Case study:The South Hams River Improvement Project (SHRImP)

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Location: 50° 24' 2.30" N, 3° 37' 51.53" W
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Project overview

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Status In progress
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Themes Fisheries, Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Social benefits, Water quality
Country England
Main contact forename Karensa
Main contact surname Lawrie
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Contact organisation Westcountry Rivers Trust
Contact organisation web site http://http://www.wrt.org.uk/
Partner organisations South Devon AONB, Environment Agency, South West Water, Yealm fishing association, Slapton Ley Field Studies Centre, Salcombe & Kingsbridge Estuary, Aune Conservation Association, Forestry Commission
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The South Hams River Improvement Project (SHRImP)
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SHRImP is a partnership project that will use Catchment Restoration Funds to manage restoration work to deliver habitat improvements on the South Hams Rivers. The partnership, led by the Westcountry Rivers Trust, has been carrying out river restoration and undertaking works to address the causes of Water Framework Directive issues for many years. Through restoration work the project will address issues including:sediment which has a direct adverse effect on water quality; barriers to fish migration, preventing fish from reaching their natural spawning grounds; fertiliser run-off into rivers which can cause nutrient enrichment and have a negative impact on river ecology; acidified moorland that creats low pH levels that are detrimental to the river’s ecological health;interrupted conveyance of river gravels, reducing spawning habitats for salmonids.

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Site

Name South Hams River
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Heavily modified water body No
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Invasive species present No
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Total cost category 500 - 1000 k€
Total cost (k€) 700700 k€ <br />700,000 € <br />
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Funding sources Catchment Restoration Funds

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Reasons for river restoration

Mitigation of a pressure Barriers to fish migration, Flood risk management, Nutrient management, Soil management
Hydromorphology Continuity for organisms, Structure & condition of riparian zones
Biology Fish
Physico-chemical Nutrient concentrations
Other reasons for the project Economic, Social, Climate change mitigation


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