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

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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 (Unpublished)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

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.

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Programmes:

UNSPECIFIED

Programmes (Superseded):

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 Keywords:

drainage, DTCs

Additional Information:

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2011

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https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/14118

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