Case study:Beekherstel Buurserbeek
Project overview
Status | Complete |
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Themes | Environmental flows and water resources, Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Monitoring |
Country | Netherlands |
Main contact forename | John |
Main contact surname | Lenssen |
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Contact organisation | Waterschap Rijn en Ijssel |
Contact organisation web site | http://www.wrij.nl/ |
Partner organisations | STOWA |
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Project summary
The Buurserbeek is now a slow-flowing, strongly normalized stream. It is partially located in an agricultural area, but most of the stream flows through woods are natural areas (e.g. Buurserzand and the woods east of Haaksbergen) and/or has woody vegetation on its banks. A 4 meter wide maintenance path runs parallel to most of the stream and the entire stream runs between embankments or high grounds. Upstream of the Twenteroute, the stream carries water most of the year and in most places, the flow velocity is sufficient to support flow-loving fish. Downstream of the Twenteroute, the discharge mostly stops in summer, causing the stream to become stagnant. There is intensive maintenance in the reaches downstream of Braambrug. The Buurserbeek does not yet meet its ecological targets. The stream is too deep and has insufficient variation in structure. Nutrient levels remain to high in the Buurserbeek as well. This is mostly caused by upstream pollution in Germany.
The stream can meander freely within its embankments. The stream is shallow and wide and features both sand bars and stream pits, as well as dead wood and a local lush aquatic vegetation. Most of the stream corridor (80%) is wooded. The Buurserbeek is completely accessible to fish.
Water authority Rijn en IJssel introduced tree stems into the stream to replace the stone cascades that used to be there. In another stretch of the stream, a maintenance path was removed to make the stream wider and shallower.
Monitoring surveys and results
The results of dead wood introduction are not yet known. It is clear, though, that they cannot function as cascades. The combined effect of the two measures described above is a greater structure variation and a faster base flow.
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Other case studies in this subcatchment: Beekherstel Zuidelijk Afwateringskanaal, Traditioneel Beekherstel Koffiegoot
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