69. Stabilisation of Reservoir Banks Using an “Armoured Earth Structure”

Stabilisation of banks is a very important, but often disregarded stage of setting a newly built water structure in operation. The described type of stabilization creates in-time appropriate bank reinforcement (here, regardless the dam) that may prevent creation and development of subsequent abrasive or erosive damage. Here are presented first experiences with the stabilisation use of so called “earth armour” in an interaction with a root system of suitable woody plants on an operational experimental surface. This surface is the endangered, at present already very abraded shore of the Bilovee irrigation reservoir in South Moravia.