Type
Water Utilities
Local
Portugal
State
Finished
Year
2002
Client
INAG – Instituto da Água, I.P.
- The River Tejo Drainage Basin Plan covers an area of approximately 25,000 km² and involves around 3.1 million inhabitants and comprises the preparation of a multidisciplinary Water Resource Management Plan. The Basin Plan involved a detailed analysis of the following aspects:
• Diagnosis, including: Inventory of surface and groundwater resources availability, including sediment transport, with their quantitative and qualitative characteristics; Inventory and analysis of current and future uses and utilisations of water resources, including the determination of pollution sources, with their quantitative and qualitative characteristics; Inventory of relevant aquatic ecosystems and wetlands; Inventory of existing and planned hydraulic and sanitation infrastructure; Inventory of heritage and archaeological sites; Assessment of current and future resources and needs and determination of areas and situations of need; Determination of areas and situations of risk, in particular floods, erosion and contamination; Assessment of drought and flood situations.
• Proposal of measures and actions, including: Classification of water lines according to uses; Actions to protect and enhance the drainage system; Actions to protect and enhance groundwater; Establishment of areas subject to a specific planning, in particular reservoirs and coastal zone; Proposed classification of new areas to be protected; Determination and selection of water and sanitation infrastructure projects to be implemented in different municipalities; Actions to regulate and control floods, erosion and contamination; Sediment assessment.
• Material and financial programming, including: Scheduling of measures and actions; Planned investment and corresponding sources of financing; Entities responsible for implementing and monitoring measures and actions; Development of a monitoring network.
- Services provided involved several fields of expertise such as: Hydraulics, hydrology and water resources, river hydraulics, economics and finance, and environment.
