{"id":1718,"date":"2018-07-24T15:59:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T13:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/life-peat-restore.eu\/en\/?p=1718"},"modified":"2018-08-01T11:39:30","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T09:39:30","slug":"groundwater-monitoring-established-latvian-project-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/life-peat-restore.eu\/en\/groundwater-monitoring-established-latvian-project-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Groundwater monitoring established in the Latvian project sites"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Latvia, within the LIFE Peat Restore project, blocking of ditches is proposed in three areas. In all these sites, prior to restoration actions careful surveys and hydrological and hydrogeological modelling was done. It means that a hydrogeologist has assessed the current situation and potential impacts of ditch blocking. As the next step, the appropriate locations for dams on ditches were selected. The dams are planned by bearing in mind that they have to fultil their task \u2013 to rewett the drained peatlands, without causing damage to the adjacent forests, agricultural lands and homesteads. The results of hydrological and hydrogeological studies and modelling was presented in several meetings to representatives of the official steerings groups and people from local communities.<\/p>\n

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In Lake Engure Nature Park, large amount of water is being drained through this ditch in springtime. Blocking of two ditches is proposed to decrease the amount of water which is lost in this way. Groundwater monitoring wells are established nearby the proposed dams. Photo: O. Aleks\u0101ns.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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To be sure on the actual impacts, the project areas will be monitored throughout the project lifetime \u2013 before and after blocking the ditches. To evaluate the situation before restoration, we have already started the monitoring. This will allow understanding the pre-restoration condition and analysing the changes induced by the restoration works.<\/p>\n

In April 2018, we have established groundwater monitoring wells in all project sites in Latvia (Baltezers Mire, Madie\u0161\u0113nu Mire, Lake Engure). The groundwater table is being monitored automatically by loggers, which provide regular (once per hour) and frequent measurements with high accuracy. Four times per year the data will be summarized and analysed by our project expert. We continue working and collecting the data which will be necessary to carry out the restoration.<\/p>\n

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An example of the first groundwater monitoring results in Lake Engure project site in Latvia covering the time period from April to June 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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