Case study:Upper Cringle Floodplain Restoration Project

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Location: 52° 49' 29.40" N, 0° 38' 55.40" W

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Status	Complete
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Themes	Environmental flows and water resources, Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology, Water quality
Country	England
Main contact forename	Gail
Main contact surname	Talton
Main contact user ID	User:LincsRivers
Contact organisation	Lincolnshire Rivers Trust
Contact organisation web site	http://lincsrivers.org.uk
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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Catchment and subcatchment Select a catchment/subcatchment Site Edit site Name Upper Cringle Brook WFD water body codes GB105030051560 WFD (national) typology limestone river WFD water body name Cringle Brook - Upper Pre-project morphology Straightened, Over deepened Reference morphology Anastomosing Desired post project morphology Anastomosing Heavily modified water body Yes National/international site designation Local/regional site designations Protected species present Yes Invasive species present No Species of interest Dominant hydrology Groundwater Dominant substrate Clay, Gravel River corridor land use Grassland Average bankfull channel width category Less than 2 m Average bankfull channel width (m) Average bankfull channel depth category Less than 0.5 m Average bankfull channel depth (m) Mean discharge category Less than 0.1 m³/s Mean annual discharge (m3/s) Average channel gradient category 0.001 - 0.01 Average channel gradient Average unit stream power (W/m2) Project background Edit project background Reach length directly affected (m) 10001,000 m <br />1 km <br />100,000 cm <br /> Project started Works started Works completed Project completed Total cost category 50 - 100 k€ Total cost (k€) 9898 k€ <br />98,000 € <br /> Benefit to cost ratio 2.97 Funding sources Environment Agency Cost for project phases Phase cost category cost exact (k€) Lead organisation Contact forename Contact surname Investigation and design 10 - 50 k€ 1414 k€ <br />14,000 € <br /> Lincolnshire Rivers Trust Gail Talton Stakeholder engagement and communication Less than 1 k€ Lincolnshire Rivers Trust Gail Talton Works and works supervision 50 - 100 k€ 8484 k€ <br />84,000 € <br /> Lincolnshire Rivers Trust Gail Talton Post-project management and maintenance Less than 1 k€ Lincolnshire Rivers Trust Gail Talton Monitoring Less than 1 k€ Lincolnshire Rivers Trust Gail Talton Supplementary funding information Works were paid for by a Water Environment Improvement Fund Grant and land was contributed to the project by the landowner. 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 Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information