1. Guadalupe River @ Williams Pipeline Crossing, South of Victoria, TX
Bank erosion is threatening pipeline integrity
Co-designed by River Research & Design, Inc. & Submar, Inc. Contractor: Submar, Inc.
Not a flashy stream, stays on the flood for months at a time
Bed material: sand-silt-clay, not incised, rural.
Pool-riffle-pool regime, slope < 1%
Average width ft, ft tall banks
“Based on the interagency publication, Stream Corridor Restoration: Principles, Processes, and Practices, this introductory training covers:
Stream corridor ecosystems and their components
Ecological processes, structure & functions
Characterization and analysis of stream corridors
Development of a restoration plan
Design, implementation, monitoring, and
Integrated, iterative, adaptive, flexible approaches”.

2. PRE-PROJECT PHOTOS: OCTOBER 2004 TO FEBRUARY 2005
“Based on the interagency publication, Stream Corridor Restoration: Principles, Processes, and Practices, this introductory training covers:
Stream corridor ecosystems and their components
Ecological processes, structure & functions
Characterization and analysis of stream corridors
Development of a restoration plan
Design, implementation, monitoring, and
Integrated, iterative, adaptive, flexible approaches”.

3. Looking US at the exposed pipeline.
“Based on the interagency publication, Stream Corridor Restoration: Principles, Processes, and Practices, this introductory training covers:
Stream corridor ecosystems and their components
Ecological processes, structure & functions
Characterization and analysis of stream corridors
Development of a restoration plan
Design, implementation, monitoring, and
Integrated, iterative, adaptive, flexible approaches”.
PRE-PROJECT Guadalupe Williams Pipeline-derrick-Oct 1, 2004

4. Looking DS at the exposed pipeline.
“Based on the interagency publication, Stream Corridor Restoration: Principles, Processes, and Practices, this introductory training covers:
Stream corridor ecosystems and their components
Ecological processes, structure & functions
Characterization and analysis of stream corridors
Development of a restoration plan
Design, implementation, monitoring, and
Integrated, iterative, adaptive, flexible approaches”.
PRE-PROJECT Guadalupe Williams Pipeline-derrick-Oct 1, 2004

5. Flow

6. WILLOW PLANTING
“Based on the interagency publication, Stream Corridor Restoration: Principles, Processes, and Practices, this introductory training covers:
Stream corridor ecosystems and their components
Ecological processes, structure & functions
Characterization and analysis of stream corridors
Development of a restoration plan
Design, implementation, monitoring, and
Integrated, iterative, adaptive, flexible approaches”.

7. CONSTRUCTION-Guadalupe River @ Pipeline-John Lewis-July 2005
Very hot down in Victoria, TX {103 degrees}. This was the coldest day, it hit 112 degrees some days. We cut several hundred willows & soaked them for 10 days, then planted and watered them in (July-Aug time frame).
CONSTRUCTION-Guadalupe Pipeline-John Lewis-July 2005

8. The constructed soaking pool for the willows.
CONSTRUCTION-Guadalupe Pipeline-Derrick – June 3, 2005

9. Live Siltation above LPSTP

10. Looking US. Prepping bank for willows.
CONSTRUCTION-Guadalupe Pipeline-John Lewis-July 2005

11. Looking down slope @ row of willows.
CONSTRUCTION-Guadalupe Pipeline-John Lewis-June 17, 2005

12. Looking US. Watering in Live Siltation willows
CONSTRUCTION-Guadalupe Pipeline-John Lewis-July 2005

13. Looking DS @ willows and stone protection.
CONSTRUCTION-Guadalupe Pipeline-John Lewis-June 17, 2005

14. High water. Looking down hill @ riprap & willows.
13 MONTHS LATER-Guadalupe River Mark Bordelon

15. THE BEFORE & AFTERS LOOKING FROM UPSTREAM TO DOWNSTREAM
“Based on the interagency publication, Stream Corridor Restoration: Principles, Processes, and Practices, this introductory training covers:
Stream corridor ecosystems and their components
Ecological processes, structure & functions
Characterization and analysis of stream corridors
Development of a restoration plan
Design, implementation, monitoring, and
Integrated, iterative, adaptive, flexible approaches”.

16. From US project limits, looking DS.
“Based on the interagency publication, Stream Corridor Restoration: Principles, Processes, and Practices, this introductory training covers:
Stream corridor ecosystems and their components
Ecological processes, structure & functions
Characterization and analysis of stream corridors
Development of a restoration plan
Design, implementation, monitoring, and
Integrated, iterative, adaptive, flexible approaches”.
PRE-PROJECT Guadalupe Williams Pipeline-derrick-Oct 1, 2004

17. From US project limits, looking DS.
26 MONTHS LATER-Guadalupe Williams Pipeline-derrick

18. Looking DS at the exposed pipeline.
“Based on the interagency publication, Stream Corridor Restoration: Principles, Processes, and Practices, this introductory training covers:
Stream corridor ecosystems and their components
Ecological processes, structure & functions
Characterization and analysis of stream corridors
Development of a restoration plan
Design, implementation, monitoring, and
Integrated, iterative, adaptive, flexible approaches”.
PRE-PROJECT Guadalupe Williams Pipeline-derrick-Oct 1, 2004

19. Looking DS @ the protected pipeline.
26 MONTHS LATER-Guadalupe Williams Pipeline-derrick

20. Looking DS at the exposed pipeline.
“Based on the interagency publication, Stream Corridor Restoration: Principles, Processes, and Practices, this introductory training covers:
Stream corridor ecosystems and their components
Ecological processes, structure & functions
Characterization and analysis of stream corridors
Development of a restoration plan
Design, implementation, monitoring, and
Integrated, iterative, adaptive, flexible approaches”.
PRE-PROJECT Guadalupe Williams Pipeline-derrick-Oct 1, 2004

21. From top bank, looking across @ the protected pipeline.
26 MONTHS LATER-Guadalupe Williams Pipeline-derrick

22. Looking DS, good deposition on stone, dense willows.
26 MONTHS LATER-Guadalupe Williams Pipeline-derrick

23. Clean Fun in AR