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Partnership actions tagged by Local Community

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To have communities that enjoy, engage with and protect the river

Ensure stakeholders are aware and can contribute to the catchment improvement process

	Sub catchment	Status
Deliver annual surveying events with partner organisations	Cray and Shuttle	Active	View

Ensure the river is well-valued and understood by the local community

	Sub catchment	Status
Develop a citizen science project with the local community to provide intelligence on river issues.	Darent	Proposed	View
Offer events and provide educational content on rivers to local people to increase their engagement with their local river and improve their awareness of the most important issues facing water management and the River Medway: www.formedway.org	Upper Medway	Active	View

Increase enjoyment and use of the river

	Sub catchment	Status
Recruit River Guardians/River Search volunteers to report/help clear litter and debris from the River Eden.	Eden	Planned

To develop sustainable water management within the catchment

Develop an Ecosystems services model for improved aquifer recharge

	Sub catchment	Status
Investigate options for improved aquifer recharge	Darent	Proposed	View

Reduce the impact of flooding

	Sub catchment	Status
Natural flood management at Capel to reduce flood risk at Capel and further downstream.	Middle Medway	Active	View

To restore the river to a more naturally functioning watercourse

Enhance river hydromorphology and biodiversity

	Sub catchment	Status
Investigate reasons for and options for removal of concrete amourment of channel below the M26 bridge	Darent	Proposed	View
Restoration of the River Darent through Central Park by weir removal, channel narrowing to recreate chalk stream habitats.	Darent	Active	View

To improve water quality

Improve awareness and understanding of water quality

	Sub catchment	Status
Raise awareness of point source pollution from domestic and small scale sources	Middle Medway	Proposed

Tackling Diffuse Pollution

	Sub catchment	Status
Deliver silt trap and wetland treatment train in Dobb's Field to address sediment and nutrient loading of pond from upstream catchment, following South East Rivers Trust investigation and outline design report, to address the 'un-favourable' - no change state of this SSSI.	Eden	Active	View

Promoting strategies to tackle diffuse pollution through community engagement and practical projects

	Sub catchment	Status
Preventing Plastics Pollution (PPP) project aims to quantify plastic pollution, test methods for reducing plastic pollution and use lessons learnt to enable transformational change.	Lower Medway	Planned	View