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Effectiveness Assessment of the Environmental Flows Schemes

Thematic Area
Sustainable Development and International Cooperation
Location
Viana do Castelo
Application Areas
Water Resources
Scope
R&D

Entity

Description

Effectiveness assessment of each environmental flow regime over a period of at least seven years, through the monitoring of the following elements quality: biological (fish, fauna, benthic macroinvertebrates and aquatic fauna), hydromorphological (river continuity and morphological conditions), physiochemical (thermal conditions, oxygenation, salinity, acidification status and conditions concerning nutrients).

Objectives

  • Ensure compliance with this environmental obligation enshrined in the concession contracts of hydroelectric developments.