Events

04 July 2013: Year 4 Conference: Research and partnerhip working in the Wensum catchment

Around 70 members of the Wensum Alliance attended the year 4 conference to hear about the progress of the experimental work and farm surveys, and to see first-hand work that partner organisations in the Wensum catchment have been doing on scheme to restore floodplain function, and HLS measures aimed at improving water quality.

. Click on the titles below to access each of the speaker’s presentations.

• Welcome and update on overall progressProf. Kevin Hiscock, University of East Anglia
• Water quality monitoring – summary of 2012 conditions Dr Faye Outram, University of East Anglia
• Fluvial sediment tracing in the Wensum DTCRichard Cooper, University of East Anglia
• The impacts of a rural highway drain on river water qualityLisa Turner, Environment Agency
• Farm business survey and testing mitigation measuresAndrew Lovett and Emily Vrain, University of East Anglia
• Measuring nitrous oxide in the Wensum catchment Christopher Adams, University of East Anglia
• Water quality modelling: an ensemble approach within the Wensum catchment Sam Taylor, University of East Anglia
• Autumn 2012 pesticide survey in the Wensum catchment Simon Linford-Wood, Environment Agency
• Update on the Catchment Sensitive Farming Delivery Initiative in the Wensum Stephen Haley, CSF Officer, Natural England
• Introduction to the River Wensum Restoration Strategy at Swanton MorleyRobin Chase, Atkins UK and Adam Thurtle, Environment Agency

Related Research Project Summaries

• Water quality summary for the Blackwater: The Wensum Demonstration Test catchment hydrological year 2011-12 Faye Outram, University of East Anglia
• Fluvial Sediment Tracing in the Wensum DTC Richard Cooper (UEA), Kevin Hiscock (UEA), Tobi Krueger (UEA), Barry Rawlins (BGS)
• Attitudes of Farmers Towrads Diffuse Pollution Mitigation Measures in the Demonstration Test Catchments E Vrain, A Lovett, L Noble, F Grant, P Blundell and W Cleasby
• Assessment of the effects of reduced cultivation practices on soil nutrient and nitrous oxide losses in arable soils Zanist Hama-Aziz, Christopher Adams and Kevin Hiscock
• River Wensum Restoration Strategy: Swanton Morley Restoration Scheme - Reach 14a Environment Agency
• Environmental Stewardship at Castle and Park Farms, Swanton Morley, Norfolk John Carrick