Worcester Urban Water Management Workshop

Urban Water Management Workshop

19th April Worcestershire County Cricket Club

www.catchmentbasedapproach.org

Series of 5 ‘Urban’ workshops

•  CaBA Urban Working Group

•  Drive engagement •  Understand the challenges •  First steps towards collaboraHve delivery

Policy, Legislation and Governance

Peter Bide [email protected]

The bigger picture in water management

Ø Why planning for water matters Ø How policy and plans join up Ø Who is involved Ø Opportunities to get multiple benefits

through partnerships and innovative approaches

Planning for water: why does it matter?

Too much, or too little water is bad for business, the economy and society: Ø  lost production and sales Ø  disrupted transport Ø  waste of resources Ø  poor quality environment and

social problems

Good planning and urban design Ø  reduces flooding Ø  increases water resilience Ø  improves water quality Ø  creates more liveable places

How integrated water management works in practice

Source: WWT and RSPB -‐ Sustainable Drainage Systems, Maximising the Poten?al for People and Wildlife, A guide for Local Authori?es and Developers

How policy and plans join up

Local Plans

Surface Water Management

Plans

Water Resource Management

Plans

River Basin Management

Plans

NPPF WFD

FWMA Water Acts

How it works in practice

Who’s involved?

Environment Agency

Lead Local Flood Authori@es

Local Planning Authori@es

Water and Sewerage Companies

Highway Authori@es

Local wildlife and conserva@on

groups

Local Communi@es

Catchment partnerships

Natural England

Farmers and land managers

Local Enterprise Partnerships

Local businesses and developers

Understand issues

Develop collabora?on

Build capacity

LPA

IDB

LLFA

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Sustainable

drainage

Water

efficiency

Local

environm

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How the Catchment –based approach works: Partnerships, process and outcomes

Sustainable development

Opportunities

Multiple benefits

Catchment Partnership

Mul@ple benefits

Partnership working

Flood risk managed &

reduced

Better access and green

space

urban areas regenerated

Housing and

business growth

More effective

use of resources

With good partnerships you

can have it all!

Biodiversity enhanced

Improved water

quality

Funding: geKng more for less

The risks from inaction: Ø  Poorly planned

development reducing water and environmental quality and increasing flood risk

Ø  Water supply and waste water disposal constraints on development

Ø  Missed opportunities for cost-saving

Ø  Poorer quality urban environments

Urban water management is important

The benefits of getting it right: Ø  Regenerated towns and cities

Ø  Enhanced biodiversity

Ø  Improved water availability and quality

Ø  More green space

Ø  Improved public realm and people’s access to it

Ø  Enabling new housing

Ø  Facilitating business growth

New South Quarter and Wandle Park Croydon

Making it happen Ø Partnerships are crucial

Ø Community engagement is essential

Ø Local Plans are key

Ø Legislation has a role, but

Ø Changing mind-sets is more important

You can’t make them do it, but you can make them want to do it

http://www.ciwem.org/planningadvice

Catchment Partnerships – the benefits of collabora5ve working

Rob Collins The Rivers Trust

[email protected]

h?p://waterlife.org.uk

www.catchmentbasedapproach.org

Mul5ple Benefits •  Flood Risk Management •  Improved Water Quality and Quan5ty •  Climate Resilience •  Biodiversity •  Green (& Blue) Spaces •  Community Health and Well-‐being •  Business Growth •  Urban re-‐genera5on

Ladywell Fields

Before

Urban Pollution

•  Misconnections; CaBA Partnerships, LA’s & Water Companies

•  Diffuse Urban Runoff

•  Category 3 Pollution Monitoring

•  Community Engagement and Awareness Raising

Ordnance Survey Mastermap © Crown copyright and database right 2014

‘DOWNSTREAM DEFENDERS’ Bespoke design on 3 surface water drains R.Wandle, Carshalton, S.London

Hydrodynamic Vortex Chambers

PolluNon Assessment Volunteer Scheme

www.catchmentbasedapproach.org/volunteer-‐monitoring

CaBA Partnerships provide an ideal vehicle to mobilise debate between flood threatened communities and those organisations (& individuals) able to enact mitigation action

Influence of the wider catchment upon towns and ci5es

CaBA Data Package

A partnership approach; Soar Catchment Partnership, City Council, EA, LEP

Flood Risk Management in the Soar underpinned by data and evidence

Catchment Partnerships – the benefits of collabora5ve working

Rob Collins The Rivers Trust

[email protected]

1. What are the opportuni5es you see to delivering sustainable and collabora5ve urban water management and how can any barriers be overcome? 2. What key elements of urban water management should be captured in local plans and policies? 3. How can those plans/polices be influenced

LOCAL ACTION PROJECT Leicester | Manchester | Thames Estuary | Newton Abbot

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Barriers to SuDS/GI delivery & evidence gaps. CaBA Urban Workshop – Birmingham, Oct 2015

LOCAL ACTION PROJECT

STRATEGIC DATA, EVIDENCE

+ INFORMATION

Present robust evidence in a clear way to

help build consensus, facilitate local

decision-making & secure funding

VALUING THE BENEFITS FROM

NATURAL CAPITAL

Develop a clear understanding of the social,

cultural, environmental and economic

benefits provided by natural capital in urban

landscapes and estimating potential

improvements

LOCAL CHOICES, PRIORITIES

+ AMBITIONS

Talk to the local community and civil

society groups to discover their future

vision and ambition for where they live

FUNDING + RESOURCES

FOR ACTION

Support the formation of effective

stakeholder-led partnerships by increasing

engagement, mobilising local delivery

organisations and tapping into funding

sources

Working with local communities to enhance the value of natural capital in our towns, cities and other urban spaces to improve people’s lives, the environment & economic prosperity…

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LOCAL COMMUNITY

Action Practical implementation of

environmental measures

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Place making

GOVERNMENT BODIES

Enabling Conditions

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NATURAL CAPITAL

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CURRENT ASSETS

Land-cover Composition

Green Wedges

These areas of land offer a space for recreation and nature

conservation, providing a “green lung into urban areas”. They

have been included in the planning policy for Leicester and

Leicestershire for many years.

River Sence

This is the longest tributary

of the River Soar at around

~28km in length.

This map shows the main areas of natural infrastructure

across Leicester and the surrounding wards. There is a

diverse collection of natural habitats and green/blue

spaces across the area; including the wetlands and

riverine habitats to the north of the city, around

Watermead, and species-rich grassland to the

south at Aylestone Meadows Local Nature Reserve.

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CURRENT ASSETS…continued These maps illustrate the high level of detail that is available for mapping green and

blue infrastructure, in Leicester. Data is mapped for two example wards; Rushey

Mead Ward and a detailed section of Abbey Park and the surrounding area in

Abbey Ward.

Due to the detailed mapping and high resolution datasets provided

by Leicester City Council, we are able to view features such as outdoor

sports areas, play areas and street trees.

Rushey Mead Ward

Abbey Park in Abbey Ward

NATURAL CAPITAL

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BENEFITS ASSESSMENT To target and implement interventions that enhance natural capital effectively have

developed a series of metrics that assess the current benefits being

experienced by people and the environment.

Each metric is a measure with the potential to be

enhanced through natural solutions.

Access to Green Space Percentage of people that meet the criteria outlined in Natural

England’s ANGSt (Accessible Natural Greenspace Standard).

Air Quality (PM10) Mean concentration of PM10 modelled

for 2016, derived from background

maps from the UK-AIR data archive.

Flood Risk (Rivers and Sea) Number of buildings that have a

greater than 1 in 100 year chance of

flooding from rivers and/or sea.

WFD Ecological Status The 2014 Water Framework Directive

ecological status for the surrounding

river waterbody catchment.

Average House Price Mean price for a two-bedroom

house in December 2015.

Flood Damage Cost (Rivers and Sea) Estimated costs incurred due to flood damage

from rivers and sea, based on figures used in the

EA National Flood Risk Assessment (NaFRA).

Aesthetic value of landscape Number of nature-related photos taken in

the area that have been uploaded to Flickr

and tagged accordingly.

Cultural Activity Number of recreational facilities per 1000 people,

including places such as allotments, sports clubs.

Flood Risk (Surface Water) Number of buildings that have a

greater than 1 in 100 year chance of

flooding from surface water.

Climate Regulation Percentage of land area that is carbon

/GHG-sequestering habitats of

woodland, grassland, wetland or scrub.

Priority Habitat Percentage of ward area that is

described as a priority habitat in

Natural England’s Priority Habitats

Inventory.

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• Ward-scale analysis

• Metrics represent range of

values in Leicester

• White spaces represent

opportunity for improvement

Low Flows The water availability value of river

waterbody catchments, according to

the EA’s Catchment Abstraction

Management Strategy (CAMS).

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BENEFITS SUMMARY 13. Beaumont Leys Pop – 16,480

37. Abbey Pop – 14,926

6. Western Park Pop – 10,609

8. Fosse Pop – 13,072

16. New Parks Pop – 17,128

21. Westcotes Pop – 11,644

17. Freemen Pop – 10,949

44. Castle Pop – 22,901

12. Charnwood Pop – 13,291

22. Coleman Pop – 14,669

23. Belgrave Pop – 11,558

35. Spinney Hills Pop – 25,571

43. Stoneygate Pop – 20,390

45. Latimer Pop – 12,457

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OPPORTUNITY AREAS The final step of this assessment is to identify key areas for improvement and

investigate areas of priority, opportunity and feasibility for implementing

measures at these sites.

1. Key areas of opportunity across Leicester, such as potential development

sites (including regeneration and brownfield sites) and proposed

wildlife sites.

Potential Sites for Nature

Potential for expanding local sites for nature in

Leicester. There are a number of proposed Local

Nature Reserves and Local Wildlife Sites, which if

designed effectively could produce a number of

benefits for the wider area.

Ashton Green

Abbey Meadows

Waterside Regeneration

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TARGET AREA IDENTIFICATION

Landscape Priority Area 1

Lower Willowbrook Wards

45. Latimer - Very poor air quality

- High flood risk from rivers and sea

- Very high surface water flood risk (and damage costs)

- Low carbon storage

- Low property values

12. Charnwood - Very poor air quality

- Very high flood risk from rivers and sea


- Low provision of cultural activity resources

- Very low habitat provision and low carbon storage

- Very low property values

35. Spinney Hills - Very poor air quality

- High flood risk from rivers and sea




- Low property values

22. Coleman - Low access to green space and very poor air quality

- Very high flood risk from rivers and sea and surface water, as well as

very high predicted costs of damages



- Very low property values

2. Using the information gathered from the previous sections, we are able to identify wards

that could benefit the most from increased or improved environmental infrastructure

and also what types of interventions are appropriate to meet those needs.

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TARGET AREA IDENTIFICATION

Landscape Priority Area 1

Lower Willowbrook Wards

3. Perform high resolution hydrological and suitability analyses to identify candidate sites

for specific interventions – these sites can then be ‘worked-up’ with resource/funding

sought, community consultation, optioneering, design and delivery.

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URBAN TOOLBOX Splits into FOUR broad approaches -

• Restoration / regeneration of urban environments

• GI or SuDS in new development

• Retrofit or greening actions

• Increased functionality – e.g. increased amenity or

access

• For each intervention we have developed

factsheets including cost and benefits info

AND include opportunity/feasibility criteria to

facilitate mapping/scenario development

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Rain Gardens are usually small vegetated depressions in the ground created mainly in residential areas to take surface water run-off from roofs and hard surfaces.

RAIN GARDEN Infiltration, bio-retention, soakaways

+ They but can vary significantly in size and are sometimes also called

‘bio-retention cells’

+ Aid infiltration by slowing water down and increasing soil permeability

+ Reducing runoff through root uptake of water and transpiration

+ Can act to remove pollutants from water – especially if wetland areas

are incorporated into the design

+ Aesthetically pleasing and can improve QoL and landscape value

IMPLEMENTATION Rain gardens mimic the natural water retention of undeveloped land and reduce

the volume of water entering drains so they need to be hydrologically connected

Costs: £20-270+/m2 dependent on size and context.

Due to high variability of design and situation. £ £ £

Maintenance: low dependent on context but mainly

litter/sediment removal. Plants need to endure

waterlogged as well as dry conditions. £ £ £

Stress levels

Wellbeing

Exposure to nature

Outdoor Learning

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Allergy risk

Aesthetic quality can

degrade if not managed Feasibility: Can be used for retrofit in residential, industrial or

urban areas. Hydrological connectivity must exist or be created

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RAIN GARDEN Infiltration, bio-retention, soakaways

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The Rain Garden Guide

This guide is intended to help the homeowner or property manager

to create a simple rain garden within their own property.

www.raingardens.info/the-rain-garden-guide

Rain garden: design, construction and maintenance

recommendations based on a review of existing

systems

N. Somes, M. Potter, Joe Crosby and M Pfitzner.

In order to better understand factors that contribute to the

successful implementation of street scale Water Sensitive Urban

Design (WSUD) assessments were undertaken at 22 sites across

Melbourne.

www.eng.warwick.ac.uk/ircsa/pdf/13th/Somes.pdf

Evaluating rain gardens as a method to reduce the

impact of sewer overflows in sources of drinking water

Autixier L, Mailhot A, Bolduc S, Madoux-Humery AS, Galarneau M,

Prévost M, Dorner S.

Science of the Total Environment (2014) 499:238-47

Rain gardens were evaluated for their reduction of volumes of water

entering the drainage network and of CSOs.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25192930

SuDS for Schools -

The SuDS for Schools project is working with ten schools in the

Pymmes Brook catchment in North London to design and build

Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in the school grounds.

www.sudsforschools.wwt.org.uk/

Ashby Grove residential retrofit rain garden, London

The Ashby Grove rain garden retrofit is designed to remove roof

water from a social housing block in Islington. The aim is to

disconnect one of the roof downpipes and allow water to flow

directly into a newly designed rain garden.

tinyurl.com/zpowlef

Islington Raingarden

The Ashby Grove raingarden in Islington was designed and

constructed as a practical example of what can be done in small

landscape spaces as suggested in the Islington SuDS Design Guide.

robertbrayassociates.co.uk/projects/islington-raingarden

Strutts Centre Rain Garden, Belper

Trent Rivers Trust have just completed this National Demonstration Sustainable Drainage scheme (SuDS) designed by national expert Bob Bray, on a grade II listed building.

www.trentriverstrust.org/site/Rain-Gardens

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Trees can perform a number of functions that in turn provide a number of different benefits to people in urban landscapes -

TREES Street trees, tree pits, urban forest

+ Improving air quality by trapping pollutants

+ Intercepting rainfall to slow the rate of water reaching the ground

+ Increasing infiltration by creating permeable surfaces

+ Reducing runoff through root uptake of water and transpiration

+ Trees are also aesthetically pleasing natural features in an urban

landscape and thus provide many less tangible benefits that improve

people’s quality of life, health and wellbeing

IMPLEMENTATION Trees are very versatile and can be used in a variety of situations. The benefits

produced depend on their size, species, location and style of delivery.

Costs per singular tree: £100-400

(including planting and initial maintenance) £ £ £

Maintenance: mainly pruning

(as part of landscape management) £ £ £ stress levels

exercise frequency

New-born health

exercise frequency

New-born health Property damage:

roots, litter, shading

x allergy risk

Can block views

Feasibility: can be planted in pavements large enough to receive

them. Cab planted on existing GI or in new developments

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TREES Street trees, tree pits, urban forest

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Urban Forest Effects Model (UFORE) & i-Tree Eco

The Urban Forest Effects Model (UFORE) is a science-based, peer-

reviewed computer model designed to assess and quantify urban

forest ecosystem services, based on field data inputs and external

datasets (e.g. weather and pollution). It was adapted for inclusion

with the i-Tree software suite from the USDA Forest Service, and

was subsequently renamed as i-Tree Eco.

www.itreetools.org

Longitudinal effects on mental health of moving to

greener and less green urban areas.

Alcock I, White MP, Wheeler BW, Fleming LE, Depledge MH.

Environmental Science & Technology (2014) 21; 48 (2):1247-55.

Moving to greener urban areas was associated with sustained mental

health improvements, suggesting that environmental policies to

increase urban green space may have sustainable public health

benefits.

Torbay's Urban Forest

The study (the first of its kind in the UK) used the i-Tree Eco model

(developed by the US Forest Service, and based on peer reviewed

research) to quantify the structure, and some of the major

environmental benefits delivered by Torbay’s trees.

www.torbay.gov.uk/tuf.pdfitreetools.org

Street Tree London

Street Tree is a non-profit making company founded on the belief

that trees should form an integral part of the urban landscape. Our

aim is to increase London's tree stock, working with Local

Authorities, Fund-holders, and business partners, to promote street

trees and the many benefits they bring.

www.streettree.org

Red Rose Forest – Green Streets Case Studies

Red Rose Forest's Green Streets team is dedicated to making our

towns and cities greener and more attractive places to live, work and

invest. They plant street trees, deliver bespoke street greening

projects, create places to grow food, greenspace improvement, plant

community woodlands and orchards, build green roofs and improve

school grounds.

tinyurl.com/j3vhpxm

Wirral Street Trees Programme

A tree planting programme that is helping to transform Wirral into a

thriving economic hub. By April this year over 600 trees across 8km

will have been planted in streets and green spaces, as part of a three-

year programme to link residential areas to places of employment

and training.

tinyurl.com/jn5ggpd

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LOCAL ACTION PROJECT Leicester | Manchester | Thames Estuary | Newton Abbot

-SuDS- urban spaces for water, wildlife and people

Andy Graham – Head of Community Working Wetlands

They work...

ATTENUATION

SuDS for Schools

10 schools – one catchment 2000+ students engaged Knowledge, skills and confidence Cleaner stream, new habitats Healthy, connected people InspiraIonal places Transformed learning – not just the students

“Love the garden. The children sit at the benches by the garden every

break and lunch8me” Susi Earnshaw

Partnership, parIcipaIon and legacy

What a wonderful day we had! It exceeded all our expecta8ons. Thank you so much for everything. Please pass on our thanks to all your colleagues who made it such a successful event. Mr Westmore, AcIng Head Teacher

SuDS are now well and truly in the Hollickwood consciousness, and also of all our community guests, (I see that all the parents' Facebook pages are going crazy tonight with admiring comments about our SuDS!). Linden Groves, Parent & Gardening CommiQee

-‐Transforming the Salthill catchment in Slough-‐ mulIple benefits – broader support

Health and well-‐being strategies Reduced (fear of) crime Engagement -‐ community cohesion Skills, knowledge – jobs Cleaner streams (WFD) Reduced flood risk (SWMP) CC adaptaIon Wetlands and wildlife (GI)

Prince of Wales community wetland

Urban regeneraIon – blue/green infrastructure

2ha of new urban wetlands

SuDS to clean road-‐run-‐off

Community co-‐design and management

Skills, training, empowerment, civic pride

•  Engage early •  Build broad support -‐ who benefits? •  CollaboraIve design •  Be prepared to adapt •  Community management •  Planners and permissions

hQp://www.wwt.org.uk/uploads/documents/1400927422_ Sustainabledrainagesystemsguide.pdf

hQps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InZKJ6JlCF4

Guy Pluckwell

Environment Agency Project Manager

Love your river Telford !   Evidence

Love your river Telford

!   Main objectives

!   Improve water quality and habitat by working efficiently together !   Community engagement and participation !   Raise awareness ! Mis-connections !   Pollution prevention !   Physical improvements

Working together

Clean Stream Team

Volunteers groups

Local Community

Business Community

Stakeholder organisations

Schools

Working together !   Clean Stream Team

•  Proactive multi organisational team

!   Volunteer Groups •  Support •  Training •  Equipment

Working together !   School education

programme •  River Rangers

!   Local community

Working together !   Business Community

!   Organisations

Working together

Clean Stream Team

Volunteers groups

Local Community

Business Community

Stakeholder organisations

Schools


!  Clean Stream Team

!  React to reports !  Seek and investigate !  Community liaison !  Pollution Prevention !  Advice



!  Clean Stream Team !  1 contact number !   familiar faces !  1 agreed approach

!  Togetherness !  Efficient approach !   Improved relationships

Working together

Working together !  SUDs

Working together

! Deculverting

Working together !  In-channel improvements

Working together !  DePave

Benefits

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Looking beyond !   External

funding

Transferable model !   Bromsgrove

!   Worcester? Hereford? Gloucester? Evesham? Merseyside? Portsmouth? East Anglia? Ireland? Trentside? Amber Valley?

!   See blog : https://environmentagency.blog.gov.uk !   See Twitter: @LYR_Telford

Questions?

Urban Water Quality Monitoring

Caroline Riley

Partnership Manager Healthy Rivers Trust

Mersey Basin

The Mersey Basin

•  Urban area •  High population

The salmon has returned, …but there’s still more to do

The Mersey Basin

What does the Healthy Rivers Trust do?

Projects

Litter Boat CaBA

Conferences & workshops Engagement

Catchment-Based Approach

What do we do?

CaBA catchments

Upper Mersey

Irwell

Lower Mersey

Alt/Crossens

Weaver Gowy

Our future aspirations rely on having improved water quality.

Clean and healthy rivers

full of fish.

Aspira'ons

issues •  Pollution •  Litter •  Sediment

Urban Diffuse Pollution

•  Urban run-off (eg from roads) •  Misconnections •  Trading estates •  Sediment •  Contaminated land (eg landfill sites)

Where’s it coming from?

Road run-off

Highway drains River

Mis-connections

Surface water drains

River

Source Pathway Receptor

Micker Brook

Engagement project

•  Upper Mersey tributary •  Catchment Partnership project •  River improvement •  River survey indicates misconnections •  Engaging public to find misconnections

Evidence-based Approach

•  Locate the inputs to a local river •  Take water samples at hotspots •  Analyse to establish likely source •  Prioritise •  Deal with each

source accordingly.

•  Primary ground survey of the waterbody

•  Target identified reaches •  Identify points for wet

weather sampling

River Survey

Wet weather sampling

Wet weather sampling

Analyse for: •  Nitrate •  Ammonia •  Phosphate •  Silicate •  Heavy metals

•  Temperature •  Conductivity •  pH

Data collected

•  Sources •  Types •  Severity

Misconnections

Low public awareness

here

Asking people…

Where does this go to?

Easter Hunt for Misconnections •  Residents check

their own plumbing

•  Prizes include a plumber to fix it.

Engaging to find Misconnections •  ConnectRight

•  Helps prevent more misconnections

Engaging the public

Engaging

With local MP at an urban makers market

Next Steps

•  Roll out the methodology to other urban areas •  Already incorporated into three other projects

In Mersey Basin

•  Monitor issues •  Simple water tests •  Follow up investigations

Bring in volunteer help locally

•  Promoting this technique •  Working with CaBA Urban working group

Nationally

Ongoing monitoring

•  Volunteer citizen science programme

•  To show improvements in water quality

To address Urban Diffuse Water Pollution issues:

•  Evidence-based project •  Engaging the public locally •  Targeting issues found in river surveys •  Local scale •  One brook at a time.

More urban surveys

Future

Less of this … and more of this

Thank you

[email protected]

Website: www.healthyriverstrust.org.uk

Twitter: @merseyrivers

Rewilding Enfield’s Urban Rivers A partnership project between

Thames21 and London Borough of Enfield

Improving water quality and restoring river systems back to a natural state, giving nature back the power to cleanse and maintain healthy river systems.

Contact: Aimee Felus, Thames21 M: 07500 832284 E: [email protected] Ian Russell, London Borough of Enfield T: 0208 379 3499 E: [email protected]

IdenRfying Enfield’s troubled waters

Le4 (above and below): MisconnecRons caused severe polluRon issues in the Houndsden GuVer and Glenbrook Above right: River walls are stained from oils and heavy metals washed from roads into the Salmons Brook Below right: Oils washing into the surface water drains, as is frequent in Enfield

Verifying the need for acRon

Above le4: Invertebrates sampling on the Salmons Brook, June 2014 Below le4: E-‐coli colonies growing on agar a\er contact with sample taken from the Glenbrook Right: TesRng water samples taken from the Enfield’s waterways in the Thames21 Lab

Glenbrook Wetlands

Top: Extract from concept plan for wetland chain Above le4: Before construcRon works began (site of basin six), June 2014 Above middle: Pre-‐planted coir maVs being secured by volunteers in basin 6 (drained for the task), March 2015 Above right: Basin six planted with mixed wetland species, May 2015

Grovelands Park Wetlands

Above le4: Extract from concept plan for wetlands Top middle: Natural woodland basin in Grovelands Park a\er scrub has been removed from site, June 2014 Top right: Volunteers plant sedges in the newly constructed wetland basin, July 2014 Below le4: Wetland basin filtering polluted run-‐off which enters from the surrounding urban area, September 2015 Below right: Ouelow path from wetlands basin which takes filtered water under the footbridge and into the newly deculverted stream-‐ here shown dry in low flow condiRons, September 2015

DeculverRng Streams

Above le4: Breaking out the culvert in Grovelands Park, May 2014 Above right: The stream was allowed to find its own path through the woodland, meandering and fanning out, creaRng a beauRful and popular feature. Here receiving some TLC, September 2015

Partnerships: LBE & T21 Site design, engineering

Community engagement, monitoring Together – works implementaRon, sustainability of project (future funding and maintenance) Steering group Planning and design, overcome issues Gaining experRse Undertake major design Depts: Parks, Highways, Councillors, Environmental Health In return: AVracRng funding and investment, collaboraRons with universiRes, high quality analysis, bringing community on-‐board, maintenance training

Other key partners •  Friends of Parks groups and local residents – insRgators, consultaRon, volunteering, polluRon reporRng, training for maintenance

•  EA – advisory •  Thames Water – polluRon invesRgaRon, funding

CiAzens – Charity – Public -‐ Private

A catalyst for more intervenRons -‐ collecRvely treaRng 473ha of urban catchment

Pymmes Park Wetlands

Above le4: Wetland cell a\er construcRon Above right: Volunteers helping to plant the wetlands Below: Wetland basins a\er planRng

Firs Farm Wetlands

Firs Farm Wetlands 30,000m3 flood storage, 2.4ha habitat enhancements including 4,000m2 wetlands, 600m long cycleway

Grovelands Park Lake Reed Bed

Above le4: Grovelands Park Lake before reed bed construcRon, December 2014 Above right: Grovelands Park Reed Bed establishing well a\er construcRon, September 2015 Below le4: Sediment shi\ed and faggots placed to create new environment for reeds to propagate, June 2015 Below right: Polluted water entering the lake as a result of misconnecRons and road run-‐off is now treated by the reed bed, September 2015

Houndsden Road Rain Gardens

Top: Extract from rain garden plan Above le4: Low impact digger creaRng swale along the verge, March 2015 Above middle: Volunteers planRng sedges in the newly created swale, March 2015 Below right: AddiRonal rain garden treatment basins shown shortly a\er planRng, September 2015

ConnecRng people to their rivers

Above le4: A Grandad and Grandson planRng sedges together in the Glenbrook wetlands, February 2014 Above right: Training a new group of ciRzen scienRst water quality testers, July 2015 Below le4: Locals enjoying a clean up of the newly deculverted stream in Grovelands Park, September 2015 Below right: Families learning about their urban rivers and the posiRve impact of wetlands, September 2015

Project in Progress -‐ Drain Marking

Le4: Drain marker and temporary lamppost signage placed around Enfield to raise awareness that surface that surface water drains here lead directly to local rivers Right: Volunteers help mark surface water drains with drain markers

Project in Progress -‐ Bury Lodge Wetlands

Above: Bury Lodge Wetlands, currently under construcRon Below: Concept of Bury Lodge Wetlands a\er planRng is finished and new access has been implemented

Project in Progress -‐ Alma Road Rain Gardens

Above: VisualisaRons of the new Alma Road Rain Gardens, to be constructed in March this year

Developers taking note – 7ha Alma Estate CiRzens – Charity – Public sector – Private sector

Benefits •  Water quality – Average reductions of 67% ammonia, 68% nitrate, 55% total nitrogen. Glenbrook wetlands

reduced average phosphate concentrations by 23% and Chemical Oxygen Demand by 61%. Coliform bacteria reduced.

•  Flood risk – flood risk reduced for >100 properties in Moore Brook catchment

•  Amenity – diverse landscape with improved access for all users, seating areas and opportunities for natural play, greening the grey

•  Biodiversity – over 3 hectares of habitat improvements, mosaic of different habitat types including woodland, wetlands, ponds and meadow

•  Education – several nearby schools using Pymmes Park and Firs Farm Wetlands as an educational resource,

facilitated by Thames21’s Fixing Broken Rivers project. Wonderful Wetlands schools festival in June

•  Transport/Exercise – over 1km of new footpaths for walking/jogging/cycling •  Safety – transforming neglected sites attracting anti-social behaviour to new green oases for the community