The hydraulic impact and performance of a lowland rehabilitation scheme based on pool-riffle installation: the River Waveney, Scole, Suffolk, UK
The hydraulic impact and performance of a lowland rehabilitation scheme based on pool-riffle installation: the River Waveney, Scole, Suffolk, UK
Pool-riffle installation is increasingly becoming the standard form of river habitat enhancement undertaken, largely for the benefit of fisheries. This study documents the effect of riffle installation on the morphological and hydraulic diversity of a low gradient engineered river. Despite their prevalence there have to date been few published studies of the impacts of these features on channel hydraulics, despite concerns as to their potential impact on flood levels. In this paper the impacts of the installation of gravel bedforms on water surface elevations and flow resistance are considered. The performance of the riffle-pool sequences is assessed against a set of criteria derived from the scientific literature. The analysis reveals that the gravel bedforms do display the hydraulic functionality associated with natural pool-riffle sequences. At bankfull discharge, water surface elevation is not significantly increased over those existing prior to installation, and physical habitat is shown to be more diverse following rehabilitation. The stability and appropriate classification of the gravel bedforms created in the scheme are discussed, together with the implications for floodplain and river rehabilitation in general.
river rehabilitation, riffle installation, hydraulic performance, flow resistance
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Sear, D.A.
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Newson, M.D.
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December 2004
Sear, D.A.
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Newson, M.D.
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Sear, D.A. and Newson, M.D.
(2004)
The hydraulic impact and performance of a lowland rehabilitation scheme based on pool-riffle installation: the River Waveney, Scole, Suffolk, UK.
River Research and Applications, 20 (7), .
(doi:10.1002/rra.791).
Abstract
Pool-riffle installation is increasingly becoming the standard form of river habitat enhancement undertaken, largely for the benefit of fisheries. This study documents the effect of riffle installation on the morphological and hydraulic diversity of a low gradient engineered river. Despite their prevalence there have to date been few published studies of the impacts of these features on channel hydraulics, despite concerns as to their potential impact on flood levels. In this paper the impacts of the installation of gravel bedforms on water surface elevations and flow resistance are considered. The performance of the riffle-pool sequences is assessed against a set of criteria derived from the scientific literature. The analysis reveals that the gravel bedforms do display the hydraulic functionality associated with natural pool-riffle sequences. At bankfull discharge, water surface elevation is not significantly increased over those existing prior to installation, and physical habitat is shown to be more diverse following rehabilitation. The stability and appropriate classification of the gravel bedforms created in the scheme are discussed, together with the implications for floodplain and river rehabilitation in general.
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Published date: December 2004
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The paper has a generic relevance for those undertaking bed form rehabilitation in coarse grained river systems as well as more fundamental scientific relevance for understanding the hydraulics of pool-riffle sequences.
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river rehabilitation, riffle installation, hydraulic performance, flow resistance
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/15423
ISSN: 1535-1459
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