Deliver the Elterwater Restoration Project

Status:

In Progress

Catchment:

Windermere and Leven

Theme:

Evidence Innovation & Monitoring and Water Quality

Partners:

Environment Agency, South Cumbria Rivers Trust and United Utilities

Following the closure of a wastewater treatment plant on the inner basin of Elterwater a project was developed to address the high phosphorus levels which were retained in the inner basin. The project looked to reduce the retention rates of phosphorus in this basin by reconnecting Great Langdale Beck.

The physical works have been completed since January 2017. A monitoring programme is on-going until 2019 to assess the effects of this intervention.

More information can be found on SCRT’s website: https://scrt.co.uk/what-we-do/habitat-improvement/water-quality/