The Uck Adaptation Project has a five-year focus to improve the overall condition of the River Uck. This area contains eight waterbodies including all of those classified as “Bad” under the Water Framework Directive. The core objectives of the project are to:
Create a water environment more resilient to the impacts of climate change
Work with natural processes to reduce the risk of flooding to property and infrastructure
Improve the river and floodplain environment through increased connectivity of the river corridor, seeking to remove barriers to movement in the channel and across the wider landscape, ensuring that nature recovery underpins our approach.
Reduce the impact of Invasive Non-Native Species across the catchment and monitor the boundary to prevent colonisation of new species.
Deliver tangible improvements to water quality through enhanced land management techniques, the creation of constructed wetlands, and delivery of urban wetlands to reduce the impact of urban runoff.
Working With Natural Processes
Working with natural processes is based on the principle of working with the river system and its floodplains to slow and store water, enhance soil quality and improve water quality, in a more natural way. This can provide multiple benefits to landowners, farmers, communities, and wildlife. We will be taking a strategic approach, based on the outputs of computer modelling and hydrological monitoring, to ensure the right intervention in the right place.
