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All fields denoted with a red asterisk * are mandatory.

Main Contact

*First Name :
*Surname :
*Organisation name :
Address :
County :
Postal Code :
*Telephone No. :
Fax No :
*Email Address :

Project Details
*Project Name :
Main River (river catchment)* :
*Watercourse :
*County :
*Country :
Agency Region :
*Upstream Grid Reference :
*Length of river covered by project (m) :
*Status :
Date Started (mm / yyyy) :	/
Date Completed (mm / yyyy) :	/
Total Cost :
*Objectives and Methods :
*Site Background :

Main Motivation

	Bank Erosion		Habitat
	Community Demand		Landscape
	Development Gain		Navigation
	Fisheries		Pollution Mitigation
	Flood Defence		Opportunistic
	Other (Please Specify)

Project Funds and Source

	Total Cost :
	Percentage breakdown of total cost:
% Promotion / Design / Planning / Consultation :
% Works Contract / Supervision :
% Monitoring / Post Appraisal :

Prrimary Funding Organisation :		£ :
Other Funding Organisation :		£ :
	Other Partners :

Aims

Identify which of the 5 generic TYPES was the Primary focus by ticking just ONE of the grey boxes.
If the other 4 generic TYPES were of Secondary or Minor (incidental) consideration please tick accordingly.
Next go through each section and tick the boxes where applicable (primary, secondary, minor).
NB You should not normally have more than 3 ticks in the Primary column for each section

			Primary	Secondary	Minor
Type 1	Rehabilitation of watercourse features

1.1	Reach re-meandered (>500m)
1.2	Reach re-meandered ( <500m)
1.3	Culverted reach re-opened (state approximate length)
1.4	X-sectional habitat enhancement (>500m) – two–stage channel profiles etc
1.5	Long section habitat enhancement (>500m ) – pool/riffle sequences etc. restored
1.6	River narrowing due to depleted flows or previous over-widening
1.7	Backwaters and pools established/reconnected with watercourse
1.8	Bank re-profiling to restore lost habitat type and structure/armouring removed
1.9	Boulder etc. imported for habitat enhancement
1.10	Gravel and other sediments imported/managed for habitat enhancement
1.11	Fish cover established by other means
1.12	Current deflectors/concentrators to create habitat and flow diversity
1.13	Sand, gravel and other sediment traps to benefit wildlife
1.14	Tree/shrub planting along bankside (only if covers >500m of bank or >0.5ha)
1.15	Artificial bed/bank removal and replaced by softer material (>100m)
1.16	Establishment of vegetation for structure/revetment (e.g. use of willows)
1.17	Eradication of alien species
1.18	Provision of habitat especially for individual species – otter, kingfisher etc
1.19	Fencing along river banks; fencing floodplain habitats for management
1.20	Aquatic/marginal planting
1.21	Removal of floodbanks
1.22	Other (please specify)
Type 2	Restoration of free passage between reaches

2.1	Obstructing structure replaced by riffle
2.2	Obstructing structure replaced by meander
2.3	Obstructing structure modified/removed to enable fish migration
2.4	Obstructing structure retained, but riffle/meander structure established alongside
2.5	Culverted reach re-opened/daylightened
2.6	Obstruction within culvert (e.g. lack of depth, vertical fall) redresses
2.7	Dried river reach has flow restored
2.8	Other measures taken to restore free animal passage
2.9	Other (please specify)
Type 3	River floodplain restoration

	Water table levels raised or increased flooding achieved by :
3.1	xxx Unspecified means/rationalised control
3.2	xxx Watercourse re-meandering
3.3	xxx Raised river bed level
3.4	xxx Weirs established specifically to increase floodplain xxxxflooding/water-table
3.5	xxx Termination of field drains to watercourse
3.6	xxx Feeding floodplain with water (Sluice feeds, water meadow xxxxrestoration)
3.7	xxx Narrowing watercourse specifically to increase floodplain xxxxwetting
3.8	Lakes, ponds, wetlands established (maybe flood storage areas)
3.9	Lakes, ponds, wetlands, old river channels restored/revitalised)
3.10	Vegetation management in floodplain
3.11	Riparian zone removed from cultivation
3.12	Substantial floodplain tree/shrub planting
3.13	Other (please specify)
Type 4	Catchment Activities
	State key activities implemented
Type 5	Catchment Activities
	Maintenance changed	Equipment changed	Maintenance withdrawn (natrual regeneration)

Further documentation
Please identify any further information that is available:

	Stated objectives	RHS / RCS
	Job specification	Fisheries Survey
	Technical specification	Monitoring reports
	Contract documents	Photographs pre-works
	Audits	Photographs post-works
	Other (Please Specify)

Project Team

Hydrologist
	Name & Organisation :
	Telephone Number :
Geomorphologist
	Name & Organisation :
	Telephone Number :
Ecologist
	Name & Organisation :
	Telephone Number :
Landscape architect
	Name & Organisation :
	Telephone Number :
Design engineer
	Name & Organisation :
	Telephone Number :
Works contractor
	Name & Organisation :
	Telephone Number :
Flood defence
	Name & Organisation :
	Telephone Number :
Conservation
	Name & Organisation :
	Telephone Number :
Fisheries
	Name & Organisation :
	Telephone Number :
Water quality
	Name & Organisation :
	Telephone Number :
Community liason
	Name & Organisation :
	Telephone Number :
Other
	Name & Organisation :
	Telephone Number :

Project Comments

Success and lessons learned :

Background Information

Site Information (pre-project)
	Floodplain soils (tick all that apply)
	Alluvium	Cobble bed
	Clay	Gravel bed
	Chalk	Lowland clay
	Peat	Chalk stream
	Cobbled	Sand bed
		Tidal
	River type
	Cobble bed	Chalk stream
	Gravel bed	Sand bed
	Lowland clay	Tidal
	Altitude
	High altitude
	Mid altitude
	Lowland
	River substrate (tick all that apply)
	Clay	Cobble
	Sand	Boulder
	Gravel	Bedrock
	Silt	Artificial
	Flow type
	Steady
	Regulated steady
	Flashy
	Regulated flashy
	Ephemeral
	Was water quality a constraint?
	No
	Yes	If yes, please provide details

	River bed gradient

	Flow data (cumecs)
	Normal low flow :
	Bankfull flow :
	1:100 event flow :
	Site designations
	National Nature Reserve (NNR)
	Local Nature Reserve (LNR)
	Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)
	National Park (NP)
	Area of Outstanding National Beauty (AONB)
	Special Area of Conservation (SAC)

Reach Information

	Reach type
	Urban (housing)
	Urban (industrial)
	Urban (parkland)
	Rural (arable)
	Rural (pasture)
	Rural (forestry)
	Mixed (urban and rural)
	Geology
	Calcareous (chalk)
	Siliceous (igneous and sand)
	Organic (peat)

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