2010 Contest Winners
We would like to thank everyone who submitted photos this year and congratulations to the winners! These photos were on display at EC10, IECA's 41st Conference and Expo in Dallas, Texas, USA, February 16-20, 2010. Click here to enter the contest.
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Impacts of Erosion & Sediment Control
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Judging Criteria
- Degree of environmental impact - what is the effect on water or air
quality?
- Degree of social impact - what is the effect on property, human life,
infrastructure, etc.?
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Severe erosion triggering a very dangerous slope failure process menacing houses at the bottom of slope.
Submitted by: Carlos Galdino, Delfor Bioengenharia, BR
Photographer: Carlos Galdino
Location: Minas Gerais, BR
Date/Year taken: January, 2009
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Sediment covers forest floor and threatens to choke out vegetation.
Submitted by: Kurt Kelsey, American Excelsior Company
Photographer: John Slupecki
Location: Beaver Creek, FL
Date/Year taken: June, 2009 |
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Perimeter controls were quickly overwhelmed on a linear road project.
Submitted by: Gregory Ewanitz, Orange County Environmental Protection Division
Photographer: Gregory Ewanitz
Location: Orange County, FL
Date/Year taken: May, 2009 |
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A high rainfall caused a slide to start. Debris accumulated & gathered momentum until slowing down at road & stream.
Submitted by: John Evans, NDC Timber, Inc.
Photographer: John Evans
Location: Raymond, WA
Date/Year taken: January, 2009 |
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Forest road built with old side cast methods failed after a high rain event.
Submitted by: John Evans, NDC Timber, Inc.
Photographer: John Evans
Location: Raymond, WA
Date/Year taken: April, 2009 |
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Strong sedimentation process reducing the possibility of drainage.
Submitted by: Carlos Galdino, Delfor Bioengenharia, BR
Photographer: Carlos Galdino
Location: Minas Gerais, BR
Date/Year taken: January, 2009 |
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15 acre site. 30-50 tons of sediment discharged into lake between 2:30 am - 7:30 am.
Submitted by: David Koldoff, James J. Benes & Assoc.
Photographer: David Koldoff
Location: Warrenville, IL
Date/Year taken: September, 2008 |
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ECB and ECL were employed for bioengineering to stabilize this scenic point.
Submitted by: Chainimit Navarat, Eternal Fibre Industry Co., LTD
Photographer: Chainimit Navarat
Location: Thailand
Date/Year taken: September, 2009 |
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Embankment washed out due to failed spillway.
Submitted by: Kurt Kelsey, American Excelsior Company
Photographer: John Slupecki
Location: Beaver Creek, FL
Date/Year taken: June, 2009 |
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Downcutting in Oak Creek after intense rainfall event on an area previously burned.
Submitted by: Rob Pearce, NRCS
Photographer: Richard Stewart
Location: Oak Creek, CA
Date/Year taken: July, 2008 |
Technology in Action |
Judging Criteria
- Identification of Technology - is it obvious what technology is being
used?
- Degree of Action - does the photo show a process or merely a completed
installation?
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ECB installation to avoid sedimentation process reducing capacity of drainage system.
Submitted by: Paula Pereira, Deflor Bioengenharia
Photographer: Paula Pereira
Location: Minas Gerais, Brazil
Date/Year taken: March, 2009 |
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Following Angora fire near Lake Tahoe, erosion control blankets, wattles, silt fence and mulch deployed to prevent erosion and sediment damage.
Submitted by: Kory Kammeier, Western Excelsior
Photographer: Kory Kammeier
Location: Lake Tahoe, CA
Date/Year taken: September, 2008
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Early stages of vegetation growing through Recyclex TRM-V matrix after rain event.
Submitted by: Kurt Kelsey, American Excelsior Company
Photographer: Michael Nelson
Location: Rice Lake, WI
Date/Year taken: October, 2009 |
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Willow stakes were planted in slump, geo-grid soil wrapped was used on lower section.
Submitted by: John Evans, NDC Timber, Inc.
Photographer: John Evans
Location: Raymond, WA
Date/Year taken: May, 2009
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Geo-grid wrapped wall with back wall drainage used to repair top road failure.
Submitted by: John Evans, NDC Timber, Inc.
Photographer: John Evans
Location: Raymond, WA
Date/Year taken: February, 2009
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Dam and spillway structure constructed of gabions and gabion mats.
Submitted by: Larry Bakner, Maccaferri, Inc.
Photographer: Stuart Klein
Location: West Cornfield, NM
Date/Year taken: December, 2004 |
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The bike path supported by wall washed out that every spring until natural -looking precast blocks were used to accomodate stormwater flow.
Submitted by: Lindsey Manthei, Rosetta Hardscapes, LLC
Photographer: Jeremy Manthei
Location: Rockford, IL
Date/Year taken: 2009 |
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Hydroseeding and erosion control blanketing on beach bluff, 60 ft. above water surface.
Submitted by: Jim McKenna, James McKenna Landscapes
Photographer: Jim McKenna
Location: Santa Cruz, CA
Date/Year taken: September, 2009 |
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Thousands of natives are plugged into 100% biodegradeable Curlex Net Free to restore environmentally sensitive shoreline.
Submitted by: Kurt Kelsey, American Excelsior Company
Photographer: Michael Nelson
Location: Rice Lake, WI
Date/Year taken: September, 2009 |
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Coir geocells placed on 45 degree slope.
Submitted by: Ketan Shah, K.K. Enterprises
Photographer: Ketan Shah
Location: Muri, India
Date/Year taken: September, 2009 |
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Example of sediment basin at work.
Submitted by: Tyler Vreeland, Erosion Runner
Photographer: Tyler Vreeland
Location: West Chester, OH
Date/Year taken: April, 2009 |
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3.25 mi. reconstruction of gravel road, 4-10 ft. of excavation through highground water and cross drainage channel.
Submitted by: Gary Walkin, State of Alaska DOT
Photographer: Gary Walkin
Location: Soldotna, AK
Date/Year taken: September, 2009 |
Erosion Control Bloopers |
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When sites go wrong. Inspection to consented site, look what we found.
Submitted by: Gregor McLean, Southern Skies Environmental Limited
Photographer: Gregor McLean
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Date/Year taken: June, 2009 |
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Hydraulic mulch was not the proper BMP for this road side slope.
Submitted by: Kurt Kelsey, American Excelsior Company
Photographer: John Slupecki
Location: Wiggins, MS
Date/Year taken: December, 2009 |
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A combination of design mistake and absence of superficial protection promoted huge gullies.
Submitted by: Luiz Lucena, Delfor Bioengenharia, BR
Photographer: Joao Batista
Location: Minas Gerais, BR
Date/Year taken: January, 2007 |
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Contaminated stormwater runoff, including trash, flow directly into drain that empties into nearby river.
Submitted by: Kurt Kelsey, American Excelsior Company
Photographer: Kurt Kelsey
Location: Rice Lake, WI
Date/Year taken: October, 2009 |
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Contaminated runoff flows under silt fence and off site during storm event.
Submitted by: Kurt Kelsey, American Excelsior Company
Photographer: Kurt Kelsey
Location: Rice Lake, WI
Date/Year taken: October, 2009 |
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Sediment buries silt fence perimeter “control” following rain event.
Submitted by: Kurt Kelsey, American Excelsior Company
Photographer: Kurt Kelsey
Location: Rice Lake, WI
Date/Year taken: August 2009 |
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Innovative new technology: cardboard! Use of cardboard for temporary erosion control.
Submitted by: Brooke Leonard, Jobsite Products, Inc.
Photographer: Brooke Leonard
Location: Willow Grove, PA
Date/Year taken: May, 2009 |
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Nicely compacted, vegetated stockpile, but it was placed right in front of the Faircloth Skimmer, blocking the sediment basin.
Submitted by: Phil Suggs, North Carolina DOT
Photographer: Phil Suggs
Location: Mecklenburg County, NC
Date/Year taken: August, 2009 |
Before and After |
Judging Criteria
- Photo alignment - are the photos taken from exactly the same place?
- How much change is shown - how dramatic is the After photo compared
to the Before photo?
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Huge gullies at Butter Hill. Bioengineering used to stabilize slope.
Submitted by: Aloisio Pereira, Deflor Bioengenharia
Photographer: Aloisio Pereira
Location: Camacari, Bahia, Brazil
Date/Year taken: January, 2005/April, 2008 |
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Before: Curlex CL protecting IA DOT slope shortly after install.
After: Three weeks after install.
Submitted by: Kurt Kelsey, American Excelsior Company
Photographer: Ole Skaar, Jr.
Location: Des Moines, IA
Date/Year taken: October, 2009/November, 2009
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Before: Proper BMP’s
After: Profile Products and developer effort
Submitted by: Doug Patten, Centerline Surveying Systems
Photographer: Doug Patten
Location: North Gerogia
Date/Year taken: March, 2009 |
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Streambank erosion with restoration using transition mats and TRMs.
Submitted by: Thomas Carpenter, Erosion Tech LLC
Photographer: Thomas Carpenter
Location: Ankeny, IA
Date/Year taken:September 2009/November, 2009 |
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Creek had been shortened due to road relocation years ago. Project was to add LWD, hold gravel and provide fish passage.
Submitted by: John Evans, NDC Timberland Inc
Photographer: John Evans
Location: Willapa, WA
Date/Year taken: September, 2009/October, 2009 |
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Every year, channel shoreline protection to be replaced due to freeze-thaw erosion. Precast wall as permanent erosion control and to protect this landmark.
Submitted by: Lindsey Manthei, Redi-Rock International
Photographer: Brian Harman
Location: Grand Rapids, OH
Date/Year taken: May, 2009 |
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Severe shoreline erosion process damaging coconut trees and gardens.
Submitted by: Luiz Lucena, Deflor Bioengenharia
Photographer: Luiz Lucena
Location: Săo Paolo, Brazil
Date/Year taken: August, 2007/July, 2009 |
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ECL and ECB were employed for bioengineering to stabilize this scenic point.
Submitted by: Chainimit Navarat, Eternal Fibre Industry Co., LTD
Photographer: Chainimit Navarat
Location: Thailand
Date/Year taken: April, 2007/September, 2009 |
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Willow Mattress/Willow Fascine treatment two years after install.
Submitted by: Rob Pearce, NRCS
Photographer: Rob Pearce
Location: Adobe Creek, CA
Date/Year taken: July, 2009 |
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Before: Installation of drainage products.
After: After one season of rainfall.
Submitted by: Ketan Shah, K.K. Enterprises
Photographer: Ajit Paria
Location: Muri, India
Date/Year taken: April, 2009/December 2009 |
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Full reconstruction of 3.25 mi. of existing road with ditching, drainage, storm drain, signs and paving.
Submitted by: Gary Walkin, SOA DOT Contruction
Photographer: Gary Walkin
Location: Soldotna, AK
Date/Year taken: August, 2008 |
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