Case Study
River Pinn Enhancement
River Pinn Enhancement KEY DETAILS PROJECT NAME : River Pinn Enhancement CLIENT : Murphy Pipelines LOCATION : Ickenham PROJECT CATEGORY : Habitat Creation, Lowland River Salix designed and constructed a stream enhancement project at a gas pipeline river crossing as ecological mitigation to a degraded reach of stream as part of a major pipeline project. Salix were asked by Main Contractor Murphy Pipelines to assess a degraded reach of the River Pinn near Ickenham with the goal of enhancing the reach. The channel had been modified previously and was characterised by slow water flow, over deep and ponded with a silty bed and steep banks covered in nettles. Salix designed and constructed a 40 metre enhanced channel and imported flint reject sto