Case study:Welland for People and Wildlife Project
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Project overview
Status | In progress |
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Themes | Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology, Social benefits, Water quality |
Country | England |
Main contact forename | Peter |
Main contact surname | Barham |
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Contact organisation | Welland Rivers Trust |
Contact organisation web site | http://www.wellandriverstrust.org.uk/ |
Partner organisations | Environment Agency; Defra; University of Leicester; Harborough District Coun-cil; Welland Valley Partnership |
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Project summary
Welland for People and Wildlife is a partnership project that will use CRF funds to restore 2.3km of the River Welland and its tributary the River Jordan, as they run through Market Harborough, Leicestershire, in largely trapezoidal channels that were constructed in the 1970s.
The outcomes of the projest are the improvements of the natural flow regimes (riffles and pools alternating in a new low flow channel); habitat (a natural mosaic of biotopes in riffles, pools, runs and bars); biodiversity (increase in species as a result of improved habitat diversity); social / cultural benefits (a recreational and educational environment for people of the town); water quality (biotope diversity will increase the ecological processes of the river, such as nutrient uptake); ecosystem services (as a consequence of all the above).
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Catchment and subcatchment
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Site
Name | River Welland and its tributary the River Jordan (Market Harborough area) |
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Reference morphology | Pool-riffle |
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Heavily modified water body | No |
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Protected species present | No |
Invasive species present | No |
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River corridor land use | Urban |
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Reasons for river restoration
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