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Four boulder cascades were created and pool and riffle sequences created in the upper reach. Some runs of gravel were introduced and shoals were created on the inside of bends. A major erosion site was reinstated using a willow mattress technique.
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Location: 53° 7' 56.89" N, 4° 1' 53.96" W
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Project overview

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Status Complete
Project web site
Themes Fisheries, Flood risk management, Land use management - agriculture
Country Wales
Main contact forename Hugh
Main contact surname Jones
Main contact user ID
Contact organisation Natural Resources Wales
Contact organisation web site http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/
Partner organisations National Trust, Environment Agency
Parent multi-site project
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encompassing the following
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Restored bed level and bank profile following restoration (Nov 2012)

Project summary

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The Ogwen is in a mountainous location of Snowdonia below Llyn Ogwen (Lake Ogwen), and flows northwards through the Nant Ffrancon valley. During the 1960s the river was deepened by dredging over a 4km length downstream of the waterfall in an attempt to reduce the frequency of flooding over the valley floor to improve livestock grazing. Over the following 30 years the river flushed virtually all bed gravels through the system and scoured the river bed and banks. The reach became severely denuded of any stable habitat for flora and fauna, the once thriving salmon fishery declined and flooding was still troublesome to farmers. Four boulder cascades were created and pool and riffle sequences created in the upper reach. Some runs of gravel were introduced and shoals were created on the inside of bends. A major erosion site was reinstated using a willow mattress technique.

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Catchment and subcatchment



Site

Name River Ogwen
WFD water body codes GB110065054160
WFD (national) typology
WFD water body name
Pre-project morphology Over deepened
Reference morphology Pool-riffle
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 Salmonids
Dominant hydrology
Dominant substrate Gravel
River corridor land use Agricultural (Livestock)
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
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Average unit stream power (W/m2)


Project background

Reach length directly affected (m) 900900 m <br />0.9 km <br />90,000 cm <br />
Project started 1998/09/01
Works started
Works completed 1998/11/30
Project completed
Total cost category 50 - 100 k€
Total cost (k€) 5656 k€ <br />56,000 € <br />
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Supplementary funding information

Of the £48,000 (€56,000) project cost- £8,000 (€9,300) was spent on a flood model and £5,000 (€5,800) was spent on design.



Reasons for river restoration

Mitigation of a pressure Flood risk management
Hydromorphology Channel pattern/planform, sediment transport
Biology Fish
Physico-chemical
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Measures

Structural measures
Bank/bed modifications Installation of cascades, Creation of pools and riffles
Floodplain / River corridor
Planform / Channel pattern Morphology of the bed altered
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Monitoring

Hydromorphological quality elements

Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result
Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative

Biological quality elements

Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result
Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative
Fish Yes Yes Yes Yes No Improvement

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Additional links and references

Link Description
http://www.therrc.co.uk/pdf/manual/MAN 5 3.pdf Manual of River Restoration Techniques entry (RRC)
http://www.therrc.co.uk/pdf/manual/MAN 8 4.pdf Manual of River Restoration Techniques entry (RRC)

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