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Research Project:
Assessment of Levee Protection Techniques Against Erosion by Wave Action
Location:
Channel and Watershed Processes Research
Project Number: 6408-13000-012-27
Project Type:
Specific C/A
Start Date: Sep 29, 2003
End Date: Aug 31, 2008
Objective:
The objective for the first two years of the agreement is to focus on identifying cost effective solutions for protecting levees of commercial aquaculture ponds and irrigation reservoirs from accelerated erosion by surface wave action in highly erodible soils of the Mississippi Delta.
Approach:
ARS and UM will cooperative utilize the hydraulic laboratory facilities of the ARS National Sedimentation Laboratory to construct a physical model of typical levees and conduct tests to research and document the effectiveness of various mechanical treatment alternatives that serve to dissipate wind-wave energy and are cost effective. The data from these tests will be analyzed and compared to the extent possible with performance data from field tests planned by scientists from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
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