Newcastle University

What is the CRF project?

Haltwhistle Burn: a 'total catchment' approach is a partnership project led by Tyne Rivers Trust (TRT) which is using the Catchment Restoration Funds (CRF)* to improve the whole catchment. Although the catchment is failing the Water Framework Directive (WFD) criteria ('poor' ecological status), this rural catchment is under multiple pressures.

How does the CRF project link to the Haltwhistle Burn project?

The CRF project has a number of catchment-based issues to manage. Important areas include controlling diffuse nutrient pollution, erosion and deposition of sediment as well as flood risk. Newcastle University will therefore work closely with TRT and all relevant stakeholders in order to characterise the catchment, collect historical information as well as establish and install 'natural runoff management' features. Such features have been established and tested in a number of demonstration catchments by Newcastle University and have also been recognised by the Environment Agency and Defra.

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(*CRF Project 036)