Case study:Delivering Multiple Benefits for Water on Foston Brook

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Project overview

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Status	In progress
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Themes	Land use management - agriculture, Water quality
Country	England
Main contact forename	Julie
Main contact surname	Wozniczka
Main contact user ID
Contact organisation	Trent Rivers Trust
Contact organisation web site	http://www.trentriverstrust.org/site/
Partner organisations	National Farmers Union, Environment Agency, Rivers Trust, Derbyshire County Council
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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Funded through the Dove Catchment Partnership, this project is delivering multiple benefits by working with farmers in one particular water body, Foston Brook and its tributaries which include Cubley and Bentley Brooks:

  Farm advice and capital works such as fencing and drinking areas to reduce Phosphate
  Monitoring for metaldehyde for the water company
  One fencing project is also designed to reduce the risk of the brook eroding to an A road and has the support of the Local Authority Highways team.

Careful mapping and analysis of the issues led to targeted actions.

Monitoring surveys and results

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Spot sampling for phosphate at 8 points through the Foston Brook catchment on 3 occasions Metaldehyde testing in the lower, arable part of the catchment. With support from the Rivers Trust we also used 'Farmscoper' to find out which actions would have the greatest impact on phosphate levels and used this to make a bespoke leaflet for farmers.

We had hoped to be able to impact on localised flooding issues in the village of Scropton and although our work should have generally a positive influence the effects will be too diffuse to demonstrate in terms of flooding, and a more local capital solution is being considered by the Lead Flood Authority.

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Catchment and subcatchment Select a catchment/subcatchment Site Edit site Name Foston Brook WFD water body codes GB104028052460 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 Agricultural - pastures upper reaches and arable in lower reaches. Average bankfull channel width category 2 - 5 m Average bankfull channel width (m) Average bankfull channel depth category Less than 0.5 m 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 2015/06/30 Works started Works completed Project completed Total cost category 10 - 50 k€ Total cost (k€) Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources Catchment Partnership Action 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 Hydromorphology Overall status Poor with macrophytes and phosphates poor and fish moderate Biology Macrophytes Physico-chemical phosphate Other reasons for the project improve drinking water quality - monitor metaldehyde Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Fenced off riverbank Floodplain / River corridor Planform / Channel pattern Other Hardened crossing points, drinking bays Non-structural measures Management interventions Farm advice and plans 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 Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information