It focused mainly on the improvement of protection against floods in endangered areas, increasing the possibilities of water retention in the territory and development of dams allowing harmless the water overflow into river flood plain areas and also on enlarging the capacity of river-beds. In total CZK 3.629 billion was spent on anti-flood protection measures.
The “Flood Prevention Programme II” and programme “Support for Renewal, Dredging and Reconstruction of Fishponds and Construction of Water Reservoirs” followed the previous successful project. The first programme is being implemented by the state enterprises - the River Boards, s.e., Forests of the Czech Republic, s.e., Agricultural Water Management Authority. The second is being carried out by the actual applicants that perform fish-pond management at the appropriate ponds and dams. The total costs of the project are estimated to be approx. CZK 15 billion. The project also includes the implementation of land adaptations focused on flood prevention measures.
Flood prevention
The Czech Republic was struck by damaging floods in 1997 and 2002. The damage caused to property and human health was immense. In order to limit the influence of floods to a minimum in the future the Flood Prevention Project was founded and implemented from 2002 to 2006.
