Case study:Ecclesbourne Farm project

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Location: 52° 59' 34.39" N, 1° 30' 21.07" W

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Project overview

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Status	Complete
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Themes	Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Water quality
Country	England
Main contact forename	Alison
Main contact surname	Baker
Main contact user ID	User:Jfreeborough
Contact organisation	Environment Agency
Contact organisation web site	http://https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency
Partner organisations	Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, NFU, Severn Trent Water
Parent multi-site project	Ecclesbourne Restoration Catchment Partnership
This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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Environment Agency Officers have worked with local farmers to provide advice and deliver improvement works to address phosphate / sediment issues predominantly in the River Ecclesbourne catchment.

The Ecclesbourne Restoration Catchment Partnership developed from one of the ten Defra WFD pilots in 2011. A number of schemes were identified to tackle diffuse pollution (phosphate) issues. Severn Trent Water is addressing phosphate input from sewage treatment works and this project addresses other ‘Reasons for failure’ from agriculture.

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1600m of bankside fencing was installed to reduce cattle poaching. Soil management and water quality issues discussed with 46 farm businesses. Over 1000m farm tracks surfaced - to limit sediment laden run off. 2 water troughs and 1 pasture pump installed.

Lessons learnt

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Support through the partnership has resulted in an HLS agreement, which includes water related options e.g. buffer strips. £10.5K match ‘in-kind’ contribution from the farmers. Developed good working relationships with NFU, Natural England and Derbyshire Wildlife Trust and has led to development of further projects.

This project has been a really positive example of partners working together to deliver common objectives.

Derbyshire Wildlife Trust is continuing to deliver biodiversity and water related benefits through their ongoing project supported by SITA funding. The existing partners will continue to develop a similar approach in the Amber catchment.

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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 Derbyshire Derwent Subcatchment River name River Ecclesborne catchment (trib of R Derwent) Area category 10 - 100 km² Area (km2) Maximum altitude category 200 - 500 m Maximum altitude (m) 355355 m <br />0.355 km <br />35,500 cm <br /> Dominant geology Siliceous Ecoregion Great Britain Dominant land cover Improved grassland Waterbody ID GB104028052720 Site Edit site Name WFD water body codes WFD (national) typology WFD water body name Pre-project morphology Reference morphology Desired post project morphology Heavily modified water body National/international site designation Local/regional site designations Protected species present Invasive species present 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 2014/04/01 Works started Works completed Project completed 2015/03/31 Total cost category 10 - 50 k€ Total cost (k€) 2828 k€ <br />28,000 € <br /> Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources Environment Agency & Natural England 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 Diffuse pollution - Rural Hydromorphology Biology Physico-chemical Other reasons for the project Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Floodplain / River corridor Installing riverside fencing, pasture pumps, trackway improvements Planform / Channel pattern Other Non-structural measures Management interventions Social measures (incl. engagement) Other 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