This pioneer dredge scheme aimed to increase the conveyance of the River Parrett through dredging a 2.2km stretch Oath to Burrowbridge.  The dredging works increased capacity by 20% with the removal of some 21,500m3 of silt.

Taking place in a high-status ecological area (SSSI, Ramsar and SPA), careful measures were taken to ensure protection of both ecology and water quality including: the installation of specialist hydrology survey equipment, ecology surveys and mapping of water voles with the relocation of the ‘reedy fringe’ that was home to a rare and protected species including the 'hairy click beetle'.

Close liasion with landowners proved invaluable to the success of the project completed successfully November 2019 with additional works carried out in Summer 2020.