Case study:Sutcliffe Park
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Project overview
| Status | Complete |
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| Project web site | |
| Themes | Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity |
| Country | England |
| Main contact forename | Toni |
| Main contact surname | Scarr |
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| Contact organisation | Environment Agency |
| Contact organisation web site | http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk |
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| This is a parent project encompassing the following projects |
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Project summary
Monitoring surveys and results
Lessons learnt
Catchment and subcatchment
Site
| Name | Sutcliffe Park |
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| WFD water body codes | GB106039023290 |
| WFD (national) typology | Calcareous |
| WFD water body name | Quaggy |
| Pre-project morphology | Closed culvert |
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| Heavily modified water body | Yes |
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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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Project background
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Cost for project phases
| Phase | cost category | cost exact (k€) | Lead organisation | Contact forename | Contact surname |
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Reasons for river restoration
| Mitigation of a pressure | |
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| Hydromorphology | |
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Measures
Structural measures
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Non-structural measures
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Monitoring
Hydromorphological quality elements
| Element | When monitored | Type of monitoring | Control site used | Result | ||
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| Before measures | After measures | Qualitative | Quantitative | |||
| Channel pattern/planform | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
Biological quality elements
| Element | When monitored | Type of monitoring | Control site used | Result | ||
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| Before measures | After measures | Qualitative | Quantitative | |||
| Fish | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
| Invertebrates | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
| Macrophytes | Yes | No | No | No | No | |
Physico-chemical quality elements
| Element | When monitored | Type of monitoring | Control site used | Result | ||
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| Before measures | After measures | Qualitative | Quantitative | |||
Any other monitoring, e.g. social, economic
| Element | When monitored | Type of monitoring | Control site used | Result | ||
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| Before measures | After measures | Qualitative | Quantitative | |||
| stakeholder liaison | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
| health benefits | No | Yes | No | No | No | Improvement |
| economic benefits | No | Yes | No | No | No | Inconclusive |
| River Corridor Survey | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
| Bat Survey | Yes | No | No | No | No | |
| Mammel survey | Yes | No | No | No | No | |
Monitoring documents
Image gallery
Additional documents and videos
Additional links and references
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Supplementary Information
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construction The works were designed to alleviate flooding in the Lewisham area. The flood detention area was constructed on the Quaggy River. The location of the detention area is approximately 3km east of Lewisham, in the London Borough of Greenwich, in Sutcliffe Park, formerly eight football pitches. The construction includes a 2.5m high x 480m long earth embankment, which surrounds Sutcliffe Park. The embankment is 2.5m high at its highest point to the west side of the site and at existing ground level to the east. The embankment retains floodwaters within the reservoir basin that has been excavated. The culvert carrying the river follows two sides of the park and is to remain. The low flow inlet control structure was formed through cutting slots into the side of the culvert and a reinforced concrete channel to direct the flow into the park. A few metres downstream of the low flow inlet is a 0.5m high weir to direct the majority of the flow through the park.
The high flow inlet also has slots cut into the side of the culvert and a concrete slab in front to prevent erosion. Just downstream of the high flow inlet a flume has been constructed within the culvert to constrict the flow. The spillway also has slots in the side of the culvert and the landform is at a lower level to allow the water back into the culvert at this location. The outlet structure is constructed from reinforced concrete and has a plastic pipe connecting the flow from the park back into the culvert. The low flow inlet and outlet structures have penstocks within them to control the water movements.