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Welcome to the newest Manual on CD from the producers of Erosion Draw and Bio Draw!


ESenSS is a tool to aid highway engineers, restoration ecologists, watershed hydrologists, biologists, and soil conservationists in designing projects that restore stream and river systems, while protecting property and structures. This CD manual includes typical design drawings, construction and installation specifications, and an extensive photo gallery of project examples, all based on extensive research and experience.


This manual contains 44 different channel and bank protection techniques in the categories of:

  • River Training,
  • Bank Armor and Protection,
  • Riparian Buffer and Stream Corridor Opportunities and
  • Slope Stabilization.

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ESenSS also includes the technique-selection software, "Greenbank," which is an innovative program for selecting and ranking appropriate stabilization and protection techniques based on a whole suite of site-specific conditions.

What is ESenSS?

Each year, more discoveries are made regarding the impact that human activity and infrastructure has on the surrounding environment. For many years project designers have included structures that perform well for stabilizing streambanks and decreasing pollution of our nation’s waters by reducing erosion. However, many of these structures are missing key components critical to complete environmental restoration.

In response to increased knowledge and public concern, regulations and other requirements have been placed on agencies and organizations to implement environmentally friendly and beneficial practices. This requires projects to incorporate components into erosion and sediment control programs that provide improved habitat for the flora and fauna of our waters, produce aesthetic value for roadsides and waterways, and advance the sustainability of stable streambanks and riverine systems. Under many conditions, these "soft" practices are more successful for erosion control than structural "hard" systems, and provide the additional benefits of restoring ecological value to streams and rivers. These soft practices provide engineers with the ability to restore ecological health and stability within the infrastructures so critical and important to human society.

 
Originally funded by the National Cooperative Highways Research Program (NCHRP), Environmentally-Sensitive Streambank Stabilization (ESenSS), was developed to answer the need for specifications and guidance regarding environmentally-sensitive channel and bank protection measures.

This manual provides the reliable information and guidelines needed to design and install structures and practices that will stabilize streams and rivers while providing the improved habitat and ecological health needed for a better environment.

Vegetated Riprap Typical Drawing

Vegetated Riprap During Construction

Vegetated Riprap After 9 months

Cross Vane Typical Drawing

Cross Vane Just After Construction

Cross Vane 8 months after construction

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