Date: March 2014- March 2016
Brief Description:
A strategic program for seven river valleys in Tehran was placed in the agenda of architecture and urbanization deputy, Tehran Municipality in 2012 in concern with the proposals of Tehran Master Plan. On the other hand, regarding the proposals of Tehran Storm- Water Management Master Plan, the necessity to complete and continue the studies on Tehran river valleys strategic plan was considered with river basin management approach as well as river buffer zone. Therefore, Tehran Rivers and Qanats restoration and engineering master plan proposed by Deputy of Technical & Development Affairs, Tehran Municipality Directive was included in the Second 5-year Plan of Tehran Municipality (2014-2018). According to this, Tehran municipality was obliged to formulate Tehran Rivers and Qanats restoration and engineering master plan. RCUWM was considered as a facilitator to this project.
Objectives/Outcomes:
- Presenting new approaches on urban river restoration according to Tehran river conditions
- Constituting, planning and organizing steering committee meetings of Tehran river restoration Master Plan
- Capacity development and facilitating governmental stakeholders to participate in the project
- Training, capacity building and preparation of standards and instructions for urban river restoration
- A) Books:
The 1st National Conference on Urban River Restoration – A guide book
Introduction to urban river restoration and training – A guide book
- B) Important reports:
Training and capacity building measures report
Framework of terms of references on urban river restoration report
A Terminology about urban river restoration
Report on Tehran river restoration objectives
Report on how to participate stakeholders in river restoration projects
Proposal report on river restoration projects
- C) Meetings:
Organizing steering committee meetings, governmental stakeholders’ meetings, and professional consulting engineers
- D) Workshops:
The 1st National Conference on Urban River Restoration – 9 May, 2016
Water Quality Measurement and River Health Sheet (10 May 2016, Second day of National Conference on Urban River Restoration)
Main Objectives:
Completing the river health sheet in different aspects of river environment health issues such as directly discharging wastewater to the river, existence of trash and producing wastes, easy access to the river and suitable city development in waterfronts, status of riverbed and river fringe in terms of safe passage of flood, etc.
Water quality measurement using test kits such as PH, COD, Nitrate, Phosphate, etc. in order to involve the residents in restoring their rivers
Presenting international experiences on river restoration projects
