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Case study:Welland for People and Wildlife Project

2014-05-24T20:12:07Z

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{{Case study status
|Approval status=Approved
}}
{{Location
|Location=52.47580855219412, -0.9243299625813961
}}
{{Project overview
|Status=In progress
|Project web site url=http://www.wellandpeoplewildlife.org.uk/
|Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology, Monitoring, Social benefits, Water quality, Urban
|Country=England
|Main contact forename=Peter
|Main contact surname=Barham
|Contact organisation=Welland Rivers Trust
|Contact organisation url=www.wellandriverstrust.org.uk/
|Partner organisations=Environment Agency; Defra; University of Leicester; Harborough District Council; Welland Valley Partnership
|Multi-site=No
|Project summary=The Welland for People and Wildlife is a partnership project that will use CRF funds to restore 1.8km of the River Welland and its tributary the River Jordan, as they run through Market Harborough, Leicestershire.
This project exists to turn the eyesore the River Welland has become into a central cultural feature, improving biodiversity, water quality and Water Framework Directive status.
The Welland for People and Wildlife project strives to restore the River Welland through Market Harborough to a more natural form correcting the unsympathetic flood alleviation works which were carried out in the 1970s. This project aims to remove barriers to fish migration and improve community value without compromising flood defence.

The outcomes of the project are:
1.The return to near natural flow regimes of riffles and pools alternating in a new low flow channel.
2.Habitat restoration via the return of a natural mosaic of biotopes in riffles, pools, runs and bars
3.Biodiversity via the increase in species as a result of improved habitat diversity
4.Social and cultural benefits by recreating a recreational and educational environment for the people of the town
5.Water quality, as the biotope diversity will increase the ecological processes of the river, such as nutrient uptake
6.Ecosystem services (as a consequence of all the above)
|Monitoring surveys and results=

}}
{{Image gallery}}
{{Case study image
|File name=Welland catchment.JPG
|Caption=Welland catchment
}}
{{Case study image
|File name=The rivers Welland and Jordan.JPG
|Caption=The rivers Welland and Jordan in Market Harborough
}}
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{{Case study subcatchment
|Subcatchment=Welland
}}
{{Site
|Name=River Welland and its tributary the River Jordan (Market Harborough area)
|Reference morphology=Pool-riffle
|Heavily modified water body=No
|Protected species present=No
|Invasive species present=No
|River corridor land use=Urban
}}
{{Project background
|Reach length directly affected=1800
|Project started=2012/01/01
|Works started=2014/02/03
|Total cost category=500 - 1000 k€
|Total1 cost=700
|Funding sources=Catchment Restoration Funds
}}
{{Motivations
|Specific mitigation=Urbanisation
|Hydromorphological quality elements=Quantity & dynamics of flow
|Biological quality elements=Fish, Macrophytes, Macroalgae
|Physico-chemical quality elements=Nutrient concentrations
}}
{{Measures
|Bank and bed modifications measure=Pool creation; berm creation from pool arising; gravel placement for riffles; creation of low flow channel; opening of cut-off meanders; marginal planting
|Floodplain / River corridor=Removal of weirs and creation of a new 2-stage channel, with correctly-sized meander spacing and habitat mosaics (riffle, pool, runs, bars) in the low flow channel
|Planform / Channel pattern=Meander pattern created by modifying low flow channel bed with berm building
|Management interventions=Planting wildflower mixes
|Social measures=Community Events; River open days; River Walks; Bioblitz event; Education events; School Tours
|Wider stakeholder / citizen engagement=Community involvement before and during the project will ensure that the citizens are aware of the river, enhanced by information boards along the Riverside walk and the involvement of local schools and societies.
}}
{{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}
{{Hydromorphological quality element table row
|Element=Quantity & dynamics of flow
|Monitored before=Yes
|Monitored after=No
|Qualitative monitoring=No
|Quantitative monitoring=No
|Control site used=No
|Result=Deterioration
}}
{{Hydromorphological quality element table row
|Element=Continuity for organisms
|Monitored before=Yes
|Monitored after=No
|Qualitative monitoring=No
|Quantitative monitoring=No
|Control site used=No
|Result=Deterioration
}}
{{End table}}
{{Biological quality elements header}}
{{Biological quality element table row
|Element=Fish
|Monitored before=Yes
|Monitored after=No
|Qualitative monitoring=Yes
|Quantitative monitoring=No
|Control site used=No
|Result=Deterioration
}}
{{Biological quality element table row
|Element=Macrophytes
|Monitored before=Yes
|Monitored after=No
|Qualitative monitoring=Yes
|Quantitative monitoring=No
|Control site used=No
|Result=Deterioration
}}
{{Biological quality element table row
|Element=Phytoplankton: Blooms
|Monitored before=Yes
|Monitored after=No
|Qualitative monitoring=Yes
|Quantitative monitoring=No
|Control site used=No
|Result=Deterioration
}}
{{End table}}
{{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}
{{Physico-chemical quality element table row
|Element=Nutrient concentrations
|Monitored before=Yes
|Monitored after=No
|Qualitative monitoring=Yes
|Quantitative monitoring=No
|Control site used=No
|Result=Deterioration
}}
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{{Other responses header}}
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{{Monitoring documents}}
{{Monitoring documents end}}
{{Additional Documents}}
{{Additional Documents end}}
{{Additional links and references header}}
{{Additional links and references
|Link=www.wellandriverstrust.org.uk/
|Description=The Welland Rivers Trust is a charitable organisation, which works with all relevant stakeholders and partner or-ganisations to ensure that our restoration project provides benefits both people and wildlife in the whole river basin.
}}
{{Additional links and references footer}}
{{Supplementary Information}}
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Case study:Welland for People and Wildlife Project

2014-05-24T19:57:52Z

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{{Case study status
|Approval status=Approved
}}
{{Location
|Location=52.47580855219412, -0.9243299625813961
}}
{{Project overview
|Status=In progress
|Project web site url=http://www.wellandpeoplewildlife.org.uk/
|Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology, Monitoring, Social benefits, Water quality, Urban
|Country=England
|Main contact forename=Peter
|Main contact surname=Barham
|Contact organisation=Welland Rivers Trust
|Contact organisation url=www.wellandriverstrust.org.uk/
|Partner organisations=Environment Agency; Defra; University of Leicester; Harborough District Council; Welland Valley Partnership
|Multi-site=No
|Project summary=The Welland for People and Wildlife is a partnership project that will use CRF funds to restore 1.8km of the River Welland and its tributary the River Jordan, as they run through Market Harborough, Leicestershire.
This project exists to turn the eyesore the River Welland has become into a central cultural feature, improving biodiversity, water quality and Water Framework Directive status.
The Welland for People and Wildlife project strives to restore the River Welland through Market Harborough to a more natural form correcting the unsympathetic flood alleviation works which were carried out in the 1970s. This project aims to remove barriers to fish migration and improve community value without compromising flood defence.

The outcomes of the project are:
1.The return to near natural flow regimes of riffles and pools alternating in a new low flow channel.
2.Habitat restoration via the return of a natural mosaic of biotopes in riffles, pools, runs and bars
3.Biodiversity via the increase in species as a result of improved habitat diversity
4.Social and cultural benefits by recreating a recreational and educational environment for the people of the town
5.Water quality, as the biotope diversity will increase the ecological processes of the river, such as nutrient uptake
6.Ecosystem services (as a consequence of all the above)
|Monitoring surveys and results=

}}
{{Image gallery}}
{{Case study image
|File name=Welland catchment.JPG
|Caption=Welland catchment
}}
{{Case study image
|File name=The rivers Welland and Jordan.JPG
|Caption=The rivers Welland and Jordan in Market Harborough
}}
{{Image gallery end}}
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{{Case study subcatchment
|Subcatchment=Welland
}}
{{Site
|Name=River Welland and its tributary the River Jordan (Market Harborough area)
|Reference morphology=Pool-riffle
|Heavily modified water body=No
|Protected species present=No
|Invasive species present=No
|River corridor land use=Urban
}}
{{Project background
|Reach length directly affected=1800
|Project started=2012/01/01
|Works started=2014/02/03
|Total cost category=500 - 1000 k€
|Total1 cost=700
|Funding sources=Catchment Restoration Funds
}}
{{Motivations
|Specific mitigation=Urbanisation
|Hydromorphological quality elements=Quantity & dynamics of flow
|Biological quality elements=Fish, Macrophytes, Macroalgae
|Physico-chemical quality elements=Nutrient concentrations
}}
{{Measures
|Bank and bed modifications measure=Planting wild flower mixes
|Floodplain / River corridor=Removal of weirs and creation of a new 2-stage channel, with correctly-sized meander spacing and habitat mosaics (riffle, pool, runs, bars) in the low flow channel
|Wider stakeholder / citizen engagement=Community involvement before and during the project will ensure that the citizens are aware of the river, enhanced by information boards along the Millennium Way and the involvement of local schools and societies.
}}
{{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}
{{Hydromorphological quality element table row
|Element=Quantity & dynamics of flow
|Monitored before=Yes
|Monitored after=No
|Qualitative monitoring=No
|Quantitative monitoring=No
|Control site used=No
|Result=Deterioration
}}
{{Hydromorphological quality element table row
|Element=Continuity for organisms
|Monitored before=Yes
|Monitored after=No
|Qualitative monitoring=No
|Quantitative monitoring=No
|Control site used=No
|Result=Deterioration
}}
{{End table}}
{{Biological quality elements header}}
{{Biological quality element table row
|Element=Fish
|Monitored before=Yes
|Monitored after=No
|Qualitative monitoring=Yes
|Quantitative monitoring=No
|Control site used=No
|Result=Deterioration
}}
{{Biological quality element table row
|Element=Macrophytes
|Monitored before=Yes
|Monitored after=No
|Qualitative monitoring=Yes
|Quantitative monitoring=No
|Control site used=No
|Result=Deterioration
}}
{{Biological quality element table row
|Element=Phytoplankton: Blooms
|Monitored before=Yes
|Monitored after=No
|Qualitative monitoring=Yes
|Quantitative monitoring=No
|Control site used=No
|Result=Deterioration
}}
{{End table}}
{{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}
{{Physico-chemical quality element table row
|Element=Nutrient concentrations
|Monitored before=Yes
|Monitored after=No
|Qualitative monitoring=Yes
|Quantitative monitoring=No
|Control site used=No
|Result=Deterioration
}}
{{End table}}
{{Other responses header}}
{{End table}}
{{Monitoring documents}}
{{Monitoring documents end}}
{{Additional Documents}}
{{Additional Documents end}}
{{Additional links and references header}}
{{Additional links and references
|Link=www.wellandriverstrust.org.uk/
|Description=The Welland Rivers Trust is a charitable organisation, which works with all relevant stakeholders and partner or-ganisations to ensure that our restoration project provides benefits both people and wildlife in the whole river basin.
}}
{{Additional links and references footer}}
{{Supplementary Information}}
{{Toggle content end}}

Case study:Welland for People and Wildlife Project

2014-05-24T19:42:23Z

Lss1989:

{{Case study status
|Approval status=Approved
}}
{{Location
|Location=52.47580855219412, -0.9243299625813961
}}
{{Project overview
|Status=In progress
|Project web site url=http://www.wellandpeoplewildlife.org.uk/
|Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology, Monitoring, Social benefits, Water quality, Urban
|Country=England
|Main contact forename=Peter
|Main contact surname=Barham
|Contact organisation=Welland Rivers Trust
|Contact organisation url=www.wellandriverstrust.org.uk/
|Partner organisations=Environment Agency; Defra; University of Leicester; Harborough District Council; Welland Valley Partnership
|Multi-site=No
|Project summary=The Welland for People and Wildlife is a partnership project that will use CRF funds to restore 1.8km of the River Welland and its tributary the River Jordan, as they run through Market Harborough, Leicestershire.
This project exists to turn the eyesore the River Welland has become into a central cultural feature, improving biodiversity, water quality and Water Framework Directive status.
The Welland for People and Wildlife project strives to restore the River Welland through Market Harborough to a more natural form correcting the unsympathetic flood alleviation works which were carried out in the 1970s. This project aims to remove barriers to fish migration and improve community value without compromising flood defence.

The outcomes of the project are:
1.The return to near natural flow regimes of riffles and pools alternating in a new low flow channel.
2.Habitat restoration via the return of a natural mosaic of biotopes in riffles, pools, runs and bars
3.Biodiversity via the increase in species as a result of improved habitat diversity
4.Social and cultural benefits by recreating a recreational and educational environment for the people of the town
5.Water quality, as the biotope diversity will increase the ecological processes of the river, such as nutrient uptake
6.Ecosystem services (as a consequence of all the above)
|Monitoring surveys and results=

}}
{{Image gallery}}
{{Case study image
|File name=Welland catchment.JPG
|Caption=Welland catchment
}}
{{Case study image
|File name=The rivers Welland and Jordan.JPG
|Caption=The rivers Welland and Jordan in Market Harborough
}}
{{Image gallery end}}
{{Toggle button}}
{{Toggle content start}}

{{Case study subcatchment
|Subcatchment=Welland
}}
{{Site
|Name=River Welland and its tributary the River Jordan (Market Harborough area)
|Reference morphology=Pool-riffle
|Heavily modified water body=No
|Protected species present=No
|Invasive species present=No
|River corridor land use=Urban
}}
{{Project background
|Total cost category=500 - 1000 k€
|Total1 cost=700
|Funding sources=Catchment Restoration Funds
}}
{{Motivations
|Specific mitigation=Urbanisation
|Hydromorphological quality elements=Quantity & dynamics of flow
|Biological quality elements=Fish, Macrophytes, Macroalgae
|Physico-chemical quality elements=Nutrient concentrations
}}
{{Measures
|Bank and bed modifications measure=Planting wild flower mixes
|Floodplain / River corridor=Removal of weirs and creation of a new 2-stage channel, with correctly-sized meander spacing and habitat mosaics (riffle, pool, runs, bars) in the low flow channel
|Wider stakeholder / citizen engagement=Community involvement before and during the project will ensure that the citizens are aware of the river, enhanced by information boards along the Millennium Way and the involvement of local schools and societies.
}}
{{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}
{{Hydromorphological quality element table row
|Element=Quantity & dynamics of flow
|Monitored before=Yes
|Monitored after=No
|Qualitative monitoring=No
|Quantitative monitoring=No
|Control site used=No
|Result=Deterioration
}}
{{Hydromorphological quality element table row
|Element=Continuity for organisms
|Monitored before=Yes
|Monitored after=No
|Qualitative monitoring=No
|Quantitative monitoring=No
|Control site used=No
|Result=Deterioration
}}
{{End table}}
{{Biological quality elements header}}
{{Biological quality element table row
|Element=Fish
|Monitored before=Yes
|Monitored after=No
|Qualitative monitoring=Yes
|Quantitative monitoring=No
|Control site used=No
|Result=Deterioration
}}
{{Biological quality element table row
|Element=Macrophytes
|Monitored before=Yes
|Monitored after=No
|Qualitative monitoring=Yes
|Quantitative monitoring=No
|Control site used=No
|Result=Deterioration
}}
{{Biological quality element table row
|Element=Phytoplankton: Blooms
|Monitored before=Yes
|Monitored after=No
|Qualitative monitoring=Yes
|Quantitative monitoring=No
|Control site used=No
|Result=Deterioration
}}
{{End table}}
{{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}
{{Physico-chemical quality element table row
|Element=Nutrient concentrations
|Monitored before=Yes
|Monitored after=No
|Qualitative monitoring=Yes
|Quantitative monitoring=No
|Control site used=No
|Result=Deterioration
}}
{{End table}}
{{Other responses header}}
{{End table}}
{{Monitoring documents}}
{{Monitoring documents end}}
{{Additional Documents}}
{{Additional Documents end}}
{{Additional links and references header}}
{{Additional links and references
|Link=www.wellandriverstrust.org.uk/
|Description=The Welland Rivers Trust is a charitable organisation, which works with all relevant stakeholders and partner or-ganisations to ensure that our restoration project provides benefits both people and wildlife in the whole river basin.
}}
{{Additional links and references footer}}
{{Supplementary Information}}
{{Toggle content end}}

Case study:Welland for People and Wildlife Project

2014-05-24T19:16:17Z

Lss1989:

{{Case study status
|Approval status=Approved
}}
{{Location
|Location=52.47580855219412, -0.9243299625813961
}}
{{Project overview
|Status=In progress
|Themes=Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology, Social benefits, Water quality
|Country=England
|Main contact forename=Peter
|Main contact surname=Barham
|Contact organisation=Welland Rivers Trust
|Contact organisation url=www.wellandriverstrust.org.uk/
|Partner organisations=Environment Agency; Defra; University of Leicester; Harborough District Council; Welland Valley Partnership
|Multi-site=No
|Project summary=Welland for People and Wildlife is a partnership project that will use CRF funds to restore 2.3km of the River Welland and its tributary the River Jordan, as they run through Market Harborough, Leicestershire, in largely trapezoidal channels that were constructed in the 1970s.
The outcomes of the projest are the improvements of the natural flow regimes (riffles and pools alternating in a new low flow channel); habitat (a natural mosaic of biotopes in riffles, pools, runs and bars); biodiversity (increase in species as a result of improved habitat diversity); social / cultural benefits (a recreational and educational environment for people of the town); water quality (biotope diversity will increase the ecological processes of the river, such as nutrient uptake); ecosystem services (as a consequence of all the above).
}}
{{Image gallery}}
{{Case study image
|File name=Welland catchment.JPG
|Caption=Welland catchment
}}
{{Case study image
|File name=The rivers Welland and Jordan.JPG
|Caption=The rivers Welland and Jordan in Market Harborough
}}
{{Image gallery end}}
{{Toggle button}}
{{Toggle content start}}

{{Case study subcatchment
|Subcatchment=Welland
}}
{{Site
|Name=River Welland and its tributary the River Jordan (Market Harborough area)
|Reference morphology=Pool-riffle
|Heavily modified water body=No
|Protected species present=No
|Invasive species present=No
|River corridor land use=Urban
}}
{{Project background
|Total cost category=500 - 1000 k€
|Total1 cost=700
|Funding sources=Catchment Restoration Funds
}}
{{Motivations
|Specific mitigation=Urbanisation
|Hydromorphological quality elements=Quantity & dynamics of flow
|Biological quality elements=Fish, Macrophytes, Macroalgae
|Physico-chemical quality elements=Nutrient concentrations
}}
{{Measures
|Bank and bed modifications measure=Planting wild flower mixes
|Floodplain / River corridor=Removal of weirs and creation of a new 2-stage channel, with correctly-sized meander spacing and habitat mosaics (riffle, pool, runs, bars) in the low flow channel
|Wider stakeholder / citizen engagement=Community involvement before and during the project will ensure that the citizens are aware of the river, enhanced by information boards along the Millennium Way and the involvement of local schools and societies.
}}
{{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}
{{Hydromorphological quality element table row
|Element=Quantity & dynamics of flow
|Monitored before=Yes
|Monitored after=No
|Qualitative monitoring=No
|Quantitative monitoring=No
|Control site used=No
|Result=Deterioration
}}
{{Hydromorphological quality element table row
|Element=Continuity for organisms
|Monitored before=Yes
|Monitored after=No
|Qualitative monitoring=No
|Quantitative monitoring=No
|Control site used=No
|Result=Deterioration
}}
{{End table}}
{{Biological quality elements header}}
{{Biological quality element table row
|Element=Fish
|Monitored before=Yes
|Monitored after=No
|Qualitative monitoring=Yes
|Quantitative monitoring=No
|Control site used=No
|Result=Deterioration
}}
{{Biological quality element table row
|Element=Macrophytes
|Monitored before=Yes
|Monitored after=No
|Qualitative monitoring=Yes
|Quantitative monitoring=No
|Control site used=No
|Result=Deterioration
}}
{{Biological quality element table row
|Element=Phytoplankton: Blooms
|Monitored before=Yes
|Monitored after=No
|Qualitative monitoring=Yes
|Quantitative monitoring=No
|Control site used=No
|Result=Deterioration
}}
{{End table}}
{{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}
{{Physico-chemical quality element table row
|Element=Nutrient concentrations
|Monitored before=Yes
|Monitored after=No
|Qualitative monitoring=Yes
|Quantitative monitoring=No
|Control site used=No
|Result=Deterioration
}}
{{End table}}
{{Other responses header}}
{{End table}}
{{Monitoring documents}}
{{Monitoring documents end}}
{{Additional Documents}}
{{Additional Documents end}}
{{Additional links and references header}}
{{Additional links and references
|Link=www.wellandriverstrust.org.uk/
|Description=The Welland Rivers Trust is a charitable organisation, which works with all relevant stakeholders and partner or-ganisations to ensure that our restoration project provides benefits both people and wildlife in the whole river basin.
}}
{{Additional links and references footer}}
{{Supplementary Information}}
{{Toggle content end}}