1. General information
2. Objectives of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
The objective of the flood prevention scheme were,
1. to provide a higher level of protection to homes and businesses that are at risk of severe flooding events.
2. to manage the river to minimise flood risk and reduce the impact of flooding whilst mimicking natural flow variations.
3. to conserve and enhance the river, its heritage and protect the wildlife including, flood prevention, enhancing the river, heritage protection and conserving wildlife
4. to improve water quality.
5. to improve riparian morphology to meet Water Framework Directive good ecological potential in the water bodies within the catchment. (ref 1, 2, 3).
1. to provide a higher level of protection to homes and businesses that are at risk of severe flooding events.
2. to manage the river to minimise flood risk and reduce the impact of flooding whilst mimicking natural flow variations.
3. to conserve and enhance the river, its heritage and protect the wildlife including, flood prevention, enhancing the river, heritage protection and conserving wildlife
4. to improve water quality.
5. to improve riparian morphology to meet Water Framework Directive good ecological potential in the water bodies within the catchment. (ref 1, 2, 3).
Quantitative targets
1. construction of flood defences over approximately 1.2 km along the Water of Leith at Murrayfield.
2. The Trust works with volunteers and community groups to deliver around 100 river clean-ups and habitat improvement tasks annually (ref 1, 3)
2. The Trust works with volunteers and community groups to deliver around 100 river clean-ups and habitat improvement tasks annually (ref 1, 3)
Monitoring indicators defined
Area of flood defence measures, times of river clean-ups by volunteers and community groups annually ( ref 3)
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Climate change adaptation: What were the goals of the NBS?
Climate change adaptation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
What types of restoration goals are / were defined for the NBS intervention?
What activities are implemented to realize the restoration goals and targets?
Implementation activities
The Flood Prevention Scheme Phase 1 and 2 are complete. It consists of the construction of flood defences over approximately 1.2 km along the Water of Leith at Murrayfield. Works included top-of-bank, reinforced concrete piled retaining walls which incorporate embedded steel sheet pile foundations that further reduce flood risk by controlling seepage during long duration storm events. As well as, enhancement of the river flow regime through the demolition of 4 bridges across the river and their replacement with two new road bridges and provision of an overflow channel to provide additional storage capacity. A two-stage channel and berm has been created. The Trust promotes education and recreation through the Visitor Centre, and works with volunteers and community groups to deliver around 100 river clean-ups and habitat improvement tasks annually. Community groups and local businesses are involved in many projects along the river including: River clean-ups, Invasive species removal, Path maintenance, Vegetation control, Removing log jams, Native wildflower planting, Creating education areas, Habitat creation projects (ref 1, 3, 5).
Type of NBS project
3. NBS domains, ES and scale
4. Governance and financing
5. Innovation
Type of innovation
Please specify technological innovation
The flood defence works include creation of structural walls and earth embankments and demolition and removal of four bridges. The flood defence works have acted as a catalyst for action to eradicate invasive species in some areas along the river. (reference 1)
Novelty level of the innovation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
Unknown
Replicability/Transferability
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
