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Project overview

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Status Complete
Project web site
Themes Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology, Water quality
Country England
Main contact forename Nick
Main contact surname Haycock
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Contact organisation Haycock Environmental Consultants
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Partner organisations Amenity Water
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River Evenlode, post restoration

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Due to their loss of spawning and nursery sites, rheophilic fish populations (especially barbel, chub and dace) the river Evenlode faced significant recruitment problems. These problems originate in the widening and dredging of the channel leaving it over-sized, with few features to provide habitat or refuge for juvenile fish. With local angling club membership dwindling, the project aimed to increase fish populations in the river through the introduction of a more diverse flow and the allowance of more frequent flooding.

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River Evenlode, May 2006
Created side bars, May 2006
Backwater (for high water flows), May 2006
Water access for lifestock, May 2006
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Spit in river, May 2006
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Catchment and subcatchment

Catchment

River basin district Thames
River basin Cotswolds

Subcatchment

River name Evenlode (Bledington to Glyme confluence)
Area category 100 - 1000 km²
Area (km2)
Maximum altitude category 200 - 500 m
Maximum altitude (m) 213213 m <br />0.213 km <br />21,300 cm <br />
Dominant geology Calcareous
Ecoregion Great Britain
Dominant land cover Arable and Horticulture
Waterbody ID GB106039029960



Site

Name River Evenlode
WFD water body codes GB106039029960
WFD (national) typology
WFD water body name Evenlode (Bledington to Glyme confluence)
Pre-project morphology High width:depth
Reference morphology Sinuous, Pool-riffle
Desired post project morphology
Heavily modified water body Yes
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Protected species present No
Invasive species present No
Species of interest
Dominant hydrology Quick run-off
Dominant substrate Gravel, Sand, Cobble
River corridor land use Extensive agriculture
Average bankfull channel width category 10 - 50 m
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Average bankfull channel depth category 0.5 - 2 m
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Mean discharge category
Mean annual discharge (m3/s) 3.70 m3/s3,700 l/s <br />
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Project background

Reach length directly affected (m) 2000 m2 km <br />200,000 cm <br />
Project started 2005/09/01
Works started
Works completed 2006/03/01
Project completed
Total cost category 100 - 500 k€
Total cost (k€) 140 k€140,000 € <br />
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Reasons for river restoration

Mitigation of a pressure
Hydromorphology Substrate conditions, Width & depth variation, Continuity of sediment transport, Flow velocities
Biology Fish: Species composition, Fish: Abundance
Physico-chemical
Other reasons for the project Landscape enhancement, Recreation


Measures

Structural measures
Bank/bed modifications Planting, Creation of pools and riffles, Introduction of spawning gravels
Floodplain / River corridor Creation of backwaters
Planform / Channel pattern Channel narrowing
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Link Description
http://www.therrc.co.uk/case studies/evenlode blenheimpalace.pdf River Restoration Centre Case Study

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