{"id":13723,"date":"2025-04-01T17:48:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T15:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/?p=13723"},"modified":"2025-04-01T17:50:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T15:50:37","slug":"first-steps-for-the-creation-of-lateral-flow-buffer-zones-against-flooding-in-the-osera-fuentes-section-of-the-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/en\/first-steps-for-the-creation-of-lateral-flow-buffer-zones-against-flooding-in-the-osera-fuentes-section-of-the-river\/","title":{"rendered":"First steps for the creation of Lateral Flow Buffer Zones against flooding in the Osera-Fuentes section of the river"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 Project has started a crucial phase in its intervention in the Osera de Ebro – Fuentes de Ebro (Zaragoza) section with the adaptation of the irrigation network in the farms destined to become the future Lateral Flow Buffer Zones (LFZ). This intervention, which seeks to reduce the effects of flooding in an intensive farming area, was selected by the European Union’s LIFE Program as a pilot proposal to serve as a reference for other Spanish and European basins with similar problems due to its innovative nature. <\/p>\n

The works for the implementation of the Zones will be carried out by the Ebro Hydrographic Confederation (CHE) and in these first steps consist of the adaptation of the secondary irrigation network in the farms that will be transformed into ZAFL.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Lateral Flow Buffer Zones (LFZ<\/a>) are a succession of temporary flooding areas. During the Ebro River floods, the areas are pre-flooded in a controlled manner and create “water mattresses”. There, water passes over water and, as it does not impact on rigid elements and surfaces, damage and erosion are reduced. <\/p>\n

How do you prevent damage to these flooded areas?<\/strong> When the river has a lot of water and needs more space, the AFZs allow the water to occupy lateral lands in an organized manner. The innovative idea is that these zones are prepared so that the overflowing water passes continuously over the pre-flooded areas, flowing parallel to the river and helping drainage after episodes. <\/p>\n