Case study:River Avon Stream project

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Location: 50° 48' 39.60" N, 1° 48' 32.40" W

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Project overview

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Status	Complete
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Themes	Habitat and biodiversity, Water quality, Monitoring
Country	England
Main contact forename	Jenny
Main contact surname	Wheldon
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Contact organisation	natural england
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	River Avon at East Chisenbury

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Catchment

River basin district	South West
River basin	South Devon

Subcatchment

River name	Avon
Area category	10 - 100 km²
Area (km2)
Maximum altitude category	500 - 1000 m
Maximum altitude (m)	513513 m <br />0.513 km <br />51,300 cm <br />
Dominant geology	Siliceous
Ecoregion	Great Britain
Dominant land cover	Improved grassland
Waterbody ID	GB108046004940

Site

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Name	River Avon
WFD water body codes	GB108043015840
WFD (national) typology
WFD water body name	Hampshire Avon (Lower)
Pre-project morphology	Single channel, Straight, Embanked
Reference morphology	Sinuous, Pool-riffle
Desired post project morphology
Heavily modified water body	Yes
National/international site designation	EU - Special Area of Conservation
Local/regional site designations
Protected species present	No
Invasive species present	No
Species of interest
Dominant hydrology	Quick run-off
Dominant substrate	Bedrock
River corridor land use	Urban, Extensive agriculture
Average bankfull channel width category	10 - 50 m
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Average bankfull channel depth category	5 - 10 m
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Project started	2002/12/01
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Total cost (k€)	1000 k€1,000,000 € <br />
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Funding sources	European Commission LIFE-Nature programme, Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).

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Reasons for river restoration

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Mitigation of a pressure	Reservoir impoundment
Hydromorphology	Channel pattern/planform, Width & depth variation, Quantity & dynamics of flow
Biology	Fish: Abundance, Invertebrates, Macrophytes
Physico-chemical
Other reasons for the project	Bank erosion, Habitat enhancement

Measures

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Structural measures
Bank/bed modifications	Planting, Depth variation, Soft erosion solutions, Weir removal
Floodplain / River corridor	Creation of wetlands, Connection to wider floodplain
Planform / Channel pattern	Intriduction of sinuousity
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Social measures (incl. engagement)
Other	Consultation, Participation in design

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Element	When monitored		Type of monitoring		Control site used	Result
	Before measures	After measures	Qualitative	Quantitative
Fish: Abundance		Yes		Yes		Awaiting results
Invertebrates		Yes		Yes		Awaiting results
Macrophytes		Yes		Yes		Awaiting results

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