Wensum Water Quality: A Citizen Science Project Start Jul-2022 End Dec-2022 A group of citizen scientists are providing valuable information for the Wensum Catchment Partnership in efforts to improve the health of the River Wensum catchment. The River Wensum is treasured by local communities and users alike. The river, and parts of its floodplain, are of…
Foulsham Restration Start Sep-2022 End Feb-23 Norfolk Rivers Trust, the Water Management Alliance (IDB), and a private landowner completed a six-week project in the Foulsham tributary in January 2023. This EA-funded project aimed to deliver natural flood management solutions within the Wensum Catchment. The project reconnected the tributary to its floodplain by diverting an existing…
Wensum Bank Breach Bintree Start Sep-2021 End Dec-2022 Back in Sep 2021 we learn about a bank breach on the river between Quest and Bintree. This first occurred as far back as November 2020, when we had the deluge of rainfall and much of the Wensum flood plain flooded. However this isn’t the floodplain working…
Wensum Rural Sediment Tracing Project Start Jul-2010 End Dec-2021 The Environment Agency (EA) initiated the Rural Sediment Tracing Project in 2009 with the aim of identifying and classifying catchment sources of fine sediment inputs to streams and rivers within 11 priority catchments in rural areas across England. The selected catchments are the top failing salmon…