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River rehabilitation of running water

In Switzerland, around 90-95 % of streams and rivers are currently canalised or suffer from other types of habitat impairment (lack of riparian vegetation, river bed structures and connectivity, etc.). Therefore a huge potential for rehabilitation exists. This research focus has particularly been addressed in the Rhone-Thur project (www.rhone-thur.eawag.ch and www.rivermanagement.ch).

The follow-up project of the Rhone-Thur project “Integral management of river catchments" started. There are 2 focus subjects:

• Technical interventions and habitat diversity
• Longitudinal and lateral connectivity of rivers

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• Contact person: Armin Peter
• Funding: Eawag, VAW, EPFL, WSL, Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN)