Case study:Pymmes Park Wetlands

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Location: 51° 37' 5.38" N, 0° 4' 15.68" W

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Status	Complete
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Themes	Environmental flows and water resources, Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Monitoring, Social benefits, Water quality, Urban
Country	England
Main contact forename	Ian
Main contact surname	Russell
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Contact organisation	London Borough of Enfield
Contact organisation web site	http://enfield.gov.uk/
Partner organisations	London Borough of Enfield, Friends of Pymmes Park, Thames21
Parent multi-site project	Case_study:Rewilding Enfield's Urban Rivers
This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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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 Thames River basin London Subcatchment River name Pymmes Brook (Salmons Brook to Lee, includes Part of Lee Navigation B) Area category 10 - 100 km² Area (km2) Maximum altitude category Less than 100 m Maximum altitude (m) 2626 m <br />0.026 km <br />2,600 cm <br /> Dominant geology Calcareous Ecoregion Great Britain Dominant land cover Urban Waterbody ID GB106038027910 Other case studies in this subcatchment: Firs Farm Wetlands Site Edit site Name Pymmes Park Wetlands WFD water body codes UKGB106038027910 WFD (national) typology WFD water body name Pymmes Brook (Salmons Brook to Lee, includes Part of Lee Navigation B) Pre-project morphology Closed culvert Reference morphology Desired post project morphology Heavily modified water body Yes National/international site designation Local/regional site designations Protected species present No Invasive species present No Species of interest Dominant hydrology Surface Water Runoff Dominant substrate Clay, Gravel River corridor land use Urban - Culverted, Parklands, Grassland 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) Project started Works started Works completed Project completed Total cost category Total cost (k€) Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources Cost for project phases Phase cost category cost exact (k€) Lead organisation Contact forename Contact surname Investigation and design Stakeholder engagement and communication Works and works supervision Post-project management and maintenance Monitoring Reasons for river restoration Edit reasons for restoration Mitigation of a pressure Poor Water Quality of Lake Hydromorphology Quantity & dynamics of flow Biology Physico-chemical Oxygen balance, Nutrient concentrations, PH, Biological Oxygen Demand, Total Suspended Solids, Heavy Metals, Hydrocarbons Other reasons for the project Improving Health and Wellbeing of local park users Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Deculverting, wetland creation, ponds and pools inside the wetland, creation of a new floodplain parallel to the river Floodplain / River corridor Creation of reedbed, Creation of wetland, Creation of wetlands, Deculverting, Extensive planting, Sustainable urban drainage ponds (SUDs) Planform / Channel pattern Other Non-structural measures Management interventions Reduced pollution Social measures (incl. engagement) education; public amenity and perception, Community involvement 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 Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information