Case study:The Pow Beck Improvement Project

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Location: 54° 49' 21.04" N, 2° 55' 38.74" W

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Project overview

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Status	Complete
Project web site
Themes	Economic aspects, Habitat and biodiversity, Social benefits, Water quality
Country	England
Main contact forename	Will
Main contact surname	Cleasby
Main contact user ID
Contact organisation	Eden Rivers Trust
Contact organisation web site	http://www.edenriverstrust.org.uk/
Partner organisations	Environment Agency, Eden Demonstration Test Catchment, National Farmers Union, Catchment Sensitive Farming
Parent multi-site project
This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

Soil husbandry workshops in the Pow Beck catchment

Project summary

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Work on the Pow Beck will revolve around mitigation of diffuse agricultural pollution, more specifically nutrient and sediment loss from the farming system. The first phase of the project will be based around engaging the farming community on the Pow Beck and providing a range of workshops that inform them about diffuse pollution and the work that can be done to address it through the project.

The project will then seek to address issues through a number of methods working in conjunction with the farm business. The work involved includes improving farm infrastructure or installing riverbank fencing and planting trees. The project is also changing the working practices of businesses in the area by using GPS equipment to improve the accuracy of fertiliser spreading and offering machinery to help reduce the amount of soil compaction. The project therefore aims to take a whole farm approach to diffuse pollution reduction.

Monitoring surveys and results

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The Eden Demonstration Test Catchment (EdenDTC) project will carry out monitoring of stream water quality and biology. This includes monitoring nitrogen, phosphorus, sediment and water volume. Additionally before and after photographs will be taken of project sites and electrofishing surveys take place within the catchment.

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Pow Beck fencing and tree planting

GPS equipment

Drain tracing to inform infrastructure improvement

Fencing

SCIMAP erosion risk

Before installation of woody debris

After installation of woody debris

Catchment and subcatchment Select a catchment/subcatchment Edit the catchment and subcatchment details (affects all case studies in this subcatchment) Catchment River basin district Solway Tweed River basin Eden and Esk Subcatchment River name Pow Beck (Eden and Esk) Area category 10 - 100 km² Area (km2) Maximum altitude category 100 - 200 m Maximum altitude (m) 155155 m <br />0.155 km <br />15,500 cm <br /> Dominant geology Calcareous Ecoregion Great Britain Dominant land cover Grassland Waterbody ID GB102076073780 Site Edit site Name WFD water body codes GB102076073780 WFD (national) typology WFD water body name Pow Beck Pre-project morphology Reference morphology Desired post project morphology Heavily modified water body No National/international site designation Local/regional site designations Protected species present No Invasive species present No Species of interest Dominant hydrology Dominant substrate River corridor land use Average bankfull channel width category Average bankfull channel width (m) Average bankfull channel depth category Average bankfull channel depth (m) Mean discharge category Mean annual discharge (m3/s) Average channel gradient category Average channel gradient Average unit stream power (W/m2) Project background Edit project background Reach length directly affected (m) Project started 2012/07/01 Works started Works completed Project completed 2015/03/01 Total cost category 100 - 500 k€ Total cost (k€) 480480 k€ <br />480,000 € <br /> Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources Defra Catchment Restoration Fund Cost for project phases Phase cost category cost exact (k€) Lead organisation Contact forename Contact surname Investigation and design Stakeholder engagement and communication Works and works supervision Post-project management and maintenance Monitoring Reasons for river restoration Edit reasons for restoration Mitigation of a pressure Pollution incident, Riparian development Hydromorphology Biology Physico-chemical Nutrient concentrations Other reasons for the project Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Floodplain / River corridor Planform / Channel pattern Other Farm infrastructure interventions Non-structural measures Management interventions Non/agricultural business changed its way of working Social measures (incl. engagement) Community involvement Other Economic benefits Monitoring Hydromorphological quality elements Edit Hydromorphological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Biological quality elements Edit biological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Physico-chemical quality elements Edit Physico-chemical quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Any other monitoring, e.g. social, economic Edit Other responses Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Monitoring documents Upload monitoring documents RRC Monitoring table Additional documents and videos Upload additional documents CRF Project briefing note - Pow Beck Additional links and references Edit links and references Link Description Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information