Project Description
Stormwater flows along the first kilometre of urban streams requires energy and nutrient loads to be managed effectively to ensure the downstream integrity of the riparian systems can be maintained. The Popes Glen Bushcare Group, with the support of the Blue Mountains Council have explored and implemented a variety of highly successful soft-engineering strategies to dissipate flow and extract excessive nutrients from the site before the waters flows over Horseshoe Falls into the Blue Mountains National Park.
| Topic | Mins: seconds |
|---|---|
| Opening Titles | 0:00 |
| Overview of the Popes Glen project | 0:13 |
| Stream dynamics | 1:00 |
| Stormwater structures | 2:35 |
| Adaptive management – structure evolution | 3:15 |
| Sediment control | 3:40 |
| Water quality | 4:20 |
| Site flow management | 4:45 |
| Hydrology & weed management | 5:30 |
| Drop down structures | 6:55 |
| Barriers & woody debris | 8:50 |
| Ripple bed | 11:35 |
| Trajectory of change | 12:45 |
| Armouring | 13:20 |
| Headwall stabilisation | 14:55 |
| Root plate reinforcement | 16:12 |
| Drop down structure | 16:50 |
| Context in the landscape | 18:00 |
| Credits | 18:35 |
| End | 18:55 |
Read More – Links
- Twelve years of healing: Rehabilitating a willow-infested silt flat – Stormwater Management – Alan Lane
- Twelve years of healing: Rehabilitating a willow-infested silt flat – Revegetation – Alan Lane
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