The Estuary Guide is Revised – www.estuary-guide.net

ABPmer have completed a review and update of the contents of the Estuary Guide. The Estuary Guide aims to provide an online management tool which outlines how to identify and predict morphological change within estuaries, as a basis for sound management. It is not yet possible and, indeed, may never be possible to make absolute predictions. Rather, it is necessary to identify probable/possible outcomes, as a basis for guiding management actions.

The online Guide is:

• An interactive document supported by a series of searchable tools;
• An overview of best practice in the field;
• Based on a collation of industry experience and ongoing research;
• A vehicle for collation and dissemination of the current outputs of the Estuaries Research Programme (funded by Defra and the Environment Agency since 1998) and other ongoing R&D.

Although much of the Guide is generic, the content has been prepared drawing primarily on experience and R&D within the UK.

Various user profiles enable the browser to source relevant information to their sector/responsibility, query an online Estuaries database and download software created as part of the Estuaries Research Programme.

This Guide has been developed through the joint DEFRA/EA Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management R&D programme in association with HR Wallingford.

Web address: http://www.estuary-guide.net

Enquiries:
Alun Williams, ABPmer
Tel: 02380711840