Improve continuity of sediment transport

Improve continuity of sediment transport

Category 02. Sediment flow quantity improvement

General description

This measure is described as an alternative for the very similar measure to manage dams for sediment flow in the respective fact sheet Manage dams for sediment flow.

Pressures that can be addressed by this measure

• Reservoir flushing
• Sediment discharge from dredging
• Colinear connected reservoir
• Sand and gravel extraction
• Artificial barriers upstream from the site
• Artificial barriers downstream from the site
• Impoundment
• Sedimentation and sediment input

Case studies where this measure has been applied

• Inchewan Burn Bed Restoration
• Sella
• Narew river restoration project