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Nicospan and Coir Rolls – Case Study

Case Study, Nicospan

As the Canal & River Trust’s sole UK’s dredging contractor, Land & Water Services were instructed to dredge and repair a 500 metre stretch of the Grand Union Canal along part of the Slough Arm which travels in a fairly straight line from the Cowley Peachey Junction into Slough terminating by Stoke Poges.

Terraqua supplied Nicospan for a vertical bank repair c/w all associated products including; P15 geotextile, FSC softwood posts, Galv steel tying wire & staples.

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Bank Protection Work on River Itchen at Winchester

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The River Itchen is a river in Hampshire noted as one of the world’s premier chalk streams for fly fishing, especially using dry fly. It is designated as a Site of Special Scientific interest (SSSI) and is noted for its high quality habitats, supporting a range of protected species including the endangered water vole, otter, brook lamprey and white-clawed crayfish.


Terraqua supplied a range of high quality products to enable a soft-bioengineered erosion system to be installed at the water’s edge. A key objective was to collect a constant supply of fine sediment and to establish vegetation, the bioengineering design detail was critical within this SSSI site.

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Canch Park Environmental Improvement Scheme

Case Study, Nicospan

As part of “The Canch Environmental Improvement Scheme” Land & Water Services were contracted to carry out dredging & environmental enhancement works on the river Ryton running through the Canch park for Bassetlaw district council.


The enhancement works included dredging 335 metres of river bed to a depth of 1.2M and removing 400m3 of silts, the instruction from the client was to retain and use all the dredged silts on site as part of a solution to provide new vegetated ledges, which run the full length down one side of the river bank.

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Monmouth & Brecon Canal Restoration

Case Study, Nicospan

As part of the contract British waterways instructed Land & Water Services to repair the badly eroding banks and use as much retained silts as possible.


“Nicospan” was the chosen as the product to install at the water’s edge, it provides a high-quality and economical erosion control system and is designed specifically for protecting vertical banks. Easily installed, Nicospan is especially useful where access to the bank is limited and is an ideal low cost bank protection system that allows the use of dredged silts as fill.

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