Proceedings

• Background to the project
• Lower (urban) catchment assessment
• Wetland options and project progress
• Upper (rural) catchment assessment
• Wetland options and project progress

Partnership project
• Tewkesbury Nature Reserve Group, Environment Agency, Natural England, Tewkesbury Borough Council, FWAG,    WWT Consulting, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust
• Funding from Environment Agency, Gloucestershire Green Urban Rivers Project

Drivers:
• Water Framework Directive – waterbody of moderate ecological status
Key aim:
• Identify how wetlands across the landscape can be created or restored to:
• Improve the ecological status of the river and floodplain
• Improve surface water quality entering the river
• Reduce surface water flooding
• Maximise ecosystem service benefits