Flood protection Ostrach

Date of entry : 26/10/2020

Date of last edition : 01/12/2020

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Informations

Solution ID

Title of Nature Base Solution

Flood protection Ostrach

External links

https://www.wwa-ke.bayern.de/hochwasser/hochwasserschutzprojekte/ostrach/index.htm

Description of solution

Summary (Challenges; Objectives)

In the course of the extension of the flood protection, the Ostrach was also expanded and ugraded ecologically. The river bed was widened, as far as the existing local utilization conditions allowed it. All exisiting drop structures were replaced with river bed ramps to improve the ecological passability. Groynes and large stones were implemented to improve the flow diversity.

Technical characteristics

2 km river widening

Location Latitude

47.5176280000

Location Longitude

10.2908060000

Comment on location

Sonthofen

Keywords

Ecosystem (s) impacted

Rivers

Hazard(s) concerned

Floods

Other challenges

Biodiversity

Exposition

Exposed assets

Urban settings

Urban or residential areas

Roads

Is there population exposed?

Yes, high density of population (>200 persons/km2)

Activity

Are there jobs created in the nature-based sector?

Don't know

Are there new employments in tourism sector, sport activities or recreational activites ?

Don't know

Are there new activities in the tourism sector , sport activities or recreational activites?

Don't know

Are there new/traditional activities that increased?

Others

International classification

Sustainable development goals addressed

SDG 13 – Climate action

SDG 14 – Life below water

SDG 15 – Life on land

Sendai Frameword priorities addressed

Priority 3. Investing in disaster risk reduction for resilience

Priority 4. Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response and to “Build Back Better” in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction

Actors

Who are the beneficiaries of the action

inhabitants of Sonthofen

Organizations involved in the implementation of the action

water authority Kempten, Planning community Hochwasserschutz Ostrach (consisting of Regierungsbaumeister Schlegel GmbH & Co. KG, Schneider & Theisen GmbH Ingenieurbüro für Bauwesen, Arnold Consult AG and aquasoli Ingenieurbüro), Dr. Ebel & Co. Ingenieurgesellschacft für Geotechnik und Wasserwirtschaft mbH, Ingenieur- und Sachverständigenbüro für Bauwesen Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Peter Ungethüm GmbH, LGA Landesgewerbeanstalt Bayern and Dipl. Ing. Norbert Nieder, Monika und Armin Socher SigeKo GbR, Hubert Schmid Bauuntrnehmen GmbH, Geiger Hoch- und Tiefbau GmbH & Co. KG, Dobler GmbH & Co. KG, Brutscher GmbH & Co. KG, IBS Technics GmbH, Siegfried Kiffer GmbH

Temporal aspects

Design life time of the action

More than 10 years

Implementation time of the action

Between 5 and 10 years

Financial aspects

Action costs

25000000.00

Comment

including the technical flood protection

Others

Participatory process

Is it possible to transpose this action in a different context?

No, it is site specific

Evaluation

Risk reduction

Hazard

Exposure

Vulnerability

Feasibility

Technical Feasibility

Economic Feasibility

Environment

Water

Soil

Vegetation

Landscape

Biodiversity

Society

Quality of Life

Community involvement

Landscape Heritage

Economy

Revitalization

Local Economy