Line of action:

Urban environments

Status:

En ejecución

Location:

Girona (Catalonia)

Execution date:

2022

Duration:

01/10/2022 - 31/12/2025

Total budget:

€2,661,118.48

Amount of aid from the Biodiversity Foundation:

€2,528,062.56

Coordinating entity:

Girona Provincial Council

The Baix Ter is one of the areas of the Internal Basins of Catalonia with the highest risk of flooding due to its configuration of the alluvial plain and the torrential regime of the rivers. The prevention of floods and the preservation and improvement of the river environment is a priority, since after the effects of storm Gloria, they were inserted in the municipal political agendas, for the correct economic and social development of the same, preserving the safety of citizens and their property.

Hidronet Baix Ter aims to eradicate the problems of recurrent flooding suffered by the urban centres of the lower course of the Ter, due to the historical reduction of floodable areas in the area. The project will change the drainage model through rapid evacuation through paved channels, for another based on a network of interconnected lamination wetlands that slow down the flow of water and reduce the risk of overflow. This model, in addition to the hydrological benefits, proposes the recovery of biodiversity and the improvement of the ecological status of aquatic systems.

Some of the actions included in this project are:

• Comprehensive flood risk management plan in the Baix Ter.
• Flood risk reduction in the Ter Vell basin (l’Estartit).
• Adaptation of the Rec del Molí in the urban area of Gualta.
• Reduction of flood risk in the municipality of Ullà and improvement of the naturalisation of the Rec Madral.