the River Restoration Centre Case Study Series This site was last visited by RRC staff in 2005 Tel/fax: 01234 752979 Email: rrc@therrc.co.uk http://www.therrc.co.uk River Rhee, Cambridgeshire Techniques: Narrowing, re-profiling, backwater creation Project location: Wendy River: Rhee County: Cambridgeshire Project start date: 2001 Project end date: 2002 Length: 2000m Cost: £15,000 Upstream grid reference: TL 321 477 Site background The River Rhee, an upper reach of the River Cam, is an excellent example of a degraded lowland agricultural river. A base fed brook, once containing a good population of wild brown trout, it is now lost in its channel and suffering severe sil

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