CONA: PREPARATION OF A DESIGN PROJECT WITH PROPOSAL FOR A SUSTAINABLE REGULATION MEASURES (GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE) OF KOREN IN SLOVENIA

Koren stream is the only watercourse in the narrower part of Nova Gorica. The area around the regulated watercourse represents a sort of dividing line between the urban part of the town and the green Panovec. The existing riverbed is an in-depth channel that used to drain the city's stormwater and wastewater. The lathe is not currently attractive for enjoying the water.

With the CONA project, we set a goal to take some measures along the watercourse and the main containment pool to take measures to improve the situation and to give different views of the regulation of the riverbed and the nearby area. Project partner VIK set several goals:

1. Give the spatial planning decision-makers different ideas for the regulation of the riverbed; which will be friendlier with and more attractive to residents.
2. Measurement and management of flood water from public sewage system to Koren.
3. Complete the automated control system of the Central Wastewater Treatment Plant with data on precipitation events
4. Optimize the operation of the containment pool and the installation of new equipment.

The first objective was realized by designing the conceptual design of the revitalization of the Koren stream. The basis for the conceptual design was the document Determination of the Biodiversity Function of the Water and Bypass Area of ​​the Koren Stream, based on the inventory of flora and fauna upstream and downstream of the Pikolud reservoir. The conceptual design covers a part of the Koren Canal, which runs in the urban area of ​​Nova Gorica, approximately 1.2 km in length, from the Pikolud barrier to the confluence of the Prakrit section along the national border.