Aquatic and riparian plant management: controls for vegetation in watercourses

Provides watercourse managers in flood risk management operating authorities with a framework to help inform decisions on when and how to manage vegetation.

From:
Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Research and Development Programme and Environment Agency
Published
23 February 2021
Category:
Whole life asset management
Topics:
Asset system optimisation, Channel management, Design and build, Ecosystem service benefits and Health, safety and wellbeing
Project status:
Completed
Project code:
SC120008
Date of completion:
31 January 2015

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皇冠体育app management of aquatic and riparian plants is essential to ensure the efficient functioning of many watercourses. Management needs to be cost-effective, take account of legal restrictions, and meet the needs of the greatest number of watercourse users while minimising negative environmental impacts.

皇冠体育app field manual, technical guide and decision-making spreadsheet tool are intended for use in catchments where aquatic and riparian plants need to be periodically controlled or removed to achieve the watercourse鈥檚 desired function. 皇冠体育app case study report and a literature review report summarise the evidence on which the framework is based.

皇冠体育appse resources provide watercourse managers in flood risk management operating authorities in England and Wales with a framework to help inform decisions on when and how to manage vegetation, taking into account the species present and the type of watercourse.

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Published 23 February 2021
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