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ACCOTINK CREEK @ AIRFIELD RUNWAY & RECHLORINATION PLANT PROJECTS GARRISON FORT BELVOIR, FAIRFAX, VA CONSTRUCTED Dec 2-5, 2008
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LONGITUDINAL PEAKED STONE TOE PROTECTION (LPSTP) Built with Virginia DOT Class II stone, level-crested @ 3 ft above the base-flow water surface elevation & trenched 3 ft into the bed. One row of live willow poles (3 poles/ft) planted in the LPSTP & another row (3/ft) laid on top of LPSTP (termed Live Siltation).
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STEP-BY STEPS FOR ACCOTINK CREEK, FT. BELVOIR, VA Toe-down Enhanced LPSTP All drawings by Dave Derrick
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Typical cross-section for Accotink Creek in the proposed project area ACCOTINK CREEK, FT. BELVOIR, VA LOOKING UPSTREAM
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Dig toe-down section of LPSTP 3 ft below bed of stream ACCOTINK CREEK, FT. BELVOIR, VA
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Place Longitudinal Peaked Stone Toe Protection (LPSTP) stone in trench
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Looking across @ close up of LPSTP stone. CONSTRUCTION-ACCOTINK CR.-RECHLORINATION - DERRICK 12-2008
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ACCOTINK CREEK, FT. BELVOIR, VA Place Joint Planting (live willow poles) on top of stone (angled up at least 20 degrees) at the rate of 3 poles per lineal foot.
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Looking across @ willow poles on stone. Placing soil on poles. CONSTRUCTION-ACCOTINK CR.-RECHLORINATION- DERRICK 12-2008
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ACCOTINK CREEK, FT. BELVOIR, VA Place Live Siltation (willow poles) on top of stone at the rate of 3 poles per lineal foot
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Looking US. LPSTP with joint plantings & Live Siltation in place CONSTRUCTION-ACCOTINK CR.-RECHLORINATION- DERRICK 12-2008
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ACCOTINK CREEK, FT. BELVOIR, VA At 35 ft spacing intervals, stone Bendway Weirs will be installed that will move the thalweg away from the toe of the LPSTP.
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LPSTP with Joint Pole Plantings & Live Siltation with an Erosion Control Blanket
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Cutting coir blanket to length plus close-up. This is a 700 series (700 grams per sq. meter blanket. Heavy& tough. Traps soil & seed well, sticks in dirt when wet, open weave, can be reseeded if needed CONSTRUCTION DELAWARE RIVER-SITE 6-PIX BY DERRICK 9-12-2009
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ACCOTINK CREEK, FT. BELVOIR, VA Tuck the Erosion Control Blanket (ECB) at base of slope. The ECB used here is a 100% coir (Coconut fiber) Rolanka BioD-Mat 40 Roll ECB out over willows & LPSTP stone.
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ACCOTINK CREEK, FT. BELVOIR, VA FILL CUT Slope bank. A balanced cut/fill in some sections, heavily eroded areas required soil backfill. Backfill anchors the ECB.
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Looking US @ erosion control blankets with soil covering the bottom end CONSTRUCTION-ACCOTINK CR.-RECHLORINATION - DERRICK 12-2008
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Looking US @ coir blanket & Bendway Weirs in place. CONSTRUCTION-ACCOTINK CR.-RECHLORINATION - DERRICK 12-2008
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ACCOTINK CREEK, FT. BELVOIR, VA Install rooted stock plants through ECB as appropriate
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Looking US @ workers installing rooted plants thru ECB. CONSTRUCTION-ACCOTINK CR.-RECHLORINATION - DERRICK 12-2008
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Looking US @ coir blanket, Living Dikes & rooted plants. CONSTRUCTION-ACCOTINK CR.-RECHLORINATION - DERRICK 12-2008
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CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE-Looking US nine months after completion. Most willows browsed by beaver CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE-ACCOTINK CR.-DERRICK 9-13-2009
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Man’s best friend, Cleophus Speed Elvis Derrick
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