- Location
- Reselets, Cherven Bryag Municipality, Pleven Region, northern Bulgaria.
- Type of site
- A small managed freshwater reservoir in a natural area with rivers (the Rachene, the Iskar), riparian and forest habitats, protected limestone formations and a Natura 2000 context.
- Reservoir status
- Public municipal property.
- Local reservoir operator
- AQUAVIO ltd., under a long-term concession agreement with Cherven Bryag Municipality. AQUAVIO is the concessionaire and operator, not the owner of the reservoir. The Reselets brand is not a legal entity; formal participation in projects takes place only through an eligible legal entity.
- Horizon
- A long-term concession model and a stable local contact, suited to multi-year projects and long-term monitoring.
- Adjacent private parcels
- Separate from the municipal reservoir, the person behind the initiative privately owns forest parcels in the area. The main one is cadastral parcel 62503.375.30, about 8,907 m2 of forest territory with broadleaf forest as its permanent use, directly adjacent to the reservoir. Four other parcels lie further upstream and are separate from one another. They are not owned by AQUAVIO and do not form one continuous site around the reservoir. They may be considered for terrestrial monitoring, biodiversity observation, sampling or light, reversible field activity only after a check of the specific parcel, the rights and the applicable forestry and environmental regimes.
- Natura 2000 context
- Official registers list the territory of Reselets within the Karlukovo protected zone (BG0001014) under the Habitats Directive and the Karlukovski karst protected zone (BG0000332) under the Birds Directive. Applicability to a specific site and activity requires checking the current official boundaries and regimes.
- Practical infrastructure
- The main private parcel has historically had electricity, water, communications connectivity and existing structures. Whether a specific piece of infrastructure can be used for a project is checked individually according to its current legal, technical and functional status.
- Collaboration themes
- Water quality and sensors, environmental IoT and telemetry, freshwater ecology, fish populations, extensive aquaculture technology, biodiversity and camera monitoring, eDNA, riparian habitats, nature-based solutions, erosion, low-energy autonomous systems.
- Possible roles for Reselets
- Field site, observation site, pilot environment, validation environment, demonstration context, local operational contact, field logistics, long-term monitoring and operational feedback, depending on the scope of the project.
- Ways to take part
- Field visit, observation, sampling or measurements to a partner protocol, long-term equipment deployment, data exchange or local support only, depending on project needs.
- Access
- Not automatic. It depends on the specific activity, the concession rights, the rights over the specific parcel, environmental requirements, seasonal restrictions and the required permits. Every activity is agreed in advance and for a specific purpose.
- What Reselets is not
- Not a research institution, a university or an accredited laboratory. Not an automatically permitted test site. Not the owner of the municipal reservoir. It offers no certified testing, scientific staff or guaranteed access.
- Who we want to hear from
- Universities, research organisations, conservation organisations, environmental technology companies, small and medium-sized enterprises, LIFE partners, Horizon Europe consortia, Interreg partners and other European or national projects.
- Programmes of interest
- Horizon Europe and Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters, LIFE, Interreg, Eurostars and other relevant applied research and environmental programmes. Naming them describes the kind of collaboration we are looking for, not participation in a funded project.