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 Sort descending | Title |
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Agriculture | A01 | Meadows and pastures |
Agriculture | A02 | Buffer strips and hedges |
Agriculture | A03 | Crop rotation |
Agriculture | A04 | Strip cropping along contours |
Agriculture | A05 | Intercropping |
Agriculture | A06 | No till agriculture |
Agriculture | A07 | Low till agriculture |
Agriculture | A08 | Green cover |
Agriculture | A09 | Early sowing |
Agriculture | A10 | Traditional terracing |
Agriculture | A11 | Controlled traffic farming |
Agriculture | A12 | Reduced stocking density |
Agriculture | A13 | Mulching |
Agriculture | A14 | Controlled Drainage |
Sector | Id Sort descending | Title |
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Forest | F01 | Forest riparian buffers |
Forest | F02 | Maintenance of forest cover in headwater areas |
Forest | F03 | Afforestation of reservoir catchments |
Forest | F04 | Targeted planting for 'catching' precipitation |
Forest | F05 | Land use conversion |
Forest | F06 | Continuous cover forestry |
Forest | F07 | 'Water sensitive' driving |
Forest | F08 | Appropriate design of roads and stream crossings |
Forest | F09 | Sediment capture ponds |
Forest | F10 | Coarse woody debris |
Forest | F11 | Urban forest parks |
Forest | F12 | Trees in Urban areas |
Forest | F13 | Peak flow control structures |
Forest | F14 | Overland flow areas in peatland forests |
Sector | Id Sort descending | Title |
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Hydro Morphology | N01 | Basins and ponds |
Hydro Morphology | N02 | Wetland restoration and management |
Hydro Morphology | N03 | Floodplain restoration and management |
Hydro Morphology | N04 | Re-meandering |
Hydro Morphology | N05 | Stream bed re-naturalization |
Hydro Morphology | N06 | Restoration and reconnection of seasonal streams |
Hydro Morphology | N07 | Reconnection of oxbow lakes and similar features |
Hydro Morphology | N08 | Riverbed material renaturalization |
Hydro Morphology | N09 | Removal of dams and other longitudinal barriers |
Hydro Morphology | N10 | Natural bank stabilisation |
Hydro Morphology | N11 | Elimination of riverbank protection |
Hydro Morphology | N12 | Lake restoration |
Hydro Morphology | N13 | Restoration of natural infiltration to groundwater |
Hydro Morphology | N14 | Re-naturalisation of polder areas |
Sector | Id Sort descending | Title |
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Urban | U01 | Green Roofs |
Urban | U02 | Rainwater Harvesting |
Urban | U03 | Permeable surfaces |
Urban | U04 | Swales |
Urban | U05 | Channels and rills |
Urban | U06 | Filter Strips |
Urban | U07 | Soakaways |
Urban | U08 | Infiltration Trenches |
Urban | U09 | Rain Gardens |
Urban | U10 | Detention Basins |
Urban | U11 | Retention Ponds |
Urban | U12 | Infiltration basins |