Upper Kent Sediment Reduction
- Status:
- Completed
- Catchment:
- Kent
- Theme:
- Water Quality
- Partners:
- Kent Catchment Partnership, Natural England and South Cumbria Rivers Trust
Addressing a SSSI/SAC remedy to focus on sediment reduction and silt trapping. This will include the construction of sediment traps along known surface flow pathways, further establishment of riparian buffer strips and improvements to tracks.
Connected flood plains, buffer strip creation and tree planting. More work can be done in the Upper Kent to continue sediment reduction.