Environment Agency

Address:

The Environment Agency

Bristol

BS1

United Kingdom

Medway Partnership actions tagged by Environment Agency

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To restore the river to a more naturally functioning watercourse

Enhance river hydromorphology and biodiversity
	Sub catchment	Status
Add woody debris and berm deflector to increase flow diversity at Bayham L'Eglise.	Teise	Completed	View
Restore habitat at Harpers Weir	Teise	Completed	View
Adjustment to flow regimes from Bewl water	Teise		View
Habitat restoration on the River Bewl	Teise	Completed	View
Work up designs, secure permissions and deliver improvement works that address the Reasons for Not Achieving Good status on the Water Framework Directive for this waterbody.	Upper Medway	Active	View
Delivery of river restoration on the Hammer Stream	Beult	Completed	View
Investigate opportunities to de-culvert watercourses near Chiddingstone.	Eden	Planned	View
Investigate fish passage throughout Eden catchment	Eden	Active	View

To develop sustainable water management within the catchment

Reduce the impact of flooding
	Sub catchment	Status
Natural flood management at Capel to reduce flood risk at Capel and further downstream.	Middle Medway	Active	View
Natural flood management at Birch Wood to reduce flood risk downstream and offer additional benefits.	Beult	Completed	View
Natural flood management at Stonehall Farm to reduce flood risk downstream and offer additional benefits.	Beult	Completed	View
Scope priority sub-catchments to implement NFM (Natural Flood Management) to manage flood risk more effectively throughout the catchment and build on the success of the Medway NFM project (2018-2021).		Proposed	View
Natural flood management at Bedgebury Pinetum to reduce flood risk downstream and offer additional benefits.	Teise	Completed	View
Natural flood management at Sissinghurst to reduce flood risk downstream and offer additional benefits.	Beult	Completed	View
Natural flood management at Pembury Woods to reduce flood risk downstream and offer additional benefits.	Middle Medway	Completed	View
Natural flood management at Reeds Farm to reduce flood risk downstream and offer additional benefits.	Middle Medway	Completed	View
Develop a community flood warden network	Eden	Proposed	View
Promote local early warning flood systems	Eden	Proposed	View

The river should support a mosaic of habitats with high biodiversity value

Improve condition and biodiversity of riparian areas
	Sub catchment	Status
Work up designs, secure permissions and deliver habitat improvement works	Teise	Active	View
Identify locations for riparian habitat creation in partnership with landowners	Beult	Proposed	View

Eradicate and control Invasive non-native flora
	Sub catchment	Status
Delivery Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS) programme across the Medway catchment.	Beult	Active	View
Develop a network of volunteers to monitor Invasive Non-Native Species.	Beult	Proposed	View

	Sub catchment	Status
Habitat enhancement on the River Teise below Woodfall's weir to Medway confluence	Teise		View
Habitat restoration to help achieve Good Ecological Potential in the Hammer Stream	Beult	Completed	View
Improve fish passage at Harpers Weir by removal of redundant structure	Teise	Completed	View

To have an appropriate self-sustaining fish population

Address fish passage so fish can access appropriate habitats
	Sub catchment	Status
Improve fish passage within the Tudeley Brook sub-catchment	Middle Medway	Proposed	View
Investigate options for fish passage at Palace Avenue weir	Middle Medway	Proposed	View

To improve water quality

Improve awareness and understanding of water quality
	Sub catchment	Status
Promote best practice farming approaches	Middle Medway	Proposed	View
Raise awareness of point source pollution from domestic and small scale sources	Middle Medway	Proposed	View

Tackling Diffuse Pollution
	Sub catchment	Status
Deliver silt trap and wetland treatment train in Dobb's Field to address sediment and nutrient loading of pond from upstream catchment, following South East Rivers Trust investigation and outline design report, to address the 'un-favourable' - no change state of this SSSI.	Eden	Active	View