Tajo. Improvement of ecological state of the Tajo and tributaries riverside affected by the spill of kaolin, at Poveda de la Sierra and Taravilla (Guadalajara)
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Tajo. Improvement of ecological state of the Tajo and tributaries riverside affected by the spill of kaolin, at Poveda de la Sierra and Taravilla (Guadalajara)
Key features of the case study
- The open air mining releases a great quantity of sediments which are incorporated into the Tajo river and its tributaries at the area between Peñalén, Poveda de la Sierra and Taravilla.Despite the construction of pools for collect the runoff and the sediment scours from the mining exploitations, some turbidity can be observed, and so deposition of fine sediments at the pools. The result is the alteration of the water quality and tha availability of instream habitat.
- The open air mining releases a great quantity of sediments which are incorporated into the Tajo river and its tributaries at the area between Peñalén, Poveda de la Sierra and Taravilla.Despite the construction of pools for collect the runoff and the sediment scours from the mining exploitations, some turbidity can be observed, and so deposition of fine sediments at the pools. The result is the alteration of the water quality and tha availability of instream habitat.
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Related Measures
- Install fish pass/bypass/side channel for upstream migration
- Remove sediments
- Adjust land use to reduce nutrient, sediment input or shore erosion
- Develop riparian forest
- Revegetate riparian zones
