Ellen Catchment Action Plan Action Required Issues being addressed Priority Locations Links to ongoing Projects Enhancing Agri-Environments • Water Quality – Diffuse water pollution Lower Ellen, Crookhurst, Ellenwise (Crookhurst), Improving farm infrastructure and land from agriculture Black dub, Flimby becks Crookhurst catchment management practices • Bathing water quality facilitation fund • Biodiversity – Poor in-stream habitat River Restoration Lower Ellen, Crookhurst, River Ellen restoration Restoring natural river courses and • Biodiversity – Poor in-stream habitat Black dub, Flimby becks functioning Natural Flood Management • Flood risk – to properties Flimby, West Newton, Hayton, Suite of measures to ‘slow the flow’ and hold Flimby flood management • Biodiversity – Poor habitat in wider Parsonby, Bothel, Mealsgate, water in the landscape project catchment Blennerhasset and Baggrow, • Water Quality – Diffuse water pollution Aspatria, Bullgill, Allerby, from agriculture Dearham, Crosby, Birkby Strengthening Flood Defences • Flood risk – to properties Maryport flood and coastal Maryport, Dearham Engineered defences and infrastructure defence scheme, Dearham improvements to reduce flood risk to flood alleviation scheme properties Removing barriers Netherhall weir – Maryport, to fish and eel passage including culverts, • Biodiversity – Poor in-stream habitat four structures upstream of weirs and dams Maryport Invasive species control • Biodiversity – Invasive non-native Reducing the impact and preventing further species Overwater (Nuttall’s Cumbria freshwater spread of invasive non-native species • Enjoyment – Lack of access to waterweed), Whole catchment Invasive non-native species rivers/opportunities to enjoy and learn initiative about rivers Improved treatment of waste water • Water Quality – Pollution from waste Black dub, Aspatria & Hayton waste Reducing impact of sewage treatment works water Lower Ellen water treatment works improvements Tackling misconnections & • Water Quality – Pollution from waste ‘Call of Nature’ campaign septic tank care water Whole catchment Increasing awareness and education around managing septic tanks and drainage misconnections to householders, contractors and small businesses Electro-fishing surveys • Evidence – Lack of information about the Increasing understanding of the current area Whole catchment condition of the catchment Woodland creation and Management • Flood risk – to properties Increasing cover of riparian and catchment • Water Quality – Diffuse water pollution Whole catchment woodlands and management of existing from agriculture woodlands • Biodiversity – Poor habitat in wider catchment Education • Enjoyment – Lack of access to Increasing opportunities for people to learn, rivers/opportunities to enjoy and learn Whole catchment enjoy and volunteer for rivers about rivers .