Vegetation (Floating River Vegetation) - Office of Public Works
Vegetation (Floating River Vegetation) - Office of Public Works
Vegetation (Floating River Vegetation) - Office of Public Works
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4.0 Description <strong>of</strong> maintenance operations carried out by the <strong>Office</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Public</strong> <strong>Works</strong><br />
The <strong>Office</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Public</strong> <strong>Works</strong> is obliged under the Arterial Drainage Acts 1945 and 1995 to<br />
maintain drainage works in “proper repair and effective condition”. Channel maintenance includes:<br />
•Removal <strong>of</strong> deposited material in watercourse systems<br />
•Extraction <strong>of</strong> vegetation impeding water flow in riverine systems<br />
•Regrading or pr<strong>of</strong>iling <strong>of</strong> channel banks as a result <strong>of</strong> bank slippage or erosion<br />
•Management <strong>of</strong> riparian vegetation encroaching on watercourses<br />
•Removal <strong>of</strong> vegetation or debris collecting on urban bridges (<strong>Office</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Public</strong> <strong>Works</strong>, 2007).<br />
4.1 Environmental Drainage Maintenance (EDM) Programme<br />
An Environmental Drainage Maintenance (EDM) programme has been established in<br />
conjunction with the Central Fisheries Board to provide and develop a series <strong>of</strong> environmental steps<br />
that can be undertaken to rehabilitate and enhance a suitable habitat for salmonoid fish following<br />
channel maintenance. The 10 steps Environmental Drainage Maintenance Programme include:<br />
1. Protection <strong>of</strong> channel bank slopes<br />
Step 1 Bank protection vegetation retention<br />
2. Restriction <strong>of</strong> maintenance to the wetted channel<br />
3. Placement <strong>of</strong> extracted deposition material away from the edge <strong>of</strong> a sloping bank<br />
4. Selective removal <strong>of</strong> vegetation<br />
Step 3 Deposition <strong>of</strong> spoil material<br />
Step 2 Restriction <strong>of</strong> maintenance to<br />
channel- removal <strong>of</strong> instream vegetation<br />
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