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REFORM River Restoration Wiki (Main page under contruction!)


Welcome to the REFORM River Restoraion Wiki, a knowledge tool that addresses the challenges to reach the ecological objectives for rivers as required by the EU Water Framework Directive. The knowledge is available through the menu (left) or through the links on this main page.

The REFORM wiki is filled as the deliverables of the REFORM project become available during the period 2012-2015.

What do you need to know? Use the following links to quickly jump across the wiki.

Hydrology and morphology

Information on the hydromorphological indicators for the WFD.
Biological Quality

The biological quality elements of the WFD.
River Characterisation

A Multi-scale Hierarchical Framework for River Characterisation that facilitates River Restoration planning.
Pressures

The main hydromorphological pressures affecting European freshwater systems, with links to example case-studies.
Measures

Information on sixty restoration and rehabilitation measures with links to example case-studies.
Ecosystem Services (ES)

Description of ES in river environments. (Under construction).
EU Directives

Description of the main EU directives and information sources. (Under construction).

Case studies

The case studies presented are a compilation of examples of river restoration and rehabilitation projects describing the effect that given measures may have on the hydro-morphology and ecology of different water bodies. These examples are intended to provide practitioners with valuable information about the applicability of different measures.

Image google case study viewer.PNG River restoration measures (case studies)

A showcase of international case studies of river restoration measures mitigating pressures on river systems.

Tools for river restoration (planning and design)

Image google case study viewer.PNG River restoration measures (case studies)

A showcase of international case studies of river restoration measures mitigating pressures on river systems.

Contribute to the restoration wiki

Everybody is encouraged to contribute to the system. Any information that complements the existing categories is very welcome. Information for new case studies can be sent to any of the partners of REFORM(Contact information) to be reviewed.

  • Please register as user by following the link at the top right corner of this page to create your log-in account. Editing rights are preceded by an email request procedure.
  • Please bear in mind that any information you provide is being provided freely, and that no kind of agreement or contract is created between you and the owners or users of this site. Please remember always to acknowledge the original sources of the information.
  • Help us to preserve the quality of the information by reporting any abuse you detect (e.g. insertion of advertisements or spam) to reformwiki@deltares.nl. Misuse of the granted access rights will give cause to the Administrator to block or remove the user from the system.


How to edit the wiki-pages?

General information about how to work with the wiki language can be found in the World Wide Web. Some useful references are:


Particular instructions about how to add information to the systems are provided in the User's Manual:


The REFORM web-based tool is a knowledge and information system relating hydromorphology and ecology of European rivers and has been developed as part of the projects REFORM and FORECASTER funded by the European Commission, IWRM-Net and Delft Cluster.


Disclaimer

This web-based tool is an online open-content repository of information about river restoration experiences. Its structure allows anyone with an Internet connection and World Wide Web browser to alter its contents. Therefore, the FORECASTER consortium does not take responsibility for the veracity and completeness of the information entered in the WIKI pages, nor is liable for the use that third parties may give to this information. Readers are adviced to review the information critically.