PILOT CASE STUDY DORA BALTEA ITALY DECEMBER 2016 PLEASE OPEN THE DOCUMENT IN ADOBE READER VERSION 9 OR HIGHER MAIN ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS THE DORA BALTEA RIVER FLOWS THROUGH AN INNER-ALPINE DRY VALLEY WITH HIGH AVERAGE BASIN ALTITUDE AND 6% OF SURFACE COVERED BY GLACIERS. VALPELLINE & VALTOURNENCHE VALLEY / DORABALTEA PCS / ITALY © RAVA - ARPA RIVERS FLOW DOWN VERY STEEP SLOPES WITH HIGH WATER SPEED AND AN IMPRESSIVE ENERGY GRADIENT. MONTE EMILUS & BECCA DI NONA MOUNTAINS / DORABALTEA PCS / ITALY © RAVA - ARPA WATER BODIES HAVE A LARGE RANGE OF NATURAL DISCHARGE AND VERY CONCENTRATED SEDIMENT TRANSPORT. CHALAMY TORRENT / DORABALTEA PCS / ITALY © RAVA - ARPA ROCKY SUBSTRATES DOMINATE AND RIVERBEDS OFTEN HAVE LOW SUN EXPOSURE AND LIMITED RIPARIAN VEGETATION GROWTH. CHALAMY TORRENT / DORABALTEA PCS / ITALY © RAVA - ARPA THE BASIN IS HIGHLY VULNERABLE TO INUNDATIONS, DEBRIS FLOW AND LANDSLIDES: A DRAMATIC FLOOD OCCURRED IN OCT 2000 LEAVING BEHIND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. NUS VILLAGE / DORABALTEA PCS / ITALY © RAVA - ARPA HUMAN ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE RIVER RISK MITIGATION MEASURES ARE IN PLACE, WHICH BARELY MODIFY RIVER NETWORKS. STRONG HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN BUILT TO REINFORCE LAND PROTECTION FROM FLOODING AND DEBRIS. SAINT - BARTHÉLEMY / DORABALTEA PCS / ITALY © RAVA - ARPA HYDROPOWER HAS BEEN WIDE-SPREAD IN THE BASIN FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY AND HAS BEEN INCREASING STEADILY THROUGHOUT THE PAST 25 YEARS DUE TO FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY. PLACE MOULIN DAM / DORABALTEA PCS / ITALY © RAVA - ARPA AGRICULTURAL WATER WITHDRAWALS AND SMALL CHANNELS (RUS) HAVE BEEN COMMON SINCE THE MIDDLE AGES AND SUPPORT CATTLE BREEDING AND SMALL- SCALE FARMING IN A VERY DRY BASIN. AYAS VALLEY / DORABALTEA PCS / ITALY © RAVA - ARPA LANDSCAPE IS A FOCAL ASSET FOR CULTURE AND TOURISM. TRADITIONALLY, STREAMS BORDER VILLAGES AND BRING WATER TO INHABITANTS. PONT BOSET VILLAGE / DORABALTEA PCS / ITALY © VISAMULTIMEDIA SPORT FISHING IS COMMON IN THE AREA AND HAS A STRONG INFLUENCE ON MANAGEMENT CHOICES. MARBLE TROUT HYBRID / DORABALTEA PCS / ITALY © RAVA - ARPA RIVER STAKEHOLDERS & CONFLICTS THE DORA BALTEA RIVER IS MORE STRONGLY INFLUENCED BY WATER QUANTITY THAN BY WATER QUALITY. DORA BALTEA / DORABALTEA PCS / ITALY © RAVA - ARPA THE RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT PLAN WILL BE UPDATED ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT NEEDS AND NORMATIVE COMPLIANCE. SHARE FINAL MEETING / DORABALTEA PCS / ITALY © RAVA - ARPA SOURCES USED IN THIS INFOGRAPHIC: GEOPORTALE | Catasto ghiacciai Valle d’Aosta VIDEO | Alluvione Champorcher VIDEO | Water sharing traditional Regione Autonoma Valle d’Aosta Marcela Terenzi Youtube Marcela Olmedo www.geoportale.partout.it GEONAVIGATORE | Valle d’Aosta FOTO | Trote PDF | Erosion in the Western Alps Dora Baltea Basin Regione Autonoma Valle d’Aosta Consorzio Regionale per la pesca Giovanni Vezzoli www.geonavsct.partout.it www.pescavda.it www.science.direction.com WEB | Energy from nature VIDEO | Sport fishing in Aosta Valley GEOPORTALE | Dati metereoligici in tempo reale Fratelli Ronc Grobeshause Productions Arpa Piemonte www.ronc.it/en VIDEO | Identification sauvegarde et réhabilitation VIDEO | Hydropower BOLLETTINI IDROLOGICI | Centro funzionale VDA des populations des truites autochtones Gruppo CVA Youtube Regione Autonoma Valle d’Aosta VisaMultimedia Youtube GEONAVIGATORE | Mappa concessioni acque pubbliche INFO & CONTACTS GEODISSESTI | Navigatore cartografico WEB | PTA Regione Autonoma Valle d’Aosta Regione Autonoma Valle d’Aosta PTA Piano Tutela delle Acque www.geoportale.partout.it Andrea MAMMOLITI MOCHET www.geoportale.partout.it pta.invallee.net ARPA Valle d’Aosta VIDEO | Collecting water management [email protected] VIDEO | Valluvione Marcela Olmedo Regione Autonoma Valle d’Aosta Youtube Susanne MUHAR VIDEO | Female farmer University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) VIDEO | Alluvione Pollein Marcela Olmedo [email protected] Centro Funzionale VDA Youtube Copyright © ARPA / RAVA.