Case study:Welland for People and Wildlife Project

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Location: 52° 28' 50.91" N, 0° 54' 16.37" W

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Project overview

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Status	In progress
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Themes	Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology, Social benefits, Water quality
Country	England
Main contact forename	Peter
Main contact surname	Barham
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Contact organisation	Welland Rivers Trust
Contact organisation web site	http://www.wellandriverstrust.org.uk/
Partner organisations	Environment Agency; Defra; University of Leicester; Harborough District Coun-cil; Welland Valley Partnership
Parent multi-site project
This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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Welland for People and Wildlife is a partnership project that will use CRF funds to restore 2.3km of the River Welland and its tributary the River Jordan, as they run through Market Harborough, Leicestershire, in largely trapezoidal channels that were constructed in the 1970s. The outcomes of the projest are the improvements of the natural flow regimes (riffles and pools alternating in a new low flow channel); habitat (a natural mosaic of biotopes in riffles, pools, runs and bars); biodiversity (increase in species as a result of improved habitat diversity); social / cultural benefits (a recreational and educational environment for people of the town); water quality (biotope diversity will increase the ecological processes of the river, such as nutrient uptake); ecosystem services (as a consequence of all the above).

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Name	River Welland and its tributary the River Jordan (Market Harborough area)
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Reference morphology	Pool-riffle
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Heavily modified water body	No
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Protected species present	No
Invasive species present	No
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River corridor land use	Urban
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Total cost category	500 - 1000 k€
Total cost (k€)	700700 k€ <br />700,000 € <br />
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Funding sources	Catchment Restoration Funds

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Mitigation of a pressure	Urbanisation
Hydromorphology	Quantity & dynamics of flow
Biology	Fish, Macrophytes, Macroalgae
Physico-chemical	Nutrient concentrations
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Measures

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Structural measures
Bank/bed modifications	Planting wild flower mixes
Floodplain / River corridor	Removal of weirs and creation of a new 2-stage channel, with correctly-sized meander spacing and habitat mosaics (riffle, pool, runs, bars) in the low flow channel
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Other	Community involvement before and during the project will ensure that the citizens are aware of the river, enhanced by information boards along the Millennium Way and the involvement of local schools and societies.

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Element	When monitored		Type of monitoring		Control site used	Result
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Fish	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Deterioration
Macrophytes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Deterioration
Phytoplankton: Blooms	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Deterioration

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Welland catchment

The rivers Welland and Jordan in Market Harborough

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http://www.wellandriverstrust.org.uk/	The Welland Rivers Trust is a charitable organisation, which works with all relevant stakeholders and partner or-ganisations to ensure that our restoration project provides benefits both people and wildlife in the whole river basin.

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