Slope stabilization, erosion control, sediment control. Biotechnical soil stabilization conservation corps. Biotechnical slope protection emanated from the humid climes of western europe, where it has been employed for hundreds of years. Regional applications for biotechnical methods of streambank. A guide to the selection, construction, and installation of soil bioengineering and biotechnical slope protection against erosion and mass wasting, for professionals and students in geotechnical engineering, geology, soil science, forestry.
A guide to the selection, construction, and installation of soil bioengineering and biotechnical slope protection against erosion and mass wasting, for professionals and students in geotechnical engineering, geology, soil science, forestry, landscape architecture. Eroded sediment may be easily transported by stormwater. Terra erosion control is a canadian environmental service company established in 1996, formerly a build and design firm, now focusing on consulting and specializing in the field of biotechnical slope stabilization soil and ground bioengineering solutions to erosion and sediment control, riparian restoration, storm water outfall protection, mining and industrial. Importance of bioengineering slope stabilization, erosion. Develop a table of average lifecycle costs for design, construction, and maintenance of various bioengineering or biotechnical streambank stabilization methods. The vermont standards and specifications for erosion prevention and sediment control, adapted by.
What is biotechnical erosion control and stream bank stabilization. Biotechnical slope protection and erosion control donald h. Costeffective and sustainable road slope stabilization and erosion control presents information on costeffective and sustainable road slope stabilization techniques, with a focus on shallow or nearsurface slope stabilization and related erosion control methods used on lowvolume roads. The practical streambank bioengineering guide users guide for natural streambank stabilization techniques in the arid and semiarid great basin and intermountain west. Hydroseeding using fescue and wildflower mixes are commonly applied to graded slopes for erosion control. Biotechnical slope protection and erosion control enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app.
More importantly, the bioengineering approaches were adopted in project not as an alternative to civil engineering measures. As gray and leiser 1982 state, both biological and mechanical elements must function together in an integrated and complementary manner. Submerged burlap strips aided rehabilitation of disturbed semiarid sites in colorado and new mexico. What is biotechnical erosion control and stream bank. Background classroombased erosion control training sessions have been presented by ait over the past several years, subsequent to the introduction of the departments design guidelines for erosion and sediment control for highways and the associated field manual, which were issued in 2003. Soil bioengineering, or biotechnical slope protection, has been defined. Investigating the applicability of biotechnical streambank.
A practical guide for erosion control wileyinterscience. Biotechnical slope protection and erosion control book, 1982. This document is available to the public through ntis. They can be affixed to the slope using wood stakes shown here or live stakes, willow shoots usually, in creek bank settings. It is expected that the civil engineer designing the roads and storm drains will also be responsible for and temporary channel design. Bioengineering for hillslope, streambank, and lakeshore. Biotechnical engineering combines the use of plant materials and structural elements to achieve the same goal.
Download pdf rock for erosion control free online new. Biotechnical streambank stabilization traditional streambank stabilization channelization alters. Biotechnical and soil bioengineering slope stabilization. Standards for soil erosion and sediment control in new jersey may 2012 251 standard for slope protection structures definition structures to safely conduct surface runoff from the top of a slope to the bottom of the slope. Plants and structures can be used together in attractive, environmentally compatible and costeffective ways to stabilize and support earth slopes and to control control subject category. They are preferable to traditional structures because they are costeffective, attractive, and much better for the environment.
Erosion control blankets andor mats are generic terms given to fabrics or geotextiles that are placed in direct contact with the soil for temporary erosion control. Purpose the purpose of this practice is to convey storm runoff safely down existing slopes and cut and fill slopes to. This document is available to the public through the national technical information. Identify bioengineering or biotechnical streambank stabilization technologies with the potential to lower the lifecycle costs of meeting erosion control objectives in texas. Live plants and other natural materials have been used for centuries to control erosion on slopes and along river and stream banks throughout the world.
Pdf biotechnical slope protection and erosion control semantic. Old methods with rocks and plants, structures of timber have been used over the past centuries. Lavishlyillustrated with more than 150 photographs and. Lavishlyillustrated with more than 150 photographs and supplemented withscores of charts and. Elements of biotechnical protection biotechnical slope protection systems consist of both structuralmechanical and vegetative elements working together in a complementary or integrated manner. The use of bioengineering methods for soil erosion protection and slope stabilization. Slope stabilization, erosion control, sediment control, soil. Biotechnology for slope protection and erosion control.
This book combines the principles of engineering and horticulture to solve the common and destructive problems of surficial and mass erosion of slopes. A guide for protection of state waters through the use of best management practices during land disturbing activities. Introduction soil erosion and massmovement role of vegetation in the stability and protection of slopes principles of biotechnical slope protection structuralmechanical components of biotechnical slope protection vegetative components and requirements quasi. National technical information service 5285 port royal road springfield, virginia 22161 19. The first comprehensive, practical guide to the selection, construction, and installation of soil bioengineering and biotechnical slope protection here is the ultimate guide to physically attractive, environmentally compatible, and costeffective methods of protecting slopes from erosion and mass wasting.
Design of slope protection systems and maintenance procedures. Download rock for erosion control ebook pdf or read online books. Erosion control slope stabilization on slopes that are being eroded away, slowing down of surface water is needed. Price environmental specialist division of water pollution control and robert karesh formerly environmental specialist division of water pollution control.
Bioengineering techniques for soil erosion protection and slope. Biotechnology for slope protection and erosion control sd denr. A handbook, based mainly on experience in the usa, describing the principles and practice of an approach to soil erosion and slope movement control in which structural engineering is combined with the planting of appropriate species. The first comprehensive, practical guide to the selection,construction, and installation of soil bioengineering andbiotechnical slope protection here is the ultimate guide to physically attractive,environmentally compatible, and costeffective methods ofprotecting slopes from erosion and mass wasting. The vermont standards and specifications for erosion. Costeffective and sustainable road slope stabilization. Biotechnical erosion control and stream bank stabilization projects use live native vegetation, or a combination of vegetative and structural materials a hybrid solution, to protect stream banks and reduce the input of fine sediment to the watercourse in three ways. Trbs national cooperative highway research program nchrp synthesis 430. Biotechnical streambank stabilization, bioengineering streambank stabilization, stream erosion, erosion control, slope failure, slope stability 18. Chapter 18 soil bioengineering for upland slope protection. The use of plants for soil erosion protection and slope stabilization has a long tradition. A soils engineer should participate if earth is involved and.
Biotechnical slope protection and erosion control book. Biotechnical engineering methods have become part of geotechnical and. Erosion control facilities form part of the drainage system in a project. A labo ratory testing process was developed that simulates the typical slope erosion environment. By using well established biotechnical slope protection principles in conjunction with improved erosion control products, erosion control and slope surface stability can be significantly enhanced. Soil bioengineering, slope stabilization, erosion, erosion control, landslides, native plants, cribwall, fascine, branchpacking, brush layering, cordon, live cribwall, live gully repair, live staking, willow wall, biosolids, costbenefit no restrictions. The use of bioengineering in nepal has been developed since its introduction in the dharandhankuta road project in the mid1980s for the protection of roadside cuts slope. Live, cut brushlayers can be used in lieu of or in conjunction with synthetic fabrics or polymeric. Pdf bioengineering techniques for soil erosion protection and. Biotechnical slope stabilization and soil bioengineering are techniques that use plants to stabilize slopes and prevent soil erosion. Streambank soil bioengineering approach to erosion control. Biostructural erosion control and slope stabilization includes the measures known as soil bioengineering and biotechnical slope protection. Recently these old soil conservation and stabilization techniques have been rediscovered and improved.
The more cover soil has, the more protected it is from the attacking forces of rainfall and runoff. To accomplish this installation of devices meant to slow down the water is needed. Erosion control blankets and or mats are generic terms given to fabrics or geotextiles that are placed in direct contact with the soil for temporary erosion control. For erosion and sediment control introduction biotechnical slope protection is the specialized use of woody plant materials to stabilize soil. Soil bioengineering, in the context of upland slope protection and erosion reduction, combines mechanical, biological, and ecological concepts to arrest and prevent shallow slope failures and erosion. The use of plants for soil erosion protection and slope stabilization has. Design of slope protection systems and maintenance. This approach can be viewed and understood best by placing it in a spectrum of different approaches to slope protection and erosion control as shown in. This view shows a fill embankment above berkeley in 1934, before it was planted. Bioengineering techniques for soil erosion protection and. The authors provide information on the effective use of natural, indigenous materials. Designing and installing streambank stabilization practices. As noted in section 1, one of the factors that affects erosion is vegetative cover.