SlowFlow

We are all having to adapt to climate change. Longer periods of rain or drought, intense rainfall events and threat of flooding are becoming part of our daily lives. We aim to encourage resilience in the Dyfi Catchment through actions which include slowing the flow of water from surrounding hills into the river.

We are working with specialists to model how we could help plan these actions in the Catchment and with a number of Universities to develop effective monitoring that will help us reduce tributary flows and their impacts on the protected species and landscapes around us.

A series of woody debris installations across Natural Resources Wales forestry and also agricultural areas will be established. These will allow for fish passage but will deflect some water to land, to be absorbed and create a lag to even out flow in heavy rainfall events. The wetting of land will also create new habitat for amphibians, insects and small mammals.