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Meadows and pastures

Buffer strips and hedges

Green cover

Early sowing

Basins and ponds

Wetland restoration and management

Floodplain restoration and management

Re-meandering

Stream bed re-naturalization

Restoration of natural infiltration to groundwater

Soakaways

Infiltration Trenches

Rain Gardens

Infiltration basins

Maintenance of forest cover in headwater areas

Afforestation of reservoir catchments

Targeted planting for 'catching' precipitation

Land use conversion

Continuous cover forestry

'Water sensitive' driving

Trees in Urban areas

Peak flow control structures

Mulching

Re-naturalisation of polder areas

Overland flow areas in peatland forests