Case study:Belford Natural Flood Management Scheme, Northumberland

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Location: 55° 35' 51.54" N, 1° 49' 42.16" W

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Status	Complete
Project web site	http://www.therrc.co.uk/sites/default/files/projects/16_belford.pdf
Themes	Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Monitoring, Water quality
Country	England
Main contact forename	Paul
Main contact surname	Quinn
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Contact organisation	Newcastle University
Contact organisation web site	http://www.ncl.ac.uk/
Partner organisations	Environment Agency, Northumberland County Council, North East Regional Flood and Coastal Committee, Armalgamated Construction (AMCO), Ian Benson Design, Royal HaskoningDHV
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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Local Levy funding (~£350,000) was allocated by the North East Regional Flood and Coastal Committee (RFCC). The Environment Agency used ~£250,000 to commission Newcastle University to monitor the catchment, conduct hydraulic modelling, design run-off attenuation features (RAFs), engage with landowners and the community, and appoint specialist contractors to deliver the interventions. The remaining funds were used to repair a damaged wall on the bridge in Belford village and to improve the drainage network in the village. (Note that only 2 landowners were willing to take part at the early stages.) Monitoring of individual RAFs has shown that they are able to have a significant impact (up to 10% reduction) on the flood peak in small to medium events, but that they were overwhelmed by larger events (by filling with floodwater during the rising limb of the hydrograph during observed storms). The RAFs have also provided multiple benefits including sediment capture and water quality improvements.

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Catchment and subcatchment Select a catchment/subcatchment Site Edit site Name Belford Burn WFD water body codes 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 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 2007 Works started Works completed Project completed Total cost category Total cost (k€) £450k"£" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources Local levy funding, North East RFCC, PhD study through EPSRC, FRMC2 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 Flood risk management Hydromorphology Biology Physico-chemical Other reasons for the project Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Floodplain / River corridor Planform / Channel pattern leaky woody dams 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