Nenthall, Nenthead, West Allen Checkweirs - Long Term Sediment Monitoring

The Coal Authority invites you to tender for the Water and Abandoned Metal Mines (WAMM) programme in partnership with the Environment Agency and Defra, the Coal Authority are looking at ways of monitoring and reducing sediment from historic mining, which is rich in lead, cadmium and zinc, from polluting the water courses which is causing them to fail Environmental Quality Standards (EQS). Captured sediment is retained behind in river structures such as checkweirs, with the aim of reducing downstream river pollution...