IECA Photo Gallery
2001 Mountain States Mini-Conference
Click on a thumbnail to view a larger size. Photos from the Mountain States Chapter's Mini-Conference held June 5-6, 2001 in Denver, Colorado
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Earth Saver and Safety & Construction Supply sponsored the hard hats for field trip participants. Many thanks! |
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Sand Creek Project near Havana St & I-70 in Denver, CO The area is known as Bluff Lake. (Project built by Aquatic & Wetland Co - IECA's Contractor of the Year 2000) Bus tour group looking downstream, northwest, at Sand Creek from the shoulder of the drop structure. |
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Sand Creek Project. Tour group standing on the shoulder
of a stepped drop structure made of a grouted boulders. The drop
structure is about eight feet tall. Photo is looking northeast.
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Sand Creek Project. This photo is looking west from just downstream of the eight foot tall drop structure. The photo shows the low flow channel of Sand Creek edged with boulders to provide erosion protection. |
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Reviewing use of a turf
reinforcement mat on a hillside |
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Illustration of how a flocculent can cause deposition of suspended particles. Left bottle is pond water that takes about two days to settle. Right bottle is pond water with Polyacrylamide (PAM) added (it was nearly clear in about 5 minutes) |
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Evaluating a poorly installed
turf reinforcement mat |
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Reviewing use of straw mulch and a |
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Left embankment is straw-coconut erosion control
blanket.
Right side is a geosynthetic turf reinforcement mat. |
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Discussion of how the Faircloth Skimmer functions to remove water from a sediment containment system. |
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Collection of sediment laden water
behind rock check structure. |
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Reviewing a staple check structure |
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