Bioengineering Case Studies: Sustainable Stream Bank and Slope Stabilization PDF
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Wendi Goldsmith Donald Gray John McCullah Bioengineering Case Studies Sustainable Stream Bank and Slope Stabilization Bioengineering Case Studies Wendi Goldsmith • Donald Gray • John McCullah Bioengineering Case Studies Sustainable Stream Bank and Slope Stabilization Wendi Goldsmith Donald Gray Bioengineering Group Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Salem, MA, USA The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI, USA John McCullah Salix Applied Earthcare Redding, CA, USA ISBN 978-1-4614-7995-6 ISBN978-1-4614-7 996-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-7996-3 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013949146 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 This work is subject to copyright. 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Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) Contents Preface .............................................................................................................................................................................. xv About the Authors.......................................................................................................................................................... xvii Introduction . ....................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Great Lakes Area . ............................................................................................................................................................. 7 Project #1: Fleming Creek ................................................................................................................................................ 9 Project #2: Gateway Garden .......................................................................................................................................... 15 Project #3: School Girl’s Glen . ....................................................................................................................................... 21 Project #4: River Landing ............................................................................................................................................... 27 Project #5: Nichols Drive ................................................................................................................................................ 33 Project #6: Harvard Road . .............................................................................................................................................. 39 Project #7: Malletts Creek .............................................................................................................................................. 43 Project #8: Toboggan Hill ............................................................................................................................................... 51 Project #9: Argo Cascades .............................................................................................................................................. 55 Western USA ..................................................................................................................................................................... 61 Project #10: Asaayi Lake ................................................................................................................................................ 63 Project #11: Hollywood Hills .......................................................................................................................................... 69 Project #12: Geyserville . .................................................................................................................................................. 75 Project #13: Buckhorn Mountain . .................................................................................................................................. 83 Project #14: Buckhorn Summit . ..................................................................................................................................... 91 Project #15: Stafford ....................................................................................................................................................... 99 Project #16: Pacifica ...................................................................................................................................................... 105 Project #17: Branciforte Creek .................................................................................................................................... 111 Project #18: San Vicente Creek . ................................................................................................................................... 117 Project #19: Opal Cliffs . ................................................................................................................................................ 123 Project #20: Lower Sulfur Creek ................................................................................................................................. 129 Project #21: Secret Canyon . .......................................................................................................................................... 137 Eastern USA .................................................................................................................................................................... 143 Project #22: Greenfield Road ....................................................................................................................................... 145 Project #23: Buffalo Bayou ........................................................................................................................................... 151 Project #24: Little Topashaw ........................................................................................................................................ 157 Project #25: New Concord ............................................................................................................................................ 163 v vi Contents Project #26: Water Purification Facility and Park .................................................................................................... 169 Project #27: Walden Pond ............................................................................................................................................ 175 Project #28: Hearthstone Quarry Brook . .................................................................................................................... 179 Project #29: Mill Creek Center Hill Landfill . ............................................................................................................. 185 Project #30: Charles River Watertown Arsenal . ........................................................................................................ 189 Project #31: Connecticut River .................................................................................................................................... 195 Project #32: Cumberland River Shelby Bottoms Park . ............................................................................................ 201 Project #33: Manhan River ........ .................................................................................................................................. 205 Project #34: Walgreens Slope ....... . .............................................................................................................................. 209 Project #35: Creek Road . .............................................................................................................................................. 213 Appendix 1: ESCBM Summaries.................................................................................................................................. 221 Appendix 2: Alternative Names ................................................................................................................................... 233 Appendix 3: Supplementary Glossary of New Terms and Treatments . ................................................................... 235 Index ................................................................................................................................................................................ 239 TABL E 1 BIOENGINEERING CASE STUDIES: BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION AND COMPLETION DATE GREAT LAKES AREA: PROJECT PROJECT TYPE OF TECHNIQUES GEOGRAPHIC COMPLETION NUMBER NAME PROJECT EMPLOYED LOCATION DATE 1 Fleming Stream bank Rock vanes Northfield May 2006 Creek repair and Pole planting TWP, MI protection 2 Gateway Runoff and Stepped pools Ann Arbor, MI Aug 2003 Garden erosion control Riparian planting 3 School Girls Erosion Boulder Ann Arbor, MI Sept 2002 Glen control and cascade slope failure VMSE repair Live staking Revegetation Invasive removal 4 River Landing Riverbank Vegetated Ann Arbor, MI Oct 2005 restoration riprap and Live fascine stabilization ECB Revegetation 5 Nichols Drive Stream bank Rock vanes Ann Arbor, MI May 2008 and road VMSE stabilization Chimney drain Revegetation 6 Harvard Gully repair Rocked pools Ann Arbor, MI Oct 2009 Road and watershed Sinuous restoration channel ECB Live staking 7 Malletts Stream bank Rock vanes Malletts Creek 2011 Creek repair and Low flow watershed stabilization channel Southeastern Coir logs Ann Arbor, MI ECB w/live stakes 8 Toboggan Erosion Live fascines Garden City, 2008 Hill control Live stakes MI 9 Arbor Dam bypass Stepped pools Ann Arbor, MI 2011 Cascades channel Boulder spurs ECBs and grass seeding viii (cid:84)(cid:97)(cid:98)(cid:108)(cid:101)(cid:32)(cid:49) Western USA PROJECT PROJECT TYPE OF TECHNIQUES GEOGRAPHIC COMPLETION NUMBER NAME PROJECT EMPLOYED LOCATION DATE 10 Asaayi Lake Watershed Landform Chuska Mtns. 2006 repair and grading New Mexico restoration Rock ramps Revegetation 11 Hollywood Hills Mass grading Landform Lake 2005 and canyon fills grading Hollywood Drainage Los Angeles, swales CA Revegetation 12 Geyserville Stream bank Rock vanes Geyserville, 2010 stabilization LSTP CA Live siltation Pole planting 13 Buckhorn Hwy. cut slope Modified Hyw. 299W Aug 2002 Mountain repair and VMSE (“soil 0.1 mi below stabilization flaps”) summit, Veg. gabion Shasta Co, CA baskets Soil amendments 14 Buckhorn Hwy. cut slope Live staking Hyw. 299W at 2005 Summit repair and Brushlayers summit stabilization Soil Shasta Co, CA amendments Stepped slope 15 Stafford Landslide repair Pole drains Humbolt 2004 Watershed and slope Brushlayers County, CA stabilization Live staking 16 Pacifica Landslide repair Slope drains San Mateo Sept 1997 and slope Live fascines County, CA stabilization Live staking 17 Branciforte Stream bank Veg. riprap Trib. to San 2002 Creek stabilization w/pole Lorenzo R. in planting and San Lorenzo brushlayering Watershed Veg. gabion baskets 18 San Vicente Stream bank Rock Vanes Second-order 2003 Creek stabilization Rootwad stream in revet. Santa Cruz Co Veg. riprap - nr city of bent Davenport, CA pole method Live staking (cid:84)(cid:97)(cid:98)(cid:108)(cid:101)(cid:32)(cid:49) (cid:105)(cid:120) Western USA (cont) 19 Opal Cliffs Slope Anchored Opal Cliffs Dr. Aug 2007 stabilization TRM Santa Cruz, Live staking CA H ydroseeding 20 Sulfur Creek Stream bank Pole planting Turtle Bay, 2001 stabilization LWD and Redding rock strucs Arboretum Newbury Redding, CA rock riffle LPSTP w/live silt Stream realignment 21 Secret Canyon Slope repair Toe protect Tributary to 2002 and stabilization w/brush layers Sulphur Creek Woven willow Redding, CA fences Pole plan ting Eastern USA 22 Greenfield Hwy. cut slope Live Colrain, MA Dec 1989 Road repair and brushlayers stabilization Live fascines Coir netting 23 Buffalo Bayou Riverbank Vegetated Buffalo Bayou 1996 repair and MSE Houston, TX stabilization Chimney drain Live fascines Live staking Live boom 24 Little Riverbank LW Topashaw Cr. 2006 Topashaw repair and structures Yalobusha R. stabilization Willow posts watershed and poles central, MS 25 New Concord Hwy Willow poles Intersection 2003 embankment I-70 & SR83 stabilization near New Concord, OH 26 Water Shoreline Coconut fiber New Haven, 1999 Treatment stabilization rolls CT Facility Bioswales Green roof Live brushlayering
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