Plant basket hydraulic structures (PBHS) as a new river restoration measure

Introductory Chapter: Hydraulic Structures for Managing Water Resources Efficiently

“…It focuses on changes of hydromorphological conditions in a small lowland river. This is a pilot project of the construction of vegetative sediment traps (plant basket hydraulic structure) [6].…”

Effects and persistence of river restoration measures: Ecological, management and research implications

“…In rivers whose morphology has been simplified by engineering interventions, an increase in the diversity of physical habitats is a prerequisite for improvement of their ecological quality. While measures such as the placement of stones or fixed large wood have previously been described in the river restoration literature, Kałuża et al (2018) evaluate the usefulness of baskets planted with willow cuttings for improving hydromorphological conditions and initiating ecological recovery in a small, lowland river in Poland. Over three years, the developing in-channel willow vegetation induced flow divergence and increased hydraulic diversity, and trapped sediment and plant debris upstream of the baskets, inducing morphological changes.…”

Hydraulic Research for Lateral Plant Obstruction in an Open Channel

“…The ever increasing application of plant build up in stream channels encourages to seek more perfect calculating methods taking into consideration the reaction of plants to flow in open channels (Chow, 1959;Tsujimoto, 1999;Järvelä, 2004;Gurnell, 2015;Solari et al, 2016; Radecki-Pawlik et al, 2017; Kałuża et al, 2018). The biological reaction of channel build up on the flow conditions is characterized among others, by damming up (accumulation) effect (change in water surface level), increase in flow resistance, decrease in flow capacity of the channel, etc.…”