Results
The following topics are addressed within the report and the draft findings may be downloaded as pdfs:
Hydrological setting and water control - Chapter 3
- Water balance
- Groundwater – surface water interaction
- Quarry lakes
- Recharge and evapotranspiration
- Climate change
- Surface water flows
- The unsaturated zone and the capillary fringe
- Groundwater flow
- Water quality and composition
- Water level control
- Potential impacts and mitigation measures
- Monitoring
- Uncertainty of final water levels
- Influences on water level fluctuation
- Engineering out the uncertainty
- Comparison of site water balances
- Water in storage
- Areas of open water
- Variability in seasonal inundation
- Shoreline length
Engineering design and opportunities - Chapter 4
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Silt lagoons
- Bunds, dams and slopes
- Drainage and ditches
- Low permeability materials and cut-off walls
- Recharge features
- Pumps
- Landfill by hydraulic containment
- Availability of fill material
- Hydrogeological constraints
- Mineral sterilisation
- Land/water margin restoration and bank stabilisation techniques
- Potential operations to diversify edge treatments to maximise mineral reserves
- Peat
Ecology and habitat creation potential - Chapter 5
- Ecological interest of mineral workings
- Eco-hydrological requirements of habitat creation
- Target habitats
Water supply, treatment and flood alleviation - Chapter 6
- Flood alleviation
- Water treatment
- Run-off management and SUDs
- Silt settlement lagoons
- Water supply
- Watercourse management/supplement
Fishery/aquaculture - Chapter 7
- Fish culture
- Feed
- Species selection for intensive aquaculture
- Stocking
- Harvesting
- Outdoor cage or net pen culture
- Aquaculture effluent management
- Water quality
- Water supply
- Pond configuration
- Sustainable aquaculture
- Ecological aquaculture and fisheries management
- Species selection
- Harvesting
Sustainable energy production and emission reduction - Chapter 8
- Biofuels
- CO2 Emissions
- Opportunities for sustainable water-based energy supply through quarry restoration
- The eco-park
Amenity and development - Chapter 9
- Amenity sailing/ fishing/ diving/ marina development
- Lakeshore built development
- Cotswold Water Park
Discussion and guidance - Chapter 10
- Strategic overview
- Stakeholder requirements
- Coservation vs other end uses
- Restoration size
- Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
- Income and costs associated with habitat creation
- Water management plan
- Schematic design guidance
Sustainable rural regeneration
Floating wetlands (text & figures)
Floating wetlands (figures only)