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The Tidal Tributaries July 2017 Joe Pecorelli Project Manager 2002 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Tidal Tributaries July 2017 Joe Pecorelli Project Manager 2002 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
State of the Thames The Tidal Tributaries July 2017 Joe Pecorelli Project Manager 2002 Walbrook Fleet Tyburn Hackney Brook Westbourne Counter's Creek Stamford Brook Peck Neckinger Effra Falconbrook Graveney Londons Rivers 600km
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Walbrook Fleet Tyburn Hackney Brook Westbourne Counter's Creek Stamford Brook Peck Neckinger Effra Falconbrook Graveney
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London’s Rivers 600km
LRAP
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310 macroinvertebrate species
Leeming and England 2004
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Working for eels since 2005 Citizen Science project launched in 2011
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working together for eels
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ZSL
- monitoring protocols
- training, equipment
- build passes with traps
- reports
Environment Agency
- license
- build passes with traps
- conservation priorities (EMP)
Site Partner
- volunteer coordination
- upload data
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Citizen Science eel sites, 2011 to 2017 19 sites, 22 partners, 760 citizen scientists
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Eel Management Plan 36 ha of river opened by the ZSL eel project 2441 barriers in the Thames Region
EA
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The Riverfly Monitoring Initiative
- Crane
- Hogsmill
- Ravensbourne
- Cray ( starts in 2017)
- Wandle (wandle piscators)
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- score based on abundance of 8 invertebrate
groups
- guide to ecological health at sample sites
- pollution detection
- ccommunication with the Environment Agency
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Pollution Detection
16th February 2017
Trigger level (score agreed with the EA that triggers a pollution call in to 0800807060) RMI score (derived from the presence and abundance of key invertebrate species) Key
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Spider Park Headstone Manor Ickenham Marshes Minet Country Park Donkey Wood Newton Park Crane Park Island Cranford Park Mill Rd Brazil Mill Y B Meadows
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CITIZEN CRANE
- river monitoring
- water chemistry
- links to research
- Outfall Safari
- community
engagement
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Average concentrations of Phosphate & N-NH4 , 2015 and 2016
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The Outfall Safari
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The Outfall Safari- a way to Systematically inspect, record and map the dry weather condition behaviour
- f surface water outfalls in a river
- identify and rank the impact of polluted outfalls
- gather evidence on the scale of the problem and record out of sight
pollution
- greater awareness and reporting of the problem
- Environment Agency and Thames Water involvement
Audit of Outfalls Trained Volunteers App built in Epicollect
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The Outfall Safari
- Crane
- Hogsmill
- Brent
- Pinn (July)
- Ravensbourne (Autumn)
- Ingrebourne (Autumn)
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84km of River, 655 outfalls assessed, 34% are polluting
66% 1-6 21% 7-10 8% >11 5%
All rivers Impact Score Summary
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Water companies are major private investors in water and environmental management in the UK and the business plans introduced in 2020 will play a pivotal role in the stewardship of the environment. The Blueprint for Water believes that nature should be at the heart of water companies’ business plans and has developed a set of key priorities that we want to see reflected in these plans, to benefit both customers and the natural environment that we all cherish.
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- diffuse pollution - road runoff
- climate change - water resources
management
- emerging chemicals
- resilience
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2002
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Since 2008: 1,645m or river day-lighted and 3,870m liberated from concrete banks
London river restoration group
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Locally focussed decision making and positive community action are at the heart of the Water Framework Directive Well designed citizen science projects can help provide the evidence needed to underpin this local decision making and will strengthen relationships between the statutory agencies and trained volunteer groups within catchment partnerships
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