Case study:River Brent at Brent Cross

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Location: 51° 34' 31.87" N, 0° 13' 14.31" W
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Status Planned
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Themes Economic aspects, Fisheries, Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Social benefits
Country England
Main contact forename Environment
Main contact surname Agency
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Contact organisation Environment Agency
Contact organisation web site http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency
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Salix designed and constructed a 40 metre enhanced channel and imported flint reject stone was used to create in channel features, two riffles and a point bar. Diverse marginal and bankside vegetation was established using mature pre-established coir rolls and pallets. Locally harvested tree trunks were used to create a double flow deflector. Additionally, a large backwater was created on line and just downstream of the enhanced reach. A stream enhancement project at a gas pipeline river crossing as ecological mitigation to a degraded reach of stream as part of a major pipeline project. Salix were asked by Main Contractor Murphy Pipelines to assess a degraded reach of the River Pinn near Ickenham with the goal of enhancing the reach. The channel had been modified previously and was characterised by slow water flow, over deep and ponded with a silty bed and steep banks covered in nettles.
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Catchment and subcatchment

Catchment

River basin district Thames
River basin London

Subcatchment

River name Dollis Brook
Area category 10 - 100 km²
Area (km2)
Maximum altitude category 100 - 200 m
Maximum altitude (m) 147147 m <br />0.147 km <br />14,700 cm <br />
Dominant geology Calcareous
Ecoregion Great Britain
Dominant land cover Suburban
Waterbody ID GB106039022980



Other case studies in this subcatchment: Enhancements in Hampstead Heath


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WFD water body codes GB106039022980
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WFD water body name Dollis Brook
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Reasons for river restoration

Mitigation of a pressure Flood risk management
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Other reasons for the project Recreation


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