The potential environmental impact on the River Frome and its flood plain network from discharges of groundwater resulting from soil dewatering on the Winfrith site

• Main Authors: Hilton, John, Bass, Jon, Rameshwaran, Ponnambalam
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Centre for Ecology and Hydrology 2007
• Subjects: Agriculture and Soil Science; Ecology and Environment; Hydrology; Leech; Salmo salar; Lutra lutra
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/1645/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/1645/1/0704036.pdf; http://www.nmw.ac.uk/cehstaff/Library/cr/C03220/0704036.pdf

Over the next few years decommissioning work at the UKAEA Winfrith site will require the water table around relevant work areas to be lowered by pumping groundwater from the underlying aquifer. The anticipated discharge for these works is 15 l/s, although occasionally flows may reach 30 l/s, and wil...