Case study:The Rivers Return; Restoring the Kirklees Brook, River Irwell

0.00

(0 votes)

To discuss or comment on this case study, please use the discussion page.

Location: 53° 37' 8.01" N, 2° 20' 0.43" W

Edit location

Left click to look around in the map, and use the wheel of your mouse to zoom in and out.

Project overview

Edit project overview

Status	Complete
Project web site
Themes	Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Hydromorphology, Social benefits
Country	England
Main contact forename	Matthew
Main contact surname	Schofield
Main contact user ID
Contact organisation	Irwell Rivers Trust
Contact organisation web site
Partner organisations	APEM ltd, Bury Council, Bury and District Angling Society, Trust for Conservation Volunteers, Environment Agency, Friends of Kirklees Valley, Holcombe Moore Heritage Group, Oxford Archaeology North, Ramsbottom Angling Association, Salford University, Tottington Civic Society
Parent multi-site project
This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

A culvert and a weir on the Kirklees Brook

Project summary

Edit project overview to modify the project summary.

The Irwell Rivers Trust and partners aim to deliver a range of weir removal, culvert removal and fish easement projects on the Kirklees Brook to improve the Brooks WFD HMWB status (to Good)

Monitoring surveys and results

This case study hasn’t got any Monitoring survey and results, you can add some by editing the project overview.

Lessons learnt

This case study hasn’t got any lessons learnt, you can add some by editing the project overview.

Image gallery

Edit Image gallery

Catchment and subcatchment Select a catchment/subcatchment Edit the catchment and subcatchment details (affects all case studies in this subcatchment) Catchment River basin district North West River basin Irwell Subcatchment River name Kirklees Brook Area category 10 - 100 km² Area (km2) Maximum altitude category 200 - 500 m Maximum altitude (m) 386386 m <br />0.386 km <br />38,600 cm <br /> Dominant geology Calcareous Ecoregion Great Britain Dominant land cover Improved grassland Waterbody ID GB112069064610 Site Edit site Name WFD water body codes GB112069064610 WFD (national) typology WFD water body name Kirklees Brook 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) Project started 2012/07/01 Works started Works completed Project completed 2015/03/01 Total cost category 100 - 500 k€ Total cost (k€) 410410 k€ <br />410,000 € <br /> Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources Defra Catchment Restoration Fund 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 Barriers to fish migration, Impoundments (not hydropower) Hydromorphology Continuity for organisms, Channel pattern/planform Biology Fish Physico-chemical Other reasons for the project Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Floodplain / River corridor Weir/barrier removing, Deculverting Planform / Channel pattern Channel features creation Other Non-structural measures Management interventions Social measures (incl. engagement) Public access, 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 RRC Monitoring table - Kirklees Brook Additional documents and videos Upload additional documents CRF Project Briefing note - Kirklees Brook Additional links and references Edit links and references Link Description Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information