CE 413 Environmental River
Mechanics
Spring 2007
Instructor
Syllabus Text & References Lectures Homework
Reading Links Software Downloads Misc.
Highways in the River Environment - Required Text
Guide for Selecting Manning's Roughness Coefficients for Natural Channels and Floodplains
Federal Interagency Stream Corridor Restoration Manual
NRCS Practical Streambank Bioengineering Guide
Stream
Channel Reference Sites: An Illustrated Guide to Field Technique
Harrelson,
C.C., C.L. Rawlins, and J.P. Potyondy.
1994. Stream Channel Reference
Sites: an illustrated guide to field technique.
Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-245.
Manual of River Restoration
Techniques
River
Restoration Centre. 2002 – web edition. Manual of River Restoration Techniques. www.therrc.co.uk/manual.php. Silsoe, Beds,
This is a
handbook designed to provide guidance for projects to have less adverse effects
on the aquatic environment. It is
intended to introduce considerations involved in addressing stream
instabilities, and to present an overview of techniques that might be
considered for erosion control projects.
Fischenich,
J.C., and Allen, H. 1999. Stream Management. ERDC/EL SR-W-00-1, U.S. Army Engineer
Research and
Channel Restoration
Design for Meandering Rivers
This report
presents a framework for restoring channels of meandering rivers, focused on
geomorphic principles and convential river engineering methods. It is an outline of an approach to provide a
practical, low maintanence solution for restoration designs that mimic the
natural channel.
Soar, P.J.,
and Thorne, C.R. 2001. Channel Restoration Design for Meandering
Rivers. ERDC/CHL CR-01-1,
Hydraulic Design of
Stream Restoration Projects
The purpose
of this document is to provide a systematic hydraulic design methodology to
hydraulic engineers involved in stream restoration projects. The objective of the methodology is to fit
the stream restoration project into the natural system within the physical
constraints imposed by other project objectives and constraints.
Copeland,
R.R. and McComas, D.N. 2001. Hydraulic Design of Stream Restoration
Projects. ERDC/CHL TR-01-28, U.S. Army
Engineer Research and
River Engineering for
Highway Encroachments
This reports
considers all aspects of, and environmental problems caused by highway
encroachments, such as bridges and culverts.
It considers their effect on open-channel flow, fluvial geomorphology,
sediment transport, river mechanics, design and maintenance.
A Rehabilitation
Manual for Australian Streams
Volume 1
This manual
is designed to assist local and regional professional managers in
rehabilitating, preserving and returning the natural physical and biological
diversity of Australian streams.
Particular emphasis is put on the physical condition of stream reaches
and stream stability. This volume
provides basic rehabilitation concepts and a summary of a rehabilitation
planning procedure.
Rutherfurd,
I.D, Jerie, K., and Marsh, N. 2000. A Rehabilitation Manual for Australian
Streams, volume 1. Cooperative Research
Centre for Catchment Hydrology,
A Rehabilitation
Manual for Australian Streams
Volume 2
This is a
continuation of volume 1 in its effort to assist managers to return biological
and physical values to Australian streams.
Volume 2 provides more detailed information about the tools that can be
used for rehabilitation. It covers
common stream problems, planning tools and intervention tools.
Rutherfurd,
I.D, Jerie, K., and Marsh, N. 2000. A Rehabilitation Manual for Australian
Streams, volume 2. Cooperative Research
Centre for Catchment Hydrology,
The Practical Streambank Bioengineering
Guide
User’s
Guide for Natural Streambank Stabilization Techniues in the Arid and Semi-Arid
Great Basin and Intermountain West
This is a
guide to natural stream stabilization techniques for the arid and semi-arid
great basin and the intermountain west.
It is intended for the use of conservationists who provide technical
assistance to private landowners for restoration work.
Bentrup, G.,
and Hoag, J.C. 1998. The Practical Streambank Bioengineering
Guide. USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Service,
Sedimentation
Investigations of Rivers and Reservoirs
This manual
provides current guidance and engineering procedures for river and reservoir
sedimentation investigations. Subjects
covered are pertinent for planning, design, construction, and operation of
flood control projects and navigation projects, and for permitting gravel
extraction.
Bioengineering
for Streambank Erosion Control
Report 1
This report
relates information for bioengineering applications and provides preliminary
planning and design guidelines for use of bioengineering treatments on eroded
streambanks. It documents successful
bioengineering attempts in Europe and the
Allen, H.H.,
and Leech, J.R. 1997. Bioengineering for Streambank Erosion
Control. TR EL-97-8.
Physical Habitat Characterization
EMAP-Western
Pilot Field Operations for Wadeable Streams, section 7.
This is a
section of a larger report that covers stream habitat characterization. This section covers procedures for evaluating
physical habitat in wadeable streams including sampling, measurements and
equipment.
Kaufmann,
P.R. 2001. Physical Habitat Characterization, section
7. a modification of Kaufmann and
Robison, 1998. EPA, Office of Research
and Development, National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory,
Geomorphological
Concepts and Tools for Sustainable River Ecosystem Management
This paper
explores the ability of fluvial geomorphology to describe, monitor and predict
river channel conditions and behavior at the basin and smaller scales. It also examines how to create tools and
assess instream physical habitat with regard to human impacts and a scaled
approach.
Newson,
M.D. 2002. Geomorphological Concepts and Tools for
Sustainable River Ecosystem Management.
Aquatic Conserv: Mar. Freshw. Ecosyst. 12: 365-379. Wiley Interscience, www.interscience.wiley.com, DOI:
10.1002/aqc.532.
Wetland Restoration,
Enhancement, or Creation
Engineering
Field Handbook, chapter 13.
This chapter
provides field personnel with a guide for wetland restoration, enhancement, and
creation. It describes the planning, design,
implementation, maintenance and monitoring phases of wetland restoration,
enhancement or creation projects of all sizes.
It is intended to be supplemented with regional and local information.
Gray, R., and
Tuttle, R. 1997. Engineering Field Handbook, chapter 13,
Wetland Restoration, Enhancement or Creation.
210—EFH, Rev. 5/97. United States
Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Services.
Streambank and Shoreline Protection
Engineering
Field Handbook, chapter 16.
This chapter
contains information concerning erosion problems on streambanks and shorelines
only. It describes the categories of
protection available for use and relates how they can be used alone or in combination.
Tuttle, R.W.,
and Wenberg, R.D. 1996. Engineering Field Handbook, chapter 16,
Streambank and Shoreline Protection.
210-vi-EFH, December 1996. United
States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Services.
This document
provides guidance for sampling sediment from wadable gravel and cobble bed
streams. The document explains the field
and laboratory measurement of particle sizes, the statistical analysis of
particle-size distributions, and a variety of sampling methods. It attempts to make a comprehensive
compilation of sampling approaches and create a reference to guide users
through the many aspects of bed-material sampling.
Bunte, K, and
Abt, S.R. 2001. Sampling Surface and subsurface particle-size
distributions in wadable gravel- and cobble-bec streams for analyses in
sediment transport, hydraulics, and streambed monitoring. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-74.
Technical
Considerations for Evaluating Riverine/Riparian Restoration Projects
This
report describes the status of current restoration practice, presents the functional
framework, and discusses ways in which the framework can be applied. It is the development of a framework to be
used by districts when evaluating proposed restoration projects.
Fischenich,
J.D. 2003. Technical Considerations or Evaluating Riverine/Riparian
Restoration Projects. ERDC/EL
TR-WRAP-03-XX, April 2003,
Lecture Outlines / Presentations
Power Point Files (Some are very large - right click and Save Target As)
Fluvial System and Classification
Hydraulic Geometry (mostly downstream)
Meandering (abbreviated version presented in class)
Meandering – Braiding Threshold
Geomorphic Complexity – Hyporheic Exchange – Nitrogen
Ecological Perspectives / River Systems
Reading Assignments
EPA Rapid Bioassessment Protocols for Wadeable Streams and Small Rivers
US Army Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center
Center for Watershed Protection
Software
Downloads - SAM and
GeoTool v.3f (Effective Discharge Software Demonstrated in Class)
Download SAM
Note: SAM must be run out of a directory called C:\samexe unless you add
C:\samexe to the PATH command in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. If you don't
know what this means then you probably shouldn't do it as you could disable
your computer. The easiest way to run it is to simply open a DOS window
and move to the c:\samexe directory and then type sam.
Download Gravel Bed Rivers
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