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Arable Subsoiling
Compaction of fields from stock or machinery increases soil erosion, surface water runoff and increases the risk of soil, manure, nutrients and pesticides reaching watercourses. The cultivation of compacted soils will increase aeration and water infiltration rates which will reduce soil erosion and surface run-off.download factsheet
Catch / Cover Cropping
Establishing a cover crop during fallow periods improves infiltration rates by increasing root mass, reduces nutrient leaching during the autumn/winter and provides soil protection from wind and rain erosion.download factsheet
Channel Restoration
Channel Restoration can be defined as the reinstatement of the natural physical process and features that are characteristics of a river. Restoring hydraulic and sediment transport processes directly or indirectly by reinstating the physical form of a channel may help a river adjust towards a more natural form.download factsheet
Cross Drain
Cross drains intercept surface water flow paths, helping conduct water away from tracks and other assets. The drains will also help reduce the risk of sediment and other pollutants entering the watercourse.download factsheet
Earth bunds
An earth bank or soil bund can be used to slow the movement of water, protecting streams and rivers from pollutants, slow flows during high rainfall and reduce downstream flooding, and control water levels to aid raised water levels for habitat creation and restoration.download factsheet
Grass Swales
Grassed swales are areas of grass which are designed to allow surface flow to collect and soak away.download factsheet
Grassland Aeration
Compaction of fields from stock or machinery increases soil erosion, surface water runoff and increases the risk of soil, manure, nutrients and pesticides reaching watercourses. The cultivation of compacted soils will increase aeration and water infiltration rates which will reduce soil erosion and surface run-off.download factsheet
Hedge Planting
Tree and hedge planting helps to reduce soil erosion and runoff.download factsheet
Leaky Dams
Leaky woody dams will slow the movement of water and help push flows onto the floodplain during floods. This will increase temporary storage of flood waters within waterchannels and out on to the floodplain, help delay the passage of flood water downstream, allow sediment to settle out, and reduce downstream flood risk.download factsheet
Sediment traps / Attenuation Ponds
A sediment trap or attenuation pond will provide an area where muddy run-off from fields or tracks is allowed to pond so sediment will settle out. This will help reduce the risk of sediment and other pollutants entering a nearby watercourse. The sediment trap/ attenuation pond will also offer the potential for additional storage of flood waters, helping reduce peak flows and associated flood risk.download factsheet
Tree Planting
Tree and hedge planting helps to reduce soil erosion and runoff.download factsheet
Under sowing maize
Establishing a cover crop during fallow periods improves infiltration rates by increasing root mass, reduces nutrient leaching during the autumn/winter and provides soil protection from wind and rain erosion.download factsheet
Wetland Habitat Creation
Wetland habitat can be restored or created to store large volumes of water for flood risk and ecological benefits. Wetlands are dynamic and changing habitats that include: fens, dune slacks, grazing marsh and swamp, upland and lowland peat bog, reedbed andsaltmarsh, wet woodland, wet grassland and wet heathland. Restoring or creating wetlands can reduce or delay flood peaks and attenuate high frequency, low return period floods.download factsheet
