Stream Restoration

Increased awareness of the environmental impact on watersheds and streams that make up our complex ecosystem has resulted in the need for sound hydrological and hydraulics engineering solutions to stream restoration.

True restoration involves a holistic approach that allows the stream channel to “heal itself” and provides the protection the system needs from scour zones, erosion and sediment.

Services Provided

• 2-D Hydraulic Modeling
• Sediment Transport Analysis
• Sediment and Erosion Control
• Watershed Mapping
• Process-based Natural Channel Design
• Restoration Plans
• Environmental Permitting

Design Techniques Frequently Utilized

• Live staking
• Willow poles/willow curtains
• Exclusionary vegetation
• Protection of natural “leaner” trees
• Bent willow pole method
• Vegetated stone revetment
• Soil-choked riprap
• Erosion control seeding and warm grasses planting