Case study:Sediment Pathways Project

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Project overview

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Status Complete
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Themes Land use management - agriculture, Water quality
Country England
Main contact forename Ali
Main contact surname Morse
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Contact organisation Test & Itchen Catchment Partnership
Contact organisation web site http://www.ticp.org.uk
Partner organisations Wessex Chalkstreams & Rivers Trust & Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust (Catchment Partnership hosting organisations)
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Constructing cross drain on farm track

Project summary

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The ‘Sediment Pathways Project’ aims to reduce the existing high levels of fine sediment entering watercourses, via roads, tracks and pathways, within two pilot sub-catchments (Bourne Rivulet & Cheriton Stream) of the Test and Itchen catchment.

The project builds upon the Environment Agency’s ‘Rural Sediment Tracing Project’ (RSTP), which identified and classified catchment sources of fine sediment inputs to streams and rivers within 11 priority catchments, including the Test & Itchen.

Monitoring surveys and results

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Baseline data was collected as part of the Environment Agency’s Rural Sediment Tracing Project investigations. This data showed suspended solid loads in mg/l at five of the project sites. For each site, three readings were collected; upstream of inflow, at the inflow and downstream of inflow.

After completion of the project works, further samples have been collected and the suspended solid readings have been compared with the baseline data. Comparison of the baseline data with the post project work data demonstrates that the mitigation measures have been effective at reducing inputs of fine sediment at all of the sites.

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Catchment and subcatchment



Site

Name Sediment Pathways Project
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WFD water body name Bourne Rivulet & Cheriton Stream
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Reasons for river restoration

Mitigation of a pressure Reducing fine sediment content, Land drainage
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Floodplain / River corridor Disconnecting prime sources of diffuse sediment from the waterways
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Management interventions Walkover surveys and water sample data collection
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