A project to reduce risk in
managing streams in Friuli Venezia Giulia (FVG) and Slovenia is
underway. This two-year project, named "Torrent," is led by the
University of Udine and is co-funded with €717,000 from the EU
under the Interreg Italy-Slovenia 2021-2027 program. The goal of
the project is to enhance the planning and maintenance of
watercourse control structures. The research will concentrate on
six pilot watersheds in the region (Moscardo in Paluzza,
Orteglas in Paularo, Miozza in Ovaro, and Cella-Vuom in
Camporosso) and in Slovenia (Krvavec, north of Ljubljana, and
Osapska in Osp, in the Koper region).
The project partners include the FVG Region, the Regional
Development Center of Koper, and the University of Ljubljana.
Federico Cazorzi is leading the project, coordinated by a
research group from the Department of Agri-food, Environmental,
and Animal Sciences at the University of Udine. The research
aims to develop an innovative methodology providing intervention
guidelines for watershed management issues in Italy and
Slovenia. The project will work on the pilot watersheds to
develop easy-to-use tools, with the ultimate goal of applying
the guidelines to all mountain and hillside watersheds in the
region and Slovenia.
The project started by gathering and exchanging historical
data on hydrological processes, geomorphological surveys,
control structure data, and mitigation strategies. The initial
results have led to the development of an indicator of the
functionality of hydraulic forestry control structures, known as
the Maintenance Priority Index (MPI), which can also act as a
priority index for maintenance interventions.
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