NWRM cover a wide range of actions and land use types. Many different measures can act as NWRM, by encouraging the retention of water within a catchment and, through that, enhancing the natural functioning of the catchment. The catalogue of measures hereunder is sorted by sector. It has been developed in the NWRM project, represents a comprehensive but non prescriptive wide range of measures, and you may have other measures, or similar measures that you call by a different name, that could also be classified as NWRM. When implementing one or more of these measures, it is always necessary to check they can qualify as NWRM according the definition. You can also access the illustrated catalogue in pdf) that includes solely the definition and some illustrations for each NWRM: All NWRM Illustrated.
Sector | Id | Title Sort descending |
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Forest | F03 | Afforestation of reservoir catchments |
Forest | F08 | Appropriate design of roads and stream crossings |
Forest | F10 | Coarse woody debris |
Forest | F06 | Continuous cover forestry |
Forest | F01 | Forest riparian buffers |
Forest | F05 | Land use conversion |
Forest | F02 | Maintenance of forest cover in headwater areas |
Forest | F14 | Overland flow areas in peatland forests |
Forest | F13 | Peak flow control structures |
Forest | F09 | Sediment capture ponds |
Forest | F04 | Targeted planting for 'catching' precipitation |
Forest | F12 | Trees in Urban areas |
Forest | F11 | Urban forest parks |
Forest | F07 | 'Water sensitive' driving |
Sector | Id | Title Sort descending |
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Hydro Morphology | N01 | Basins and ponds |
Hydro Morphology | N11 | Elimination of riverbank protection |
Hydro Morphology | N03 | Floodplain restoration and management |
Hydro Morphology | N12 | Lake restoration |
Hydro Morphology | N10 | Natural bank stabilisation |
Hydro Morphology | N07 | Reconnection of oxbow lakes and similar features |
Hydro Morphology | N04 | Re-meandering |
Hydro Morphology | N09 | Removal of dams and other longitudinal barriers |
Hydro Morphology | N14 | Re-naturalisation of polder areas |
Hydro Morphology | N06 | Restoration and reconnection of seasonal streams |
Hydro Morphology | N13 | Restoration of natural infiltration to groundwater |
Hydro Morphology | N08 | Riverbed material renaturalization |
Hydro Morphology | N05 | Stream bed re-naturalization |
Hydro Morphology | N02 | Wetland restoration and management |
Sector | Id | Title Sort descending |
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Agriculture | A02 | Buffer strips and hedges |
Agriculture | A14 | Controlled Drainage |
Agriculture | A11 | Controlled traffic farming |
Agriculture | A03 | Crop rotation |
Agriculture | A09 | Early sowing |
Agriculture | A08 | Green cover |
Agriculture | A05 | Intercropping |
Agriculture | A07 | Low till agriculture |
Agriculture | A01 | Meadows and pastures |
Agriculture | A13 | Mulching |
Agriculture | A06 | No till agriculture |
Agriculture | A12 | Reduced stocking density |
Agriculture | A04 | Strip cropping along contours |
Agriculture | A10 | Traditional terracing |
Sector | Id | Title Sort descending |
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Urban | U05 | Channels and rills |
Urban | U10 | Detention Basins |
Urban | U06 | Filter Strips |
Urban | U01 | Green Roofs |
Urban | U12 | Infiltration basins |
Urban | U08 | Infiltration Trenches |
Urban | U03 | Permeable surfaces |
Urban | U09 | Rain Gardens |
Urban | U02 | Rainwater Harvesting |
Urban | U11 | Retention Ponds |
Urban | U07 | Soakaways |
Urban | U04 | Swales |