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River Ribble and River Brun River Restoration Audit and Options Appraisal
Seb Bentley and George Heritage
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Overview
• Initial Audit
• Hydraulic modeling
• Discussion
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BACKGROUND
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Background
The main river Ribble is 80 miles long, Starting near Ribble Head, flowing to Preston and the Irish Sea.
Known for it’s assets but people, forget (sometimes intentionally) about the less exciting areas…
• URES came about following significant works to improve fish passage in the Calder, including the removal of Padiham and Montford weirs, and fish passes and easements at Barrowford. After achieving this, the next priority areas had to be identified and addressed through Burnley
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Background - the problems
Fast Flowing
Narrow
Man made
Limited gravels
Steep
Poor habitat
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Background – the opportunities!
• options in terms of making improvements for wildlife
• essential part of the project was that we did not impinge on the needs of people
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Background
• Comprehensive study of Calder and Brun
• Restricted to maintaining a lined channel for channel stability, flood risk
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APPROACH
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Approach
• To restore some hydromorphic function and ecological habitat to the River Calder and River Brun
• To adjust the present engineering configuration helping to achieve the Water Framework Directive objectives for the failing rivers
• Stage one – A desk and field based hydromorphological audit
• Stage two – Options testing and hydraulic modelling
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HYDROMORPHIC AUDIT AND ASSET SURVEY
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Audit and survey
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Audit and survey
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Audit and survey
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RESTORATION OPTIONS
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Restoration options appraisal
• Current channel geometry
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Restoration options appraisal
• Pool zones
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Restoration options appraisal
• Riffle zone
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Restoration options appraisal
• Point bar zone
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Restoration options appraisal
• Apical pool zone
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Restoration options appraisal
• Low flow riffle/rapid reach
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Restoration options appraisal
• Backwater reach
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HYDRAULIC MODELLING
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Hydraulic modelling – Study Reaches
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Hydraulic modelling – Proposals
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Hydraulic modelling – 2DBackwater
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Hydraulic modelling – 2DPool
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Hydraulic modelling – 2DLow Flow Riffles
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Hydraulic modelling
• What does this mean in terms of sediment?
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Hydraulic modelling
• What does this mean in terms of fish?
• Assumption – In water velocities >0.7m-1 fish will become tired. Fish 0.25m in length
Velocity Distance travelled
0.5 >100m
1 15m
1.5 7m
2 3m
2.5 struggle
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Hydraulic modelling1 in 2yr –Velocities
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Flood Risk
Compared pre and post restoration scenarios using 1D-2D linked modelling.
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Restored Reaches
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Restored Reaches
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Conclusions
Difficult urban setting
Needed to work with sediment dynamics and ecology
Audit vital in understanding system
Modelling provided confidence in restoration design
Two winters suggests successful dynamic equilibrium