Case study:Arborfield nature like bypass and weirs project

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Location: 51° 24' 19.55" N, 0° 55' 42.70" W

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Project overview

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Status	Complete
Project web site
Themes	Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity
Country	England
Main contact forename	Nick
Main contact surname	Elbourne
Main contact user ID	User:NickRRC
Contact organisation	River Restoration Centre
Contact organisation web site	http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk
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Parent multi-site project
This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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Site

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Name	Loddon at Arborfield
WFD water body codes	GB106039023160
WFD (national) typology	Low, Medium, Calcareous
WFD water body name	Loddon (Swallowfield to River Thames confluence)
Pre-project morphology
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Heavily modified water body	No
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Protected species present	No
Invasive species present	No
Species of interest	Target fish species: sea trout, eels, dace, barbel, chub, roach, bullhead, lamprey and pike.
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Project background

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Reach length directly affected (m)	800m0.8 km <br />80,000 cm <br />
Project started	2010/06/30
Works started
Works completed	2011/07/06
Project completed
Total cost category	more than 10000 k€
Total cost (k€)	~596"~" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
Benefit to cost ratio
Funding sources	DEFRA, Environment Agency FCRM and Fisheries, Thames Water, Barbel Society

Cost for project phases

Phase	cost category	cost exact (k€)	Lead organisation	Contact forename	Contact surname
Investigation and design	100 - 500 k€	120120 k€ <br />120,000 € <br />
Stakeholder engagement and communication
Works and works supervision	100 - 500 k€	~450"~" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
Post-project management and maintenance
Monitoring	10 - 50 k€	2424 k€ <br />24,000 € <br />

Reasons for river restoration

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Mitigation of a pressure
Hydromorphology
Biology	Weirs preventing fish passage upstream.
Physico-chemical
Other reasons for the project	Flood mitigation.

Measures

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Structural measures
Bank/bed modifications	Creation of 80m of (riffle habitat) spawning gravels.
Floodplain / River corridor	Thames Water weir lowering and repair work to four out of five structures - to lower upstream water levels and reduce overbank flow frequency.
Planform / Channel pattern	Construction of 200m weir bypass channel to create free fish migration status. Two backwater areas created towards the end of the bypass channel and directly downstream of its exit.
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Other	Presentations and meetings with local citizens. Volunteers involved in construction and future management of project.

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Element	When monitored		Type of monitoring		Control site used	Result
	Before measures	After measures	Qualitative	Quantitative
Channel pattern/planform	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Awaiting results
Quantity & dynamics of flow	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Awaiting results

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Element	When monitored		Type of monitoring		Control site used	Result
	Before measures	After measures	Qualitative	Quantitative
Fish	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Awaiting results
Invertebrates	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Awaiting results
Macrophytes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Awaiting results

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Element	When monitored		Type of monitoring		Control site used	Result
	Before measures	After measures	Qualitative	Quantitative

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Element	When monitored		Type of monitoring		Control site used	Result
	Before measures	After measures	Qualitative	Quantitative
Habitat mapping	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Awaiting results

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