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|Approval status=Approved
|Subcatchment=Wansbeck from Source to Ray Burn
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{{Location
|Location=55.78062774182665, -2.078990936279297
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{{Project overview
|Status=In progress
|Country=England
|Main contact forename=Peter
|Main contact surname=Kerr
|Partner organisations=National Trust, Environment Agency, Community Foundation
|Name of parent multi-site project=Case_study:Wansbeck 100
|Multi-site=Yes
|Project summary=The Wansbeck and many of its tributaries are currently viewed as ‘failing’ under the requirements of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The main reason for failure is numbers of fish.
The main issue behind this appears to be the amount of silt, sediment and nutrients that are washed into the rivers and streams from farmland and forests. Other factors include weirs that hold up fish migration, and a lack of bank-side and in-stream habitat.
This ambitious community project aims to help address these issues, and improve the quality, WFD status and local enjoyment of 100km of river and stream.
The rivers and streams that are part of the project include:The Upper Wansbeck; The Font; The Hartburn; The Delf Burn; The Ray Burn.
The project will work closely with schools and communities to help renew local interest and ‘ownership’ of the rivers in this rural part of Northumberland.
Outputs will include: improvements to fish passage; lengths of fenced buffer strip to filter out sediments; new and improved wetland features to settle out sediment and nutrients; improvements to vehicle crossings; new native woodland; work with farmers and land managers to reduce run-off in ways that reduce their costs; engagement and communications activity with schools, communities and angling clubs.
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{{Site
|Name=Wansbeck
|Heavily modified water body=No
|Protected species present=No
|Invasive species present=No
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{{Project background
|Total cost category=100 - 500 k€
|Total1 cost=400
|Funding sources=Catchment Restoration Funds
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{{Motivations
|Specific mitigation=Water quality,
|Hydromorphological quality elements=Continuity for organisms
|Biological quality elements=Fish
|Physico-chemical quality elements=Nutrient concentrations
|Other motivation=Improved farming practices, Improved community involvement, knowledge and ownership.
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{{Measures
|Bank and bed modifications measure=Fenced off riverbank
|Floodplain / River corridor=Creation of wet woodland
|Social measures=Work with schools and communities
|Wider stakeholder / citizen engagement=Work with farmers and land managers
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{{Case study documents
|File name=CRF019 Project Briefing Note - Wansbeck 100.pdf
|Description=Project briefing note
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Catchment

River basin district Northumbria
River basin Northumberland Rivers

Subcatchment

River name Wansbeck from Source to Ray Burn
Area category 10 - 100 km²
Area (km2)
Maximum altitude category 200 - 500 m
Maximum altitude (m) 347347 m <br />0.347 km <br />34,700 cm <br />
Dominant geology Calcareous
Ecoregion Great Britain
Dominant land cover Improved grassland
Waterbody ID GB103022076960


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