Case study:Beekherstel Eefsebeek

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Location: 52° 10' 35.61" N, 6° 18' 21.42" E
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Project overview

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Status In progress
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Themes 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
Parent multi-site project

Building with Nature

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De oude Eefsebeek

Project summary

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The Eefse Beek water body is classified as a river under the WFD system. It is an R5 category water body: slow-flowing middle/lower reach on sand. The entire Eefse Beek is managed by water authority Rijn en IJssel. The water body is located in the province of Gelderland, municipality Lochem. It is 12,1 km long and has a catchment of 4080 hectares. The water body is composed of the Eefse Beek and its tributaries, the Molenbeek and Huurnerbeek. The water body originates in its own catchment and discharges into the river IJssel via the Twentekanaal. Water levels in the Eefse Beek are managed with three adjustable weirs. None of these weirs are passable for fish. In the Eefse Beek water body, a single water level is pursued for each managed stretch. The Eefse Beek carries water all year, with an occasional dry period in summer. There are no sewage treatment plants present in its catchment.

Water authority performed several field tests with main channel mowing. The purpose of these tests was to create a validation data set with which the minimum required width of the mowed main channel could be tested. To this end, a different width was mowed in each test.

Monitoring surveys and results

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When the cleared channel portion is widened from 2m to 4m, this results in a significant change in surface water level slope. A widening from 4m to 6m does not have such an effect. The portion of the river in which the water can flow freely can be reduced significantly reduced when sediment builds up on the edges of the channel.

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Catchment and subcatchment

Catchment

River basin district Rijn
River basin Rijndelta

Subcatchment

River name Berkel
Area category 100 - 1000 km²
Area (km2)
Maximum altitude category Less than 100 m
Maximum altitude (m) 2323 m <br />0.023 km <br />2,300 cm <br />
Dominant geology Siliceous
Ecoregion Central Plains
Dominant land cover Grassland, Intensive agriculture (arable), Broadleaf/mixed woodland (semi natural)
Waterbody ID NL07_0016



Other case studies in this subcatchment: Beekherstel Leerinkbeek, Beekherstel Ramsbeek, Beekherstel Willinkbeek, Beneden-Berkel, Boldersbeek


Site

Name Eefsebeek
WFD water body codes NL07_0025
WFD (national) typology R5
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Heavily modified water body Yes
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Protected species present No
Invasive species present No
Species of interest
Dominant hydrology
Dominant substrate Sand
River corridor land use Grassland, Intensive agriculture (arable)
Average bankfull channel width category 5 - 10 m
Average bankfull channel width (m) 66 m <br />0.006 km <br />600 cm <br />
Average bankfull channel depth category 0.5 - 2 m
Average bankfull channel depth (m) 0.90.9 m <br />9.0e-4 km <br />90 cm <br />
Mean discharge category 1 - 10 m³/s
Mean annual discharge (m3/s) 2.2252.225 m³/s <br />2,225 l/s <br />
Average channel gradient category Less than 0.001
Average channel gradient 0.00023
Average unit stream power (W/m2) 0.8364553750.836 W/m² <br />


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Project started 2017
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Reasons for river restoration

Mitigation of a pressure
Hydromorphology Flow velocities, Width & depth variation
Biology Fish, Invertebrates
Physico-chemical Oxygen balance, PH, Temperature
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Monitoring

Hydromorphological quality elements

Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result
Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative
Flow velocities Yes Yes No No No Improvement
Width & depth variation Yes Yes No No No Improvement
Substrate conditions Yes Yes No No No Improvement

Biological quality elements

Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result
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Fish Yes Yes No No No Improvement
Invertebrates Yes Yes No No No Improvement
Macrophytes Yes Yes No No No Improvement

Physico-chemical quality elements

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Oxygen balance Yes Yes No No No Improvement
PH Yes Yes No No No Improvement
Temperature Yes Yes No No No Improvement

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