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Guadalupe River @ Williams Pipeline Crossing, South of Victoria, TX

Guadalupe River @ Williams Pipeline Crossing, South of Victoria, TX. Bank erosion is threatening pipeline integrity Co-designed by River Research & Design, Inc. & Submar, Inc. Contractor: Submar, Inc. Not a flashy stream, stays on the flood for months at a time

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Guadalupe River @ Williams Pipeline Crossing, South of Victoria, TX

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  1. Guadalupe River @ Williams Pipeline Crossing, South of Victoria, TX • Bank erosion is threatening pipeline integrity • Co-designed by River Research & Design, Inc. & Submar, Inc. Contractor: Submar, Inc. • Not a flashy stream, stays on the flood for months at a time • Bed material: sand-silt-clay, not incised, rural. • Pool-riffle-pool regime, slope < 1% • Average width 100-150 ft, 10-18 ft tall banks

  2. PRE-PROJECT PHOTOS: OCTOBER 2004 TO FEBRUARY 2005

  3. Looking US at the exposed pipeline. PRE-PROJECT Guadalupe River @ Williams Pipeline-derrick-Oct 1, 2004

  4. Looking DS at the exposed pipeline. PRE-PROJECT Guadalupe River @ Williams Pipeline-derrick-Oct 1, 2004

  5. Flow

  6. WILLOW PLANTING

  7. Very hot down in Victoria, TX {103 degrees}. This was the coldest day, it hit 112 degrees some days. We cut several hundred willows & soaked them for 10 days, then planted & watered them in (July-Aug time frame). CONSTRUCTION-Guadalupe River @ Pipeline-John Lewis-July 2005

  8. The constructed soaking pool for the willows. CONSTRUCTION-Guadalupe River @ Pipeline-Derrick – June 3, 2005

  9. Live Siltation above LPSTP

  10. Looking US. Prepping bank for willows. CONSTRUCTION-Guadalupe River @ Pipeline-John Lewis-July 2005

  11. Looking down slope @ row of willows. CONSTRUCTION-Guadalupe River @ Pipeline-John Lewis-June 17, 2005

  12. Looking US. Watering in Live Siltation willows CONSTRUCTION-Guadalupe River @ Pipeline-John Lewis-July 2005

  13. Looking DS @ willows and stone protection. CONSTRUCTION-Guadalupe River @ Pipeline-John Lewis-June 17, 2005

  14. High water. Looking downhill @ riprap & willows. 13 MONTHS LATER-Guadalupe River Mark Bordelon 10-12-05

  15. THE BEFORE & AFTERSLOOKING FROM UPSTREAM TO DOWNSTREAM

  16. From US project limits, looking DS. PRE-PROJECT Guadalupe River @ Williams Pipeline-derrick-Oct 1, 2004

  17. From US project limits, looking DS. 26 MONTHS LATER-Guadalupe River @ Williams Pipeline-derrick 11-6-07

  18. Looking DS at the exposed pipeline. PRE-PROJECT Guadalupe River @ Williams Pipeline-derrick-Oct 1, 2004

  19. Looking DS @ the protected pipeline. 26 MONTHS LATER-Guadalupe River @ Williams Pipeline-derrick 11-6-07

  20. Looking DS at the exposed pipeline. PRE-PROJECT Guadalupe River @ Williams Pipeline-derrick-Oct 1, 2004

  21. From top bank, looking across @ the protected pipeline. 26 MONTHS LATER-Guadalupe River @ Williams Pipeline-derrick 11-6-07

  22. Looking DS, good deposition on stone, dense willows. 26 MONTHS LATER-Guadalupe River @ Williams Pipeline-derrick 11-6-07

  23. Uphill from the willows, good deposition on riprap. 26 MONTHS LATER-Guadalupe River @ Williams Pipeline-Derrick 11-6-07

  24. Thick ridge of deposition DS of willows. 26 MONTHS LATER-Guadalupe River @ Williams Pipeline-Derrick 11-6-07

  25. Native willow seedlings growing on deposition on riprap. 26 MONTHS LATER-Guadalupe River @ Williams Pipeline-derrick 11-6-07

  26. Peyton & Fred the Aku

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