Jacob Dew - FiveRivers Environmental Contracting Ltd
Expertise:
Consultant
Activities:
ECI & Feasibilities
Design – outline and detailed
River Restoration
Nutrient Neutrality - design and construction
Monitoring – aquatic ecology, water quality, hydrometry & telemetry, fish rescue, removes and surveys
Projects:
Stadhampton Mill Bypass Channel (Completed: April 2023)
Working with the River Thame Conservation Trust, FiveRivers designed a 120m engineered bypass channel on the Chalgrove River to allow for fish passage. We used energy dissipation calculations to ensure our designs worked for fish passage.
Durleigh Wetlands (Completed: January 2020)
FiveRivers were contracted by Wessex Water to design & build, two multi-benefit wetlands to improve the quality of water entering the drinking water reservoir, whilst significantly enhancing wildlife and biodiversity. The scheme involved excavating two wetlands on the same site. A naturalised wetland and an engineered wetland.
River Restoration on the Misbourne (Completed: November 2020)
The aim of this River Restoration project was the reconnection of the River Misbourne to its former paleo channel in the centre of the floodplain and restoration of the existing river channel for a total length of 1.14 km. The chalk stream is currently failing to meet Good Ecological Status (GES) under the Water Framework Directive (WFD). Affinity Water (AW) commissioned this project.
I have over 15-years’ experience across the private and charitable sectors delivering, designing, and planning environmental improvements in river and wetland environments across the UK. I offer a diverse range of technical skills and knowledge which is evidenced through significant experience in tendering, designing and contracting activities on multimillion pound contracts.
