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SMART: Sediment and Mitigation Options for the River Rother
The Environment Agency has identified sediment pressures as a key issue for the River Rother’s condition. This project aims to identify the severity, extent, possible causes and potential mitigation options available to reduce these pressures on the river.
Ten monitoring sites have been identified on 4 major tributaries and the main channel of the Rother. Sediment samples are being taken from sediment traps and river bed disturbance experiments in order to fingerprint potential sources. Coring lakes and floodplains, samples can be compared with historical land data to determine any changes through time and assist on evaluating sources of soil erosion.
Monitoring in key sub catchments can also aid in targeting mitigation options to problematic fields and pathways.
Jennine studied Rural Resource Management BSc Hons 2014 at Myerscough College (UCLAN). Jennine’s main interest is in land use impacts on society and the environment. Jennine’s undergraduate work focused more on the ecological aspect of the impacts however she has now moved onto geomorphology and fingerprinting the sources of soil erosion and muddy floods.
