6. Weirs at Shepperton

Aim: Manage flow

Water body: River Ash

Project description

Removal of weirs to improve fish passage and enhance upstream channel

Part of ColnCAN's Weir today:gone tomorrow programme, this project was managed by Spelthorne Borough Council & the Environment Agency and was completed in August 2016. The work included Weir notching, installation of a new control structure on an inlet to an inline lake and habitat restoration along a 600m section of the river.  The weir notching reduced the impounding effect on the reach upstream, improved fish passage for all species and enabled a natural river characteristics to be restored.

If you would like to find out more about this great project and what it has acheived, Five Rivers Environmental Contracting who carried out the work have published a case study on their website.

Project lead: Environment Agency

Project partners: Spelthorne Borough Council

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Project start: May 2016

Project end: Aug 2016

Funding source: , Spelthorne Borough Council , Catchment Partnership Action Fund