Case study:Sowe Valley Project

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Location: 52° 24' 38.68" N, 1° 26' 59.16" W

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Status	In progress
Project web site	http://www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/sowe-valley-project
Themes	Social benefits, Water quality
Country	England
Main contact forename	Anna
Main contact surname	Squires
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Contact organisation	Warwickshire Wildlife Trust
Contact organisation web site	http://www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk
Partner organisations	Coventry City Council, Environment Agency, BKW Housing Consortium
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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The Sowe Valley Project is a community based river restoration project, working with local communities along an 8 1/2 mile stretch of the River Sowe in Coventry to help improve it for both people and wildlife. The project, with local volunteers deliver the following work along the valley: 1) himalayan balsam control 2) mink monitoring 3) removal of polluting items from the channel 4) bank side vegetation work to improve light and shade levels in the river 5) bank side planting of native species. The project has at least 4 volunteer days per month - see the website for full details. The Sowe Valley project has also supported the formation of the Friends of Sowe Valley, a voluntary group set up to keep the river conservation work going after the project funding ends.

The Sowe Valley Project has received £211,512 of funding from Natural England’s Access to Nature Programme, funded by £25m from the Big Lottery Fund’s Changing Space programme. The project has also received funding from the Environment Agency, BKW housing consortium and kind donations from Warwickshire Wildlife Trust members. It is also supported by Coventry City Council.

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Catchment and subcatchment Select a catchment/subcatchment Edit the catchment and subcatchment details (affects all case studies in this subcatchment) Catchment River basin district Severn River basin Warwickshire Avon Subcatchment River name R Sowe - conf Smite Bk to conf R Avon Area category 100 - 1000 km² Area (km2) Maximum altitude category 100 - 200 m Maximum altitude (m) 106106 m <br />0.106 km <br />10,600 cm <br /> Dominant geology Calcareous Ecoregion Great Britain Dominant land cover Suburban Waterbody ID GB109054044540 Site Edit site Name Sowe Valley WFD water body codes GB109054044660 and GB109054044550 WFD (national) typology WFD water body name River Sowe 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 Yes Invasive species present Yes Species of interest Water Vole, otter (Lutra lutra) Dominant hydrology Dominant substrate River corridor land use Urban, Improved/semi-improved grassland/pasture 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) 1370013,700 m <br />13.7 km <br />1,370,000 cm <br /> Project started 2009/10/01 Works started Works completed Project completed Total cost category Total cost (k€) Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources Natural England, Big Lottery, Environment Agency, BKW Housing Consortium, Warwickshire Wildlife Trust Members 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 Hydromorphology Biology Physico-chemical Other reasons for the project Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Floodplain / River corridor Planform / Channel pattern Other Non-structural measures Management interventions Social measures (incl. engagement) Other 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 Additional documents and videos Upload additional documents Additional links and references Edit links and references Link Description http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Sowe-Valley-Project/132893750072998 Sowe Valley Facebook Page http://www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/sowe-valley-project Sowe Valley Project webpage Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information