Case study:Essex Healthy Headwaters River Restoration Project

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Location: 52° 0' 6.19" N, 0° 34' 49.63" E

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Status	Complete
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Themes	Economic aspects, Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology, Monitoring, Social benefits
Country	England
Main contact forename	Mark
Main contact surname	Iley
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Contact organisation	Essex Wildlife Trust
Contact organisation web site	http://www.essexwt.org.uk
Partner organisations	Essex and Suffolk Water (Northumbrian Water), Chelmer and Blackwater Catchment Partnership, NE, EA, Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation (Essex Waterways Ltd), Parish Councils and the Rural Communities Council for Essex, Landowners and farmers, the Rivers Trust, Essex County Council, Essex Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group
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This project will aim to target catchment restoration by (i) initiating changes to agricultural land management including arable reversion to extensively managed permanent grassland and broadleaved woodland (ii) creating new wetland habitats through temporary flood storage & water retention areas on farmland (iii) enhancing and maintaining river channels (iv) upgrading channels and ditches (v) improvements to agricultural soil management (vi) awareness raising for communities (vi) monitoring to demonstrate positive change and (vii) reporting and disseminating best practice.

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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 Anglian River basin Combined Essex Subcatchment River name Colne (Gt. Yeldham - Doe's Corner) Area category 10 - 100 km² Area (km2) Maximum altitude category 100 - 200 m Maximum altitude (m) 112112 m <br />0.112 km <br />11,200 cm <br /> Dominant geology Calcareous Ecoregion Great Britain Dominant land cover Arable and Horticulture Waterbody ID GB105037041260 Site Edit site Name WFD water body codes GB105037041260 WFD (national) typology WFD water body name Colne Pre-project morphology Reference morphology 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 Dominant hydrology Dominant substrate River corridor land use 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 Average channel gradient Average unit stream power (W/m2) Project background Edit project background Reach length directly affected (m) Project started 2012/07/01 Works started Works completed Project completed 2015/03/01 Total cost category 500 - 1000 k€ Total cost (k€) 610610 k€ <br />610,000 € <br /> Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources Defra Catchment Restoration Fund Cost for project phases Phase cost category cost exact (k€) Lead organisation Contact forename Contact surname Investigation and design Stakeholder engagement and communication Works and works supervision Post-project management and maintenance Monitoring Reasons for river restoration Edit reasons for restoration Mitigation of a pressure Riparian development Hydromorphology Channel pattern/planform Biology Physico-chemical Other reasons for the project Landscape enhancement Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Bank reprofiling, Channel features creation Floodplain / River corridor Planform / Channel pattern Other Farm infrastructure interventions Non-structural measures Management interventions Social measures (incl. engagement) Community involvement Other Presentations to instutions, Monitoring and survey projects 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 RRC Monitoring table - Essex Healthy Headwaters Additional documents and videos Upload additional documents CRF Project briefing note - Essex Healthy Headwaters Additional links and references Edit links and references Link Description Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information