CASE Studies: What IS Already Being Done the Eden Catchment
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THE EDEN catcHMENT: NETWORK, status AND PRESSURES This map of the River Eden catchment provides an AREA COVERED at-a-glance overview of the ecological status of the river, BY MAP THE EDEN IS its tributaries and water bodies. The map sits alongside 80 MILES LONG the plan to save the River Eden and the actions and objectives needed to achieve this. Tarn Beck (River Irthing) AND COVERS 850 There is a lot of information held on this map. The overall SQUARE MILES. ecological status of the catchment is clearly shown along River Irthing (u/s Butter Burn) with the condition of the River Eden Special Area of Conservation. Hazel Gill (River Irthing) The other key feature of the map is that of the pressures that the catchment is subjected to. From river engineering, Butter Burn siltation and water abstraction to septic tanks and dairy farming, these all have a considerable impact on the catchment and influence the work that needs to be done River Irthing (u/s Crammel Linn Waterfall) to save the River Eden. King Water Kirkcambeck These pressures reflect our current understanding saviNG EDEN: and may change as the evidence develops. Cam Beck catcHMENT MAP Gilsland OVERALL KEY ECOLOGICAL STATUS Walton OVERALL ECOLOGICAL status Lanercost Scaleby Low Row 0% HIGH Laversdale Newtown River Irthing Brampton (d/s Crammel Linn Waterfall) Rockcliffe 41% Solway Estuary Rockcliffe Beck Brunstock Beck Irthington GOOD Eden (River Eden) Harker (Cumb.Lower) Milton 46% MODerate Crosby-on-Eden Brunstock Hallbankgate Beaumont Cargo Quarry Beck Burgh by Sands Houghton 12% Poor Longburgh Monkhill Linstock Newby East Farlam Kirkandrews- on-Eden Eden Grinsdale 1% River Eden Hayton BaD (Cumb.Lower) Talkin (Lower)(lower) Warwick Bridge River Gelt Moorhouse Aglionby Thurstonfield Kirkbampton Warwick-on-Eden Powburgh Fenton Trout Beck PRESSURES Beck (Cairn Beck) Castle Carlisle Carrock Little Orton Scotby Faugh Old Water Heads Nook ARABLE FARMING Great Orton Wetheral Great CasCastletle Carrock Corby Reservoir DairY/BEEF FARMING Cummersdale Carleton Cumwhinton River Caldew Blackwell SHEEP FARMING (dd/s/s CaldbeckCaldbeck) Cumwhitton Brisco Cairn Beck New Water ROAD RUN-OFF Durdar Cumrew Dalston Cotehill river ENGINEERING Hornsby Pow Maughan Beck Pow Beck SEWAGE DISCHARGE Wreay Newbiggin Buckabank Unthank Croglin Water (Upper)(upper) UNSEWERED WASTE River Petteril River Eden (d/s Blackrack Beck) Croglin (Lower)(lower) INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGE Gaitsgill Low Hesket Armathwaite Ainstable CONtaMINateD LAND Roe Beck (Lower) Raughton Head Stockdalewath Southwaite CONDITION OF THE LOW FLOWS High Hesket Briggle Beck (Croglin) Welton SPECIAL AREA OF Croglin Water Raven Beck CONservatioN Water ABSTRACTION (Lower) Renwick Ivegill Blackrack Beck Staffield FORESTRY Sebergham INvasive SPECIES Kirkoswald Glassonby Beck SiltatioN Unthank Calthwaite Caldbeck Lazonby recoveriNG FROM HISTORICAL POLLUTION River Ive Gamblesby Whelpo Glassonby (Cald) Beck Hesket Newmarket River Petteril (d/s M6) Poor RIVER CORRIDOR HABitat River Caldew Melmerby (Hesket Newmarket) Historic MINING ACTIVITY Fell Side Roe Beck (Upper) Plumpton Great Salkeld Little Salkeld Barriers TO FISH PASSAGE Robberby Water Lamonby Gillcambon Beck Ellonby Skelton Hunsonby SUSPECT CLASSIFicatioN Data INCORRECT Winskill Ousby LACK OF KNOWLEDGE (UNcertaiN) Langwathby Catterlen River Caldew Johnby Briggle Beck DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE Little Skirwith (Upper) Blencow Laithes Crowdundle Beck Mosedale Edenhall River Petteril (u/s M6) cliMate SENSITIVE Bowscale Newton Reigny Blencarn Mungrisdale Greystoke Skitwath Penrith STILLWaters Beck Culgaith Milburn Beck Newbiggin Milburn StillWaters IN GOOD Status River Eamont (Lower) Newbiggin StillWaters IN MODerate Status Brougham River Eden Stainton Motherby Yanwath Eamont Bridge Penruddock Crowdundle Beck Dacre Beck (Lower) SPECIAL AREA OF CONservatioN CONDITION ASSESSMENT Temple Sowerby Hutton Clifton Dacre Knock Tirril Swindale Beck near Dufton FavouraBLE Kirkby Thore Trout Beck Melkinthorpe River Lyvennet (Lower) UNFavouraBLE RECOVERING Cliburn Trout Beck Dufton UNFavouraBLE NO CHANGE Dacre Beck Pooley Bridge Long Marton (u/s Skitwath Beck) River Eamont (Upper) GENERAL Features Askham Matterdale Brampton End Hackthorpe Trout Beck RIVER (THICKNESS OF LINE relates TO RIVER SIZE) Great Strickland (Kirkby Thore) Trout Beck (Murton) Morland Crakenthorpe HeavilY MODIFIED OR ARTIFICIAL RIVER Helton River Lowther River Leith Murton MaJOR ROADS Dockray (Lower) Newby Appleby King's Meaburn Aira Beck Hilton Beck RAIL Hilton Morland Beck Colby Ullswater Aa TOWNS AND CITIES Howtown Butterwick Little Strickland Sandwick Sleagill Aa VILLAGES Coupland Aa WaterBODY NAMES (u/s = UPSTREAM, d/s = DOWNSTREAM) Hoff Beck Bampton Grange Burrells Swindale Beck (Brough) (Lower) River Eden Bampton River Lowther Glenridding Beck Goldrill Beck (below GrisedGrisedaleale Beck) Reagill (Kirkby Stephen (Swindale BecBeckk to HawesHaweswaterwater Beck) Hoff Great Ormside to Eamont) Glenridding Rosgill Low Gill (Crooks Beck) Little Maulds Meaburn Ormside Patterdale Howe Grain Burnbanks Sandford Augill Beck River Lyvennet Warcop North Shap Stainmore Red Tarn Haweswater Beck Crosby Ravensworth Drybeck Grisedale Beck Brough Haweswater Reservoir Scale Beck Keld Swindale Beck Great Musgrave(Great Musgrave) Great Asby Hartsop Little Musgrave Brough Sowerby South Stainmore Argill Beck Brothers Water River Lowther Hayeswater Helm Beck Goldrill Beck Grisedale Tarn Swindale Beck Hoff Beck (Upper) (Lowther) Kaber Blea Water Blind Beck River Belah (Lower) Soulby Winton River Belah (Upper) Little Asby Crosby Garrett Kirkby Stephen Hartley Waitby Nateby River Eden Scandal Beck Ravenstonedale (Top) Outhgill CASE STUDIES: WHat IS ALREADY BEING DONE SHAP WasteWater THACKA BECK ENVIRONMENtal RIVER EDEN CLIBURN FIRST EVIDENCE AND MEASURES – CatcHMENT RIVER RestoratioN RENWICK FELL TreatMENT WORKS FLOOD AlleviatioN STEWARDSHIP SCHEME, DEMONstratioN TIME RURAL RIVER PETTERIL PROJECT SENSITIVE FarMING DEMONstratioN PROJECT PLANtatioN (WWTW) PHOSPHOROUS SCHEME GeltsDALE FarM TEST CatcHMENTS SEWERAGE SCHEME REDUCTION PROJECT Reducing discharges from Shap WwTW Construction of a large flood storage Incentivising land management changes Cost effectively reducing the impact of Removal of private septic tank discharges Improving the chemical and ecological Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) Capital Delivering morphology targets for the River Establishment of native broadleaf woodland Developed by Eden Rivers Trust final effluent and stormwater to address reservoir and the restoration, replacement to deliver ecosystem benefits. agricultural diffuse pollution on ecological to address long-standing water quality status of the four waterbodies that form the Grants have helped farmers address clean Eden Special Area of Conservation. on two ghyll systems near Hartside, to [email protected] long-standing water quality issues along and cleaning of the stone arched culvert function, while maintaining food security. issues along the River Leith. River Petteril catchment. and dirty water separation, manure and address water quality issues and improve www.edenriverstrust.org.uk Modifications to rivers are made for the River Leith. under Penrith town centre. The eastern tributaries of the River field management. black grouse populations. Eden rise along the spine of the North The overarching objective of the River Cliburn First Time Rural Sewerage The Evidence and Measures project was a variety of reasons including, flood Shap WwTW was originally constructed Thacka Beck flows through the town Pennine Moors – a Special Protection Eden Demonstration Test Catchment project was driven by the need to remove undertaken to identify the problems Two grants from CSF, together with defence, past industrial use, land This exciting project has come about in the 1960s and has been regularly of Penrith, a town that has suffered Area and Special Area of Conservation (DTC) is to provide evidence to test pollution caused by private septic tank that have led to the poor status of the investments from landlords and tenants drainage and water supply. The impact with close co-operation between the upgraded over the years. The ‘Habitats three separate flood events in the last under EU Directives, and a WFD Natura the hypothesis that it is possible discharges to a local ditch. The ditch catchment, and then identify what and a Higher Level Stewardship scheme, of modifications mean that the River land owner, Natural England (NE) and Directive Review’ raised concerns about 12 years, and each event has caused Protected Area. Geltsdale Farm is part to cost effectively reduce the discharged to the River Leith, which in could be done to improve and resolve have helped to make significant changes Eden Special Area of Conservation does the Forestry Commission (FC). The long-standing water quality issues along considerable damage to residential of the RSPB reserve within the North impact of agricultural diffuse water turn is part of the network of streams those problems. Pollution was identified to an intensive dairy farm close to the not meet its conservation requirements ghyll systems will be fenced off from the River Leith – part of the network of and commercial properties. The Flood Pennine Moors. Key habitats and pollution on ecological function while and rivers that feed into the River as one of the major causes, arising River Leith to deal with diffuse pollution under the EU ‘Habitats Directive’ or livestock and planted under the Forestry streams and rivers that feed into the Alleviation