Case study:Marswetering

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Location: 52° 29' 48.39" N, 6° 18' 11.89" E

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Project overview

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Status	Complete
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Themes	Environmental flows and water resources, Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology, Monitoring, Water quality
Country	Netherlands
Main contact forename	Sander
Main contact surname	Verheijen
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Contact organisation	Waterschep Drents Overijsselse Delta
Contact organisation web site	http://www.wdodelta.nl
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Parent multi-site project	Building with nature measures in streams
This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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The Marswetering is a slow flowing river in a region that is characterized by agriculture, woodland and rural estates. Its natural hydrological regime has been altered by withdrawals for agricultural purposes and by water level regulating structures. As a consequence, development of vegetation, macroinvertebrates and fish have been held back. The water authority has made an attempt to create more variation in morphology and flow structure of the Marswetering by introducing dead wood in the stream. The wood was introduced at five locations below the water line to create narrower stretches in the stream. Additionally, the banks were divided into a green and a blue zone. In the blue zone, vegetation was regularly removed to ensure flow continuity. In the green zone, vegetation is removed less regulaly and in a way that contributes to a varied flow structure. Fish passages have also been created in the Marswetering. Further efforts are planned to broaden the waterway and recreate meanders.

Monitoring surveys and results

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The effect of the measures on the abundance of macroinvertebrate and fish has been monitored. The dead wood experiments did not yield any favourable results, probably because the stream has a rather low discharge and is therefore less suitable for this type of measures. Vegetation development is monitored by FLORON. Macroinvertebrates are monitored at 3-4 locations per stream as part of a regional project in the Marswetering, Overijssels Kanaal and Beentjesgraven. The overall ecological quality ratios of the stream has improved.

Lessons learnt

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Although the dead wood method yielded no results in this particular location, it has since been applied in various other projects and is generally well received by society. An important lesson is that a sufficiently high discharge is required for this measure to function. Projects such as this one can be complicated by a shortage of available wood and problems cleaning out debris. It has also been noticed that willow wood is less suitable for this measure, as it degrades quickly and is likely to sprout.

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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 Rijn River basin Rijndelta Subcatchment River name Vecht Area category 1000 - 10000 km² Area (km2) Maximum altitude category 100 - 200 m Maximum altitude (m) Dominant geology Siliceous, Organic Ecoregion Central Plains Dominant land cover Grassland, Intensive agriculture (arable), Broadleaf/mixed woodland (semi natural) Waterbody ID NL36_OWM_014 Other case studies in this subcatchment: Beentjesgraven, Beneden Regge, De Doorbraak, Deurningerbeek, Dinkel Noord, Jufferbeek, Living Vechte-Dinkel, Midden Regge, Oude Bornschebeek, Oude Diep... further results Site Edit site Name Marswetering WFD water body codes NL04_MARS-WETERING WFD (national) typology R5 WFD water body name Marswetering Pre-project morphology Straightened Reference morphology Low gradient passively meandering Desired post project morphology Low gradient passively meandering 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 Dominant substrate Sand 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 0.1 - 1.0 m³/s Mean annual discharge (m3/s) Average channel gradient category Less than 0.001 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 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 Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information