Manual of River Restoration Techniques
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Introduction to
the Manual (113k)
Site
descriptions (968k)
Restoring meanders to
straightened rivers
1.1 New
meandering channel upstream of mill (658k) 1.2 New
meandering channel downstream of mill (893k) 1.3 Single
meander in Mill Leat (376k) 1.4 New meanders
to one side of existing channel (576k) 1.5 New meandering
channel replacing concrete weirs (1.1Mb) 1.6 New meandering
channel downstream of mill (940k) 1.7 Reconnecting
remnant meanders (1Mb)
Enhancing redundant river
channels
2.1 New
backwaters in redundant river channels River Skerne
(564k) 2.2 New
backwaters in redundant river channels River Cole
(752k)
Enhancing straightened river
channels
3.1 In-channel
deflectors (705k) 3.2 New aquatic
ledges (893k) 3.3 Stone riffle
(423k) 3.4 Radical
re-design from uniform, straight channel to a sinuous, multi-channel
river (846k) 3.5 Narrowing of
an over-widened channel using low cost groynes (940k) 3.6 Creating a
sinuous low-flow channel in an over-widened channel (1Mb) 3.7 Replacing a
concrete drain with a 'natural' channel (940k) 3.8 Creation of
on-line bays (611k) 3.9 Introducing
gravel to inaccessible reaches (799k)
Revetting and supporting river
banks
4.1 Willow
spiling (329k) 4.2 Willow
mattress revetment (376k) 4.3 Log toe and
geotextile revetment with willow slips (423k) 4.4 Plant roll
revetment (423k) 4.5 Supporting
bank slips and exposed tree roots (705k) 4.6 Short term
bank revetments (705k) 4.7 Bank revetment
using low steel sheet piling and coir rolls
(1.3Mb)
Controlling river bed levels,
water levels and flows
5.1 Bifurcation
weir and spillway (799k) 5.2 Drop weir
structures (517k) 5.3 Restoring and
stabilising over-deepened river bed levels (656k) 5.4 Simulated
bedrock outcrops (1.6Mb) 5.5 Raising river
bed levels (1Mb)
Managing overland
floods
6.1 Floodplain
spillways (705k) 6.2 Re-profiling
of land within meanders (282k) 6.3 Removing and
setting back flood banks (752k)
Creating floodplain wetland
features
7.1 Floodplain
scrapes (376k) 7.2 Floodplain
wetland mosaic (2.1Mb)
Providing public, private and
livestock access
8.1 Fords and
stock watering point (752k) 8.2 Watercourse
crossings (752k) 8.3 Access paths
suitable for disabled users (376k) 8.4 Restoring a
ford as a stock and vehicular crossing point (658k) 8.5 Urban
riverside access (987k)
Enhancing outfalls to
rivers
9.1 Surface water
outfalls (470k) 9.2 New reed bed
(611k)
Utilising spoil excavated from
rivers
10.1 Landforms at
Keepsafe and Rockwell (376k) 10.2 New
landforms (329k) 10.3 Cost
effective silt removal from impounded channel (940k)
River diversions
11.1 Diversion of
a river valley (611k) 11.2 Clay lined
river (1.5Mb)
Acknowledgements
(248k)
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