CASiMiR model for snow trout supports sustainable hydropower in Uzbekistan

Hydro4U Solution Sheet This Solution Sheet presents a key result from the EU-funded Hydro4U project in a concise two-page format. It provides an at-a-glance overview of the solution, including its main features, facts and figures, potential applications and contribution to sustainable small hydropower development. CASiMiR model for snow trout supports sustainable hydropower in Uzbekistan- Sound E-Flow Setting in Central Asia using requirements of endemic fish - Result in a nutshell:Environmental flows for the preservation of river ecology are of major importance in Central Asia with many diversions for hydropower/irrigation. E-Flows are developed based on newly gained ecological information:• Quantitative analysis of habitats of important Central Asian fish species (snow trout - Schizothorax eurystomus) • Assessment of the impact of flow reduction performed with habitat simulations• Study of migration behavior in E-Flow setting• Analysis of fish behavior and optimisation of the inlet bypass to enable downstream migration Lead partner and Solution owner: SJE Ecohydraulic Engineering SJE Contributing partner:BOKU University | Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management:Department of Ecosystem Management, Climate and Biodiversity:BOKUTashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers” National Research University (TIIAME NRU)Research Institute Nature and Forest EVINBO Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoekhydrosolutions GmbH Water Resources Experts for Global Drylands | Hydrosolutions Ltd.