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RIVERBANK STABILISATION
IN SOUTHERN CHILE
Germn Wallace Pineda
Bioingeniera Wallace y Ca, Ltda
Concepcion, Chile
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Paul Truong
TVNI, Brisbane, Australia
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Protection of the Main Irrigation Canal
System Using Vetiver Grass Bio-engineeringand Gabion Structure on the Bank of the
Bo Bo River at Negrete, Southern Chile
This project was:
proposed by the Bo Bo basin Irrigation Associationat Negrete
conducted by Bioingeniera Wallace y Ca, Ltda and
funded by Ministry of Public Works of Chile and
The Chilean Technological Innovation Fund
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The site is south east of Conception, approximately at latitude 38
south, with typical Mediterranean climate, cold and wet winter,
with occasional frostsand hot, dry summer
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The Bio Bio River has seasonal flows, high flow and strong current with
higher rainfall during winter, and in spring and early summer from the melting
snow from the Andean mountains and drought during the autumn. Its widthvaries between 60-120m.
Its banks are very unstable and actively eroded, although most of its
length is reasonably covered by native vegetation, they are ineffective during the
high flow periods, resulting in sand islands forming along its course.
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Rock basket and gabion are laid on the water edge
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Top soil fill on the main slope
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Slope gradient is about 1.5:1
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Seven horizontal rows planted at VI between 0.8 and 1.0m
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45 cross rows of 4m long and at 2m interval
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Planted in mid summer, January 2007
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A total of 7 200 plants were used, but due to shortage of potted plants,
only 3 100 were polybags and 4 100 bare root slips
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Fencing to keep livestock out
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Fertilizing and good watering is essential for early establishment
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One month after planting
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One month after planting
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One month after planting, good growth from polybags
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One month after planting, good growth from polybags but poor from bare root slips
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But after 18 months all plants are growing well
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The gabion is under water
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A small section was eroded during the first winter due partly to poor compaction
and partly to the poorer growth of the bare root stock.
This section was replanted last spring
Very young bare
root plants
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Except for a small cave in, the site has been successfully stabilised and
its stability will be further improved when the plants mature.
From these results, it is recommended that: Only good quality plants (polybags) should be used for this application.
Plant late in winter or early spring to reduce watering and providing
longer growing time