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Debris Flow & Shallow Landslide Protection - Las Ceibas River 2018

Bird's eye on the debris flow barrier

Debris Flow & Shallow Landslide Protection - Las Ceibas River 2018

During installation

Debris Flow & Shallow Landslide Protection - Las Ceibas River 2018

The ringnets - they will hold back debris, mud, rock blocks

Debris Flow & Shallow Landslide Protection - Las Ceibas River 2018

Works at the debris flow barrier

Debris Flow & Shallow Landslide Protection - Las Ceibas River 2018

View upstream of the ring net barrier

 

Systems

UX Special Solutions

 

System length

- 56 m

 

Year of installation

2018

Initial situation

Las Ceibas river is in the Huila department at the center of the country and is the main water provider to department capital's distribution system. During the rainy seasons debris and avalanche flows are triggered. These phenomena fed by the blocks and soil placed in the riverbank, put in danger nearby populations and the city's distribution system.

Description

WARCO proposed a series of debris flow barriers with an accumulated retention capacity of 25'000 m³. The first barrier installed in 2018 has a length of 56 meters and a height of 6 meters.

Note: More barriers were installed in 2019 and in 2020.

Also watch the customer's video from 2021

Country/Region

Colombia

Customer

CAM - Corporacion Autonoma del Alto Magdalena

Protected object

Building, Infrastructure, Other

Corrosion protection

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René Müller
   

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