Case study:Short Heath Brook Project

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Location: 52° 31' 44.13" N, 1° 51' 9.35" W

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Status	In progress
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Themes	Social benefits, Water quality, Urban
Country	England
Main contact forename	Will
Main contact surname	Groves
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Contact organisation	Environment Agency
Contact organisation web site	http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk
Partner organisations	Birmingham City Council/ Witton Lodge Community Assoication/ Friends of Witton Lakes
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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 Edit the catchment and subcatchment details (affects all case studies in this subcatchment) Catchment River basin district Humber River basin Tame Anker and Mease Subcatchment River name Plants Brook Catchment (trib of Tame) Area category 10 - 100 km² Area (km2) Maximum altitude category 200 - 500 m Maximum altitude (m) 227227 m <br />0.227 km <br />22,700 cm <br /> Dominant geology Calcareous Ecoregion Great Britain Dominant land cover Suburban Waterbody ID GB104028046860 Site Edit site Name Bleak Hill Recreation Ground WFD water body codes GB104028046840 WFD (national) typology WFD water body name River Tame from Conf of the two arms to R Blythe Pre-project morphology Straightened, Artificial channel Reference morphology Desired post project morphology Heavily modified water body Yes National/international site designation Local/regional site designations Protected species present No Invasive species present Yes Species of interest Dominant hydrology Quick run-off Dominant substrate Silt River corridor land use Parklands garden 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 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) 500500 m <br />0.5 km <br />50,000 cm <br /> Project started 2011/10/28 Works started 2011/11/01 Works completed 2012/02/17 Project completed Total cost category more than 10000 k€ Total cost (k€) 126587126,587 k€ <br />126,587,000 € <br /> Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources Section 106 (planning gain) and Environment Agency Cost for project phases Phase cost category cost exact (k€) Lead organisation Contact forename Contact surname Investigation and design 5000 - 10000 k€ 1000010,000 k€ <br />10,000,000 € <br /> Birmingham City Council/ Environment Agency Will Groves Stakeholder engagement and communication Less than 1 k€ Birmingham City Council Chris Baker Works and works supervision more than 10000 k€ 126587126,587 k€ <br />126,587,000 € <br /> Birmingham City Cocncil Iqbal Sangha Post-project management and maintenance 1000 - 5000 k€ Birmingham City Council Iqbal Sangha Monitoring 1 - 10 k€ Environment Agency Will Groves Reasons for river restoration Edit reasons for restoration Mitigation of a pressure To help the brook self cleanse to mitigate against misconnections. Hydromorphology Width & depth variation Biology Invertebrates Physico-chemical Oxygen balance Other reasons for the project Improving the local open space and engaging people with the brook so that they look after it in future. Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Bank re-grading Floodplain / River corridor Floodplain reconnection Planform / Channel pattern Creation of braided channel, River channel widening Other Non-structural measures Management interventions Social measures (incl. engagement) Educating the community on environmental protection and promoting environmentally-friendly behaviour Other Participation in decision process 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