenoble regional center, Snow avalanche engineering and torrent control research unit, Mountain Ecosystems unit Contact person: Frédéric Liebault, Tel.: +33 4 76 76 27 16, frederic.liebault[at]irstea.fr
- Piedmont Region Torino (IT) Contact person: Chiara Silvestro, Tel.: +39 011 4324797, chiara.silvestro[at]regione.piemonte.it
- Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol, Department of Hydraulic Engineering (IT) Contact person: Pierpaolo Macconi, Tel.: +39 0471 414588, Pierpaolo.macconi[at]provinz.bz.it
- Regional Agency for Environmental Protection and Prevention of Veneto - Regional Land Safety Department Contact person: Giacomo Renzo Scussel, Tel.: +390437935554, gscussel[at]arpa.veneto.it
- National Research Council - Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection (IT) Contact person: Dr. Marco Cavalli, Tel.: +39 049 8295820, marco.cavalli[at]irpi.cnr.it
- University of Padova-Department Land, environment, Agriculture and Forestry (IT) Contact person: Mario Aristide Lenzi, Tel.: +39 049 8272675, marioaristide.lenzi[at]unipd.it
- Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia (SI) Contact person: Aleksandra Krivograd Klemenčič, Tel.: +386 1 4775-300, Aleksandra.Krivograd[at]izvrs.si
- University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering (SI) Contact person: Simon Rusjan, Tel.: +386(1)42 54 052, simon.rusjan[at]fgg.uni-lj.si
Project summary
“SedAlp focuses on the integrated management of sediment transport in Alpine basins. It is directed towards an effective reduction of sediment-related risk while promoting the enhancement of riverine ecosystems and reducing the impacts of hydropower plants. The SedAlp project includes piloting actions in various representative Alpine river basins of all involved countries and contributes to sediment and wood transfer monitoring in a large set of Alpine catchments, in order to understand spatial and temporal variability of processes.
Based on process understanding, planning, warning and predictive tools will be provided together with sediment and wood management recommendations for hazard mitigation and protection of people. SedAlp aims at developing strategy policy and actions for the improvement of sediment continuity in Alpine river basins.”
Source: SedAlp project summary
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Results
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Outputs
| Output | Category | Language(s) | Target group | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protocol for data collection method in sediment transport | Methodology | EN | Civil servants / administration | Three standard protocols on bedload transport, debris flow and wood transport monitoring have been developed. These protocols are intended to describe the used monitoring technics and data processing methods. Furthermore, the protocols work also as guidelines to assist in choosing the appropriate monitoring method for supporting prospective monitoring efforts. |
| Hydrological data analysis – Gradašcica river basin | Pilot activity | EN | civil servants / administration | Hydrological report for a pilot region in Slovenia |
| Meteorological data analysis – Gradašcica river basin | Pilot activity | EN | civil servants / administration | Meteorological report for a pilot region in Slovenia |
Outcomes and Impacts
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