Case study:Nar SSSI project

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Location: 52° 41' 59.18" N, 0° 36' 42.61" E

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Project overview

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Status	Complete
Project web site
Themes	Hydromorphology, Monitoring, Spatial planning
Country	England
Main contact forename	Nick
Main contact surname	Elbourne
Main contact user ID	User:NickRRC
Contact organisation	River Restoration Centre
Contact organisation web site	http://www.therrc.co.uk
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Parent multi-site project
This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

River Nar after the work was completed

Project summary

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The existing river was an artificially wide channel with virtually no gradient. The existing wooden flow deflectors installed between 2002 and 2003 were insufficient in their attempts to enhance flow diversity. The project successfully narrowed the river through the construction of artificial berms mimicking those found naturally and the excavation of pools.

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Catchment and subcatchment

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Catchment

River basin district	Anglian
River basin	North West Norfolk

Subcatchment

River name	Nar
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Site

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Name	Narbough Trout Fishery
WFD water body codes	GB105033047791
WFD (national) typology
WFD water body name	Nar to confl with Blackborough Drain
Pre-project morphology	Single channel, Straight, Embanked, High width:depth
Reference morphology	Sinuous, Pool-riffle
Desired post project morphology
Heavily modified water body	Yes
National/international site designation	UK - Site of Special Scientific Interest
Local/regional site designations
Protected species present	No
Invasive species present	No
Species of interest	Water Vole
Dominant hydrology	Groundwater
Dominant substrate	Silt, Sand
River corridor land use	Urban, Woodland, Grassland
Average bankfull channel width category	10 - 50 m
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Average bankfull channel depth category	5 - 10 m
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Project background

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Reach length directly affected (m)	1000 m1 km <br />100,000 cm <br />
Project started	2011/02/01
Works started
Works completed	2011/03/01
Project completed
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Total cost (k€)	3 k€3,000 € <br />
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The entire project, covering 1 km of channel, was delivered by a team of 3 people in less than 3 days and for under 3 thousand pounds. Accordingly, although early days, it seems that the Nar SSSI project can be viewed as a successful low-cost ‘quick win’ project in a constrained site.

Reasons for river restoration

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Mitigation of a pressure	Flood defence
Hydromorphology	Quantity & dynamics of flow, Flow velocities, Channel pattern/planform
Biology
Physico-chemical
Other reasons for the project	Enhancement of flow diversity

Measures

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Structural measures
Bank/bed modifications	Creation of shoulders, Material was removed from bed to build out banks, Creation of pools downstream
Floodplain / River corridor	Ensure floodplains left unmodified
Planform / Channel pattern	Narrowing of channel
Other	Maintain water vole habitat
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Monitoring

Hydromorphological quality elements

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Element	When monitored		Type of monitoring		Control site used	Result
	Before measures	After measures	Qualitative	Quantitative
Flow velocities	Yes	Yes	Yes			Awaiting results
Quantity & dynamics of flow	Yes	Yes	Yes			Awaiting results

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Video demonstrating the creation of berms from existing deflectors on the River Nar

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http://www.therrc.co.uk/case studies/rrc%20case%20study%20-%20narborough%202011.pdf	River Restoration Centre Case Study

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