Assessing the Status of Drainage in the UK: A Case Study of the Avon, Eden and Wensum DTCs and their representativeness with regional and national patterns

Robinson, Mark; Gibson, Harry. 2011 Assessing the Status of Drainage in the UK: A Case Study of the Avon, Eden and Wensum DTCs and their representativeness with regional and national patterns. NERC/Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, 12pp. (Unpublished)

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Abstract/Summary

Application of historical field drainage statistics to assess the extent of drainage within the DEFRA Demonstration Test Catchments (DTCs) and to put them into a broader national and regional context. The parish drainage data for 1971-80 indicate that the DTCs do not encompass any of the known drainage ‘hotspots’, although the Wensum has a drainage profile that almost matches the national average. The Avon had little drainage due to its high permeability chalk geology and the Eden has a mostly grassland economy.

Item Type:	Publication - Report
Programmes:	CEH Topics & Objectives 2009 - 2012 > Water > WA Topic 3 - Science for Water Management > WA - 3.4 - Develop novel and improved methods to enable the sustainable management of freshwaters and wetlands
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Harding (to July 2011)
Funders/Sponsors:	ADAS, DEFRA
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2011
Additional Keywords:	drainage, DTCs
Date made live:	05 May 2011 14:00 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/14118

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