Kennet Catchment Plan has been informed by previous research and strategies – some of the relevant background papers are available below:
The Kennet Catchment has been the focus of considerable research, and this list is a snapshot of just some.
Land use change
River water quality
- Water Quality 2007
- Eutrophication Modelling and Phosphate Management
- Newbury Urban Diffuse Study Report 2010
- CEH White paper – Point and Diffuse Pollution
- Impacts of phosphate stripping at Marlborough 2011
- APEM River walk surveys 2012
- Modelling Nitrogen in the Kennet 2002
- Kennet Adaptation Measures 2005
Kennet and Avon Canal and River Kennet interaction
- Atkins: AMP5 Water Quality Investigations: Kennet & Avon Canal Phosphorus Study [Atkins on behalf of Thames Water 2010-15]
- Canal Options Summary [Environment Agency 2006]
- Environmental Planning & Assessment Ltd. Report on Canal Problems 2007
- Copse Lock Channel Separation Options Assessment 2009 [Vaughan Lewis on behalf of the Environment Agency 2009]
- Copse Lock Feasibility Final 2011 [Atkins on behalf of Environment Agency 2011]
- Issue 1 – Interaction with Kennet and Avon canal [ARK 2012 as part of Kennet Catchment Management Plan]
Fish data for the Kennet
- Kennet Fish Data
- Kennet Fisheries Report 2004
- Kennet Fisheries Report 2005
- Kennet Fisheries Report 2006
- River Kennet and Og Fishery Survey 2009
Habitat restoration
- A narrative for conserving freshwater and wetland habitats in England, Natural England, 2018. NERR064_edition_1 (1)
- Heavily Modified Waters in Europe – Case Study on the River Kennet
- Whole River Restoration Plan for the Kennet and Lambourn SSSI [Environment Agency 2011]
Climate change and the Kennet
Impacts of abstraction
Lambourn
- River Kennet and Lambourn SSSI Diffuse Water Pollution Plan
- ESP 259 NE – River Lambourn SAC SSSI – Catchment Risk Assessment – FINAL MAY 2017