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Sediment Trap Design Field Guide
By Sediment Drainage Board
July 6, 2010

The Silkwood Drainage Board conducted a GGIP investigating different sediment trap designs and the benefits of installing traps. The link below is to a field guide developed by the group which covers:

  • identifying the need and benefits of sediment traps
  • wet tropics field tested sediment trap designs
  • design data on sediment trap performance
  • photos of retro fitted operational sediment traps

Sediment trap design field guide