Case study:Upper Welland Water Friendly Farming Project

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Location: 52° 38' 16.55" N, 0° 55' 12.77" W
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Project overview

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Status Complete
Project web site http://www.therrc.co.uk/sites/default/files/projects/33_waterfriendlyfarming.pdf
Themes Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology, Land use management - agriculture, Water quality
Country England
Main contact forename Chris
Main contact surname Stoate
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Contact organisation Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
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Partner organisations Pond Conservation, York University, Oxford Brookes University, Sheffield University, Syngenta, Welland Rivers Trust, Anglian Water, Freshwater Habitats Trust, Environment Agency, Defra, Welland Rivers Trust, Welland Rivers Partnership
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Sediment accumulation behind a WFF project ditch dam (Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust)

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Water Friendly Farming Project is a multi-partner national demonstration conceived by Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust and Pond Conservation. It seeks to deliver catchment scale benefits to the rural water environment, together with new information about the practical effectiveness of the measures employed in the predominantly agricultural landscape. The project focuses on three 10 km2 upper catchments, and employs a Control, Impact, Before, After (BACI) approach, where two of the three catchments will receive mitigation measures, the third will act as a control.

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Catchment and subcatchment

Catchment

River basin district Anglian
River basin Welland

Subcatchment

River name Eye Brook
Area category 10 - 100 km²
Area (km2)
Maximum altitude category 200 - 500 m
Maximum altitude (m) 226226 m <br />0.226 km <br />22,600 cm <br />
Dominant geology Calcareous
Ecoregion Great Britain
Dominant land cover Arable and Horticulture
Waterbody ID GB105031050550



Site

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WFD water body codes GB105031050550
WFD (national) typology
WFD water body name Eye Brook
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Desired post project morphology
Heavily modified water body No
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Protected species present No
Invasive species present No
Species of interest
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Project background

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Project started 2012/07/01
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Works completed
Project completed 2015/03/01
Total cost category 1000 - 5000 k€
Total cost (k€) 1,2201,220 k€ <br />1,220,000 € <br />
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Funding sources Defra Catchment Restoration Fund

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Reasons for river restoration

Mitigation of a pressure Pollution incident
Hydromorphology
Biology Invertebrates, Macrophytes
Physico-chemical Nutrient concentrations, Specific synthetic pollutants
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Measures

Structural measures
Bank/bed modifications Reduce diffuse pollution
Floodplain / River corridor
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Other UK BAP habitat creation/restoration, Non BAP habitat creation/restoration, Farm infrastructure interventions
Non-structural measures
Management interventions Fencing, Non/agricultural business changed its way of working
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