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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Project overview

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Status	In progress
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Themes	Social benefits, Water quality
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
Parent multi-site project
This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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Site

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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
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Heavily modified water body	Yes
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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
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Average bankfull channel depth category	Less than 0.5 m
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Project background

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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

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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

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Structural measures
Bank/bed modifications	Bank re-grading
Floodplain / River corridor	Floodplain reconnection
Planform / Channel pattern	Creation of braided channel, River channel widening
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Social measures (incl. engagement)	Educating the community on environmental protection and promoting environmentally-friendly behaviour
Other	Participation in decision process

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