Chapter 10
Training Works
Publication: Inland Navigation: Environmental Sustainability
Abstract
The use of notches in spur dikes, longitudinal dikes, L-head dikes, and closure dikes is an excellent method for creating varying habitats for fish, birds, and other wildlife. At the same time, dike notches appear to have little to no impact on the efficiency of these types of river training structures to maintain a safe and efficient navigation channel. Other innovative river training structures, such as chevron dikes and hard points, have also shown positive environmental impacts without significantly affecting the navigation channel. One type of river training structure that has been used by the US Army Corps of Engineers for about the last 20 years is bendway weirs. When providing environmental enhancements and modifications to the design of either new or existing river training structures, certain aspects of the details to be included in the design need to be addressed.
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Inland Navigation: Environmental Sustainability
Pages: 75 - 90
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Published online: Jan 10, 2019
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