The document discusses the challenges facing the Bradford Beck, an urban stream in Bradford, England. It describes issues with water quality due to combined sewer overflows and other pollution sources. It also discusses challenges with the morphology and flooding. There are many stakeholders involved with differing interests. Delivering improvements will require addressing technical challenges, social challenges, securing funding, and ongoing monitoring.
This presentation was given at the Catchment Management Network meeting on February 24th 2017. The Catchment Management Network consists of the EPA, all of Ireland's Local Authorities, and other public bodies involved in looking after Ireland's catchments, sub-catchments and water bodies. For more information about this work see www.catchments.ie
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unique opportunity to revitalise the Lower Lea Valley,
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This presentation was given at the Catchment Management Network meeting on February 24th 2017. The Catchment Management Network consists of the EPA, all of Ireland's Local Authorities, and other public bodies involved in looking after Ireland's catchments, sub-catchments and water bodies. For more information about this work see www.catchments.ie
IGI grant applications made to finance alley improvements to improve stormwater runoff to 7+ alley’s across Berwyn. Submitted: December 2013. (Status: Known).
A river restoration project within an existing park. The scheme has created new river channels, backwaters, pools, riffles, and greatly improved habitats within the river corridor along with better access and educational benefits.
unique opportunity to revitalise the Lower Lea Valley,
transforming one of the most underdeveloped areas of London
The project is about harnessing this potential to create one of the largest new urban parks in Europe for 150 years.
In addition to world-class facilities for sports including athletics, cycling, hockey, swimming and tennis, there will be homes for a new community, and green spaces in and around the Olympic Park
The EPA Catchments Unit held its 2018 annual Catchment Management Network Meeting on 14 November. All our local authorities and many other public bodies are invited to this meeting to talk about how to protect and improve Ireland's waters.
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To be continued......
The EPA Catchments Unit held its 2018 annual Catchment Management Network Meeting on 14 November. All our local authorities and many other public bodies are invited to this meeting to talk about how to protect and improve Ireland's waters.
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The Denver Metro area is leading the way with innovative technology and resource recovery, especially nutrients. They are shifting the paradigm through resource recovery that takes the waste out of wastewater.
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On May 26, 2016, Michele Adams of Meliora Design and Tavis Dockwiller of Viridian Landscape Studio gave a presentation on green infrastructure during a workshop put together by New Jersey Future. The workshop was held for design professionals like engineers, landscape architects, and architects who design and/or review stormwater management systems in the Highlands of New Jersey.
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As an edited collection of research and development work from the two years studying my Masters of Architecture, this document was intended as an aid to the final studio portfolio. Although impossible to cover all development work, it summarises the main development stages of both the Urban Strategy and Building proposal with the aim to clarify decisions made and my inspirations and thought processes.
To be continued......
The EPA Catchments Unit held its 2018 annual Catchment Management Network Meeting on 14 November. All our local authorities and many other public bodies are invited to this meeting to talk about how to protect and improve Ireland's waters.
The EPA Catchments Unit held its 2018 annual Catchment Management Network Meeting on 14 November. All our local authorities and many other public bodies are invited to this meeting to talk about how to protect and improve Ireland's waters.
The Denver Metro area is leading the way with innovative technology and resource recovery, especially nutrients. They are shifting the paradigm through resource recovery that takes the waste out of wastewater.
On 17 and 18 June 2020 the EPA held its National Water Event as an online conference.
This year's theme was 'Restoring our waters'.
This years event was free to attend. It was the EPA's largest water event ever, with over 1250 attending.
To everyone who joined us: thanks for attending; thanks for your probing questions; thanks for your passion; thanks for caring about our waters. We can achieve more working together.
Special thanks to all our presenters and the team who worked behind the scenes to make sure this years conference happened.
For science and stories about water quality in Ireland, check out www.catchments.ie
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Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
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1. The challenges of the catchment-based approach
The Bradford Beck - an urban stream
David Lerner
ART and Catchment Science Centre
Michael Canning
ART
2. What do we want from urban
rivers?
Economy Society Environment
No floods! Access Biodiversity
Jobs Recreation Habitats
Property value Built environment Clean water
Investment Health Low carbon
Transport Community Ecological processes
3. The talk
• What is the Bradford Beck like?
• What are the issues?
• Does it deliver?
• What are the challenges?
4. Bradford Beck
• 225 000 River Aire
population
• 60 km2
• A typical urban Catchment
stream boundary
12. What are the issues?
• Water quality
• Morphology
• Flooding
• Ownership
13. Combined sewer overflows
CSO
• Despite spending £19M in
2000s:
– Reducing CSOs from 69
to 51
– Adding screens to 35
CSOs
– Installing 10 storage
units totalling 17000 m3
• Still water quality
problems
• Unknown number of
surface water outfalls
18. Flooding
• Major floods 1946,
1968, 1975 (3 died)
• Interceptor tunnel
1970s 1948: flood is said to have burst
• Not main river, so LA the culvert in Market Street
is lead for flooding
19. “Ownership”
• Very little housing in the
riparian area
• Under roads, or Institutions Public
• Industrial, commercial,
public sector riparian
ownership Riparian Friends of
owners …
• Stakeholder groups
20. Stakeholder groups
• Bradford MDC • Citizens
• Yorkshire Water • Non-water groups
• Environment Agency • Non- riparian businesses
Institutions Public
Riparian Friends of
owners …
• Industrial • Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
• Commercial • Friends of Chellow Dene
• Public sector • Friends of Northcliffe Park
• Public realm • etc
21. Does it deliver?
Economy Society Environment
No floods! Access Biodiversity
Jobs Recreation Habitats
Property value Built environment Clean water
Investment Health Low carbon
Transport Community Ecological processes
22. What are the technical
challenges?
• Prevent pollution • Restore the morphology
– CSOs – De-culvert
– Misconnections – De-weir
– Illicit discharges – Recreate flood plain
– Fly tipping – Increase low flows
• Reduce flood runoff • Provide habitats
– Retention and Detention – Bed forms and substrate
– Eastern bypass – Riparian and banks
– Wetlands
23. What are the social challenges?
• The scale of the problem
Eddie-lawler.co.uk
• No (recent) history of Beck
champions
– Although …
• Conflicting interests
Photo Simon Warner
• Money!
24. A non-water group: BORG
• The Odeon cinema
– One of the largest pre-war cinema
complexes
• 3000 seats
• Ballroom
• Restaurant
– Derelict since 1980s
– Restore or replace?
– The Bradford Odeon Rescue Group
• Passionate lobby group for restoration
• http://www.bradfordodeonrescuegroup.co.uk/
25. The Odeon cinema
Telegraph & Argus
• Sits over the
Bradford Beck
• Two lobby
groups with
different desires
26. Riparian owners
• Can we persuade them:
– To give space back to the Beck
– To stop polluting
28. A real opportunity:
Canal Road Corridor
• Major
redevelopment
area
• Mainly
industrial or
open space
• Joint venture
between BMDC
and major
landowner
• Currently
consulting on
master-plan
• Beck culverted
or in canyon
• Canal proposed
31. The plan to get a plan
• More information • Understand stakeholders’
– More water quality issues, perspectives,
sampling opportunities, desires:
– Invertebrate sampling – Yorkshire Water
– Understanding runoff and – Bradford Council
flooding – Riparian occupiers
– Clean water in sewers – Public, including
– Catchment walking: environmental and
• Surface water drainage community groups
• Mapping misconnections
• etc
32. Delivering a plan
• Money • Vision
• Regulatory and planning
powers • Pressure
• Capability • Monitoring
• Economic drivers
Institutions Public
Riparian Friends of
owners …
• Behaviour changes • Vision
• Ownership and pride • Pressure
• Misconnection rectification
• Monitoring
Editor's Notes
Audi garage, 2 Beckside, Canal Road, Bradford BD1 4RADemountable link between the two elements of the main structure to enable access to the Beck below
