Anglian Water has awarded an AMP7 contract for river restoration works worth an estimated £7,204,000.
The work covers the design and build of river improvement schemes needed to mitigate the impact of river abstraction on river habitats.
The programme of habitat improvement work has been agreed with the EA and identifies several rivers where the water company’s public water supply abstraction is contributing to the rivers failing the Water Framework Directive (WFD) flow targets.
River restoration will be used to mitigate the impact - the schemes form part of Anglian Water’s WINEP (Water Industry National Environment Programme) obligations for AMP 7.
The main elements of the works programme include:
- Design - Detailed design of river restoration measures for the respective sites identified. Submission of designs to the EA for approval.
- Enabling - Obtain landowner permissions and permits for the implementation of the work.
- Consultation - Consultation with local NGO's and/or local trusts which will be identified as having a key interest in the design and implementation of the river restoration scheme.
- Supply - Supply of plant and materials used for the implementation of the river restoration scheme - woody debris, gravel, etc.
- Installation - Implementation of the river restoration work to the agreed design.
- Maintenance - Monitoring and maintenance of the completed works to a timescale and requirement as agreed with key stakeholders (e.g. Environment Agency).
The framework has been awarded to 4 primary suppliers - Jackson Civil Engineering Group, Binnies UK Ltd, Five Rivers Environmental Contracting and Stonbury Ltd. All the primary suppliers are acting as a secondary back-up with Stonbury as an additional for delivery only.
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