]> 2026-04-18T10:50:17+00:00 Case study:The South Cornwall River Improvement Project 500 en CRF026 Project Briefing Note - South Cornwall River.pdf CRF Project briefing note - South Cornwall River leaflets briefing note The UK Environmet Agency is an Executive Non-departmental Public Body responsible to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.The principal aims are to protect and improve the environment, and to promote sustainable development. South West Water is part of Pennon Group plc. Provide reliable, efficient and high quality drinking water and waste water services throughout Cornwall and Devon and in small areas of Dorset and Somerset. Cornwall Council is the unitary authority for Cornwall, in England, United Kingdom. Natural England is an Executive Non-departmental Public Body responsible to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The purpose is to protect and improve England’s natural environment and encourage people to enjoy and get involved in their surroundings. Approved Introduction of gravel Westcountry Rivers Trust IMERYS Environment Agency South West Water Cornwall Council South West Rivers Association Natural England Heligan Gardens Forestry Commission Catchment Restoration Fund; match funding Yes Yes Yes false No 50.160185037092,-5.3462219238281 Giles Westcountry Rivers Trust Rickard ,Create riffle/pool,Introduction of gravel, ,,Boards-Interpretation areas will be installed to disseminate information and engage and educate local users, SW003 monitoring framework table.docx RRC Monitoring table - South Cornwall River 6118 IMERYS, Environment Agency, South West Water, Cornwall Council, South West Rivers Association, Natural England, Heligan Gardens, Forestry Commission 2015-03-31Z 2457112.5 SCRIP.png 2012-06-22Z 2456100.5 In progress The SCRIP project is a partnership that will use CRF funds to manage restoration work to deliver habitat improvements on the rivers that drain South Cornwall and the St Austell bay area. The partnership, led by the Westcountry Rivers Trust, has been carrying out river restoration and addressing the causes of Water Framework Directive issues together for many years. Through restoration work, the project will address issues including: *flow modifications and habitat degradation; *diffuse pollution from agriculture; *barriers to fish migration; *interrupted conveyance of river gravels reducing spawning habitats for salmonids; *impacts from china clay extraction and historic mining '''Description of Works To tackle issues in the South Cornwall and St Austel Bay area, the SCRIP project will manage delivery of the following activities: * Weir & Culvert Easements – Direct physical action to improve the connectivity of the river for multiple migrating species (fish and/or eels), therefore removing the factor that is causing the waterbody to fail for fish; * Habitat creation – Creation of in-stream flow deflectors to create riffle/pool sequences in the long channelised section of river which lack habitat heterogeneity * Gravel introduction - Restoration of fish spawning habi- tat by means of gravel intro-duction will increase spawning rates, and sur-vival of the early stages of salmonid and other fishes life cycle * Fencing – Where agricultural input is a causative issue of failure under WFD (phosphate), target-ed riparian fencing along with associated drinking points will be constructed by working with key farmers and landowners within the catchment. There are multiple benefits which include reduced poaching of banks caused by livestock, it also allows a patchwork mosaic of different riparian habitat growth (when done well). Fencing also acts as a partial capture system to in- cept land and road run off and increases in stream ecological diversity. * Culvert mitigation - Culverts to be adjusted to improve river continuity including bed load and mi-gratory fish. * Nutrient management – Soil tests will be available for farmers in key catchments to help reduce diffuse pollution and phosphate loss and improve nutrient management on farm. * Interpretation/Geocache - Boards-Interpretation areas will be installed to disseminate information and engage and educate local users '''What will success look like? Success in the rivers of South Cornwall will include the direct delivery of the above WFD targeted actions but will also include the development of a strong partnership that brings together local communities and encourages them to take pride and ownership of the issues affecting the catchment they live in. By promoting this awareness and ensuring that the local community understands their de-pendence on these natural resources, we aim to ensure the project is not only successful in the short term, but will be sustainable and continued into the future. The South Cornwall River Improvement Project the south cornwall river improvement project http://www.wrt.org.uk/projects/crf.html No Create riffle/pool St Neot; Rivers Par, St Austell, Mevagissey, Warleggan, Avon, Crinnis, Polmear stream, Gorran Stream, Portmellon Stream and Bokiddicks Stream st neot; rivers par, st austell, mevagissey, warleggan, avon, crinnis, polmear stream, gorran stream, portmellon stream and bokiddicks stream Boards-Interpretation areas will be installed to disseminate information and engage and educate local users £410,444 from CRF, £27,000 from match funding Economic aspects Habitat and biodiversity Social benefits Water quality 437444 500 - 1000 k€ 2013-08-08T09:36:34Z 2456512.9003935 2017-06-01T12:56:56Z 2457906.039537 The South Cornwall River Improvement Project 500 1 list 3 [[Category:Case study]] [[Parent project::Case study:The South Cornwall River Improvement Project]] The South Cornwall River Improvement Project# QUERYb6e1bdee83e987dc7b2a8e8180a67df9 Case study:The South Cornwall River Improvement Project - River Par 500 en The South Cornwall River Improvement Project - River Par Case study:The South Cornwall River Improvement Project - St. Austell 500 en The South Cornwall River Improvement Project - St. Austell Case study:The South Cornwall River Improvement Project - Mevagissey River 500 en The South Cornwall River Improvement Project - Mevagissey River Case study:The South Cornwall River Improvement Project – Warleggan 500 en The South Cornwall River Improvement Project – Warleggan Case study:The South Cornwall River Improvement Project – Crinnis 500 en The South Cornwall River Improvement Project – Crinnis Case study:The South Cornwall River Improvement Project – Polmear stream 500 en The South Cornwall River Improvement Project – Polmear stream Case study:The South Cornwall River Improvement Project – Gorran Stream 500 en The South Cornwall River Improvement Project – Gorran Stream Case study:The South Cornwall River Improvement Project – Portmellon Stream 500 en The South Cornwall River Improvement Project – Portmellon Stream Case study:The South Cornwall River Improvement Project – Bokiddicks Stream 500 en The South Cornwall River Improvement Project – Bokiddicks Stream Case study:The South Cornwall River Improvement Project – St. Neot 500 en The South Cornwall River Improvement Project – St. Neot Parent project 102 en Parent project REDI 102 en REDI