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IECA Design Standard: Sediment Barrier - Silt Fence

Recorded On: 2021/01/20

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This Standard is intended to guide designers on the purpose, design, material selection, installation, and maintenance of a silt fence when used as a temporary sediment control barrier for sheet flow applications to minimize sediment transport from a disturbed area susceptible to erosion. 

Included in this package is the recorded webinar from January 20, 2021 discussing this standard. Upon completion of the webinar, you will receive 1 Professional Development Hour. 

Design tool:  http://www.eng.auburn.edu/research/centers/auesctf/tools/siltspread.html


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Recorded Webinar
A Performance-Based Design and Installation Standard for Silt Fence
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Open to view video. Existing silt fence design guidance primarily relies on state design standards which were developed based on rules-of-thumb that lack scientific justification. Proper design and implementation of silt fence is critical and must consider site-specific factors such as: topography, precipitation, soil type, and other site parameters. This presentation will describe a silt fence sediment barrier design and installation standard developed through a comprehensive literature review of current state agency guidance and performance-based research. This study proposes a hydrologic design approach using local site conditions while accounting for detention volumes provided by silt fence barrier installations. In addition, a user-friendly spreadsheet-based tool was developed to assist designers in calculating hydrologic and volumetric parameters, proper sizing of silt fence segments, and for estimating maintenance needs. A case study and recommendation for state agency implementation demonstrates the application of the developed design approach
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