{"id":14929,"date":"2025-09-29T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/?p=14929"},"modified":"2026-01-16T10:27:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:27:04","slug":"the-ebro-recovers-23-hectares-as-a-fluvial-space-and-adds-a-new-wetland-in-the-osera-de-ebro-fuentes-de-ebro-section-zaragoza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/en\/the-ebro-recovers-23-hectares-as-a-fluvial-space-and-adds-a-new-wetland-in-the-osera-de-ebro-fuentes-de-ebro-section-zaragoza\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ebro recovers 23 hectares as a fluvial space and adds a new wetland in the Osera de Ebro – Fuentes de Ebro section (Zaragoza)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Ebro adds 23 hectares<\/strong> to its natural flood plain by solving the narrowing of the river at two points, Mejana del Conde and Meandro de Aguilar in the Osera de Ebro – Fuentes de Ebro section (Zaragoza).<\/p>

The setting back of longitudinal protections (motes), moving them away from the river, has been one of the main actions of Phase 1 of the “Improving resilience to floods in the Ebro” intervention of the LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 Project, with a budget of 3 million euros, which has been implemented by the Ebro Hydrographic Confederation (CHE), through the public company TRAGSA (both partners of the Project).<\/p>

It has also meant the creation of a new wetland in this recovered space<\/strong>, where, in addition, an environmental restoration intervention will be carried out by the Government of Aragon, another example of coordinated actions between public administrations.<\/p>\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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As in all Ebro Resilience interventions, the participation<\/strong> of the interested sectors, especially in this case that of the farmers, led by the Irrigation Community of the Huerta del Ebro, as well as the consensus<\/strong> with the City Councils of Osera de Ebro and Fuentes de Ebro, have been crucial for the development of the adaptation proposal promoted by the LIFE financial instrument of the European Commission.<\/strong><\/p>

In parallel to this intervention, the execution of PHASE 2 is also progressing, which focuses on one of the reference and pioneering interventions of the LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 Project: the creation of Lateral Flow Buffer Zones (LFZ) that aim to reduce the risk of flooding in 630 hectares of crops on the right bank of the Ebro. <\/strong> <\/p>\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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More space for the river <\/strong><\/a><\/p>

The works executed during Phase 1 were as follows:<\/p>