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Environmental flow assessment of Cetina River canyon, downstream of Prančevići dam. WWF Dinaric Arc Sustainable Hydropower Initiative (DASHI II) project, Final report

During the past century, and more intensively in the recent 35 years, the Cetina River was dramatically changed due to the construction of series of dams and hydropower plants. This caused drastic change in the flow regime. In the time of building of dams, the production of electricity was favoured and the negative effect on the natural state of the river and her ecosystem was neglected. Only the so-called biological minimum was established. With the scientific movements in the past 30 years and higher awareness of the negative effect of the large dams construction the introduction of different methods of assessment of ecological and environmental flows were introduced. In this project through the use of several methods, including the fieldwork and sampling, environmental flow for the Cetina River downstream of Prančevići dam was assessed. The use of holistic approach, which included the expert panel consisting of hydrologist, hydrogeologist, biologists, chemist and sociologist, produced following recommendations: environmental flow should imitate natural yearly water oscillations to enable the occasional flooding and occasional minimum water levels.

Cetina, environmental flow, hydropower

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