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Increasing retention potential and preventing floods and draughts in forest ecosystems in lowland areas

Increasing retention potential and preventing floods and draughts in forest ecosystems in lowland areas

Świebodzin Forestry Authority completed the construction of small lowland water retention facilities as part of a project cofinanced from the Infrastructure and Environment funds. The facilities were built by EUROVIA POLSKA SA. Bielany Wrocławskie Oddział Lubusko-Dolnośląski.

Name of the completed project: Increasing retention potential and preventing floods and draughts in forest ecosystems in lowland areas

31 facilities were developed as part of the 9 tasks that the project consists of; volume of water envisaged for retention: 32,430cu.m.

 

The tasks:

  • the task located in Bucze Forestry Authority consisted in the reconstruction of the main drainage ditch together with trenches, and the construction of a sluice
  • the task located currently in Niedźwiedź Forestry Authority consists in the clearing of the ditch and construction of a sluice slowing down the drainage
  • the task located in Ołobok Forestry Authority, in the meadows used for hunting purposes, consisted in clearing a ditch and construction of 3 sluices slowing down the drainage of water to Złoty Potok Lake
  • construction of a minor water reservoir in Międzylesie Forestry Authority
  • construction of a minor water reservoir in Toporów Forestry Authority.
  • the task located in Długoszyn Forestry Authority consisted in:

o    ordering of a water source; a basin was built around the spring

o    increasing the capacity of two reservoirs

o    a sluice and a weir were built on the upper reservoir

o    a sluice was built on the lower reservoir

  • a task located in Krzeczkowo Forestry Authority consisted in the construction of a ditch and two sluices slowing down the drainage into Niesłysz Lake
  • another task located in Krzeczkowo Forestry Authority consisted in the clearing of the ditch, reconstruction of a culvert under the weir, construction of a weir, ford, dam, and 3 sluices, and reconstruction of a pass under a forest road
  • another task located in Krzeczkowo Forestry Authority consisted in the clearing of a ditch, reconstruction of two culverts under a forest road, and construction of a sluice, and a weir dividing the ditch into northern and southern sections.