Case study:South Calder Water deculverting and habitat restoration

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Location: 55° 49' 7.33" N, 3° 47' 6.90" W

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Status	Planned
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Themes	Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology, Water quality, Urban
Country	Scotland
Main contact forename	Richard
Main contact surname	Jeffries
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Contact organisation	Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
Contact organisation web site	http://www.sepa.org.uk
Partner organisations	South Lanarkshire Council, River Restoration Centre, WSP group, cbec eco engineering
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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The channel is in culvert for approximately 350m either side of Burnbrae Road. This project will deculvert this section to restore connectivity along the South Calder. Upstream of the culverted section, the open river South Calder was historically straightened. This has degraded the channel significantly and a new channel is planned to improve the river's morphology and habitat quality. The project also aims to achieve water quality and land remediation benefits.

Upstream of the project site and downstream of the culverted section, the South Calder has a more natural form and characteristics and the project will aim to mimic these natural processes to achieve the desired post project morphology.

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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 Scotland RBD River basin Clyde Subcatchment River name Clyde Area category 10 - 100 km² Area (km2) Maximum altitude category 500 - 1000 m Maximum altitude (m) Dominant geology Calcareous Ecoregion Great Britain Dominant land cover Waterbody ID 10074 Site Edit site Name Stane Gardens, Shotts WFD water body codes WFD (national) typology WFD water body name Pre-project morphology Reference morphology Desired post project morphology Heavily modified water body No National/international site designation Local/regional site designations Protected species present No Invasive species present No 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) 550550 m <br />0.55 km <br />55,000 cm <br /> Project started Works started Works completed Project completed Total cost category 500 - 1000 k€ Total cost (k€) 10001,000 k€ <br />1,000,000 € <br /> Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources Scottish Water Environment Fund (WEF) Cost for project phases Phase cost category cost exact (k€) Lead organisation Contact forename Contact surname Investigation and design Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) Stakeholder engagement and communication Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) Works and works supervision WSP group Post-project management and maintenance Monitoring Reasons for river restoration Edit reasons for restoration Mitigation of a pressure Hydromorphology Biology Physico-chemical Other reasons for the project Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Floodplain / River corridor 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 http://apps.sepa.org.uk/rbmp/pdf/10074.pdf Datasheet for the South Calder Water (u/s Auchter Water) waterbody Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information