Phoenix Erosion Control
Phoenix Amenity offer a comprehensive range of environmentally friendly products designed to combat erosion on a number of diverse sites, including remedial work on rivers, canals, ponds and wetland related projects.
All our products are manufactured from natural materials and include:
- Planted Coir Pallets to help establish aquatic vegetation on wetland projects
- Straw and Coir blended erosion control blankets for slope applications
- 100% Coir blankets for erosion control on steep banks
- Coir logs (planted and un-planted) to prevent bank scouring on rivers and streams
We also supply a wide range of mild steel, wood and plastic fixing pins suitable for use on all our products.
Riverbank Erosion
Bank erosion is a natural process and is an important source of sediment for a natural river system. Indeed, certain habitats and species would not exist were it not for actively eroding banks. However, bank erosion can be triggered or exaggerated by human activities and this "accelerated" bank erosion can throw a natural channel system out of equilibrium and result in severe ecological degradation to the watercourse. Erosion can cause the loss of valuable land and threaten flood defences and properties.
Shorelines
Most bioengineering techniques are suitable for the long-term protection of eroding or exposed lake shorelines. A wide margin of wetland plants absorbs wave energy whilst supporting valuable wildlife habitats. From urban lakes to inter tidal and coastal shorelines, we can advise suitable bioengineering solutions that stop erosion and provide diverse marginal habitat.
Wetlands
Phoenix Amenity specialises in integrated constructed wetland and habitat creation schemes, within the context of storm water and wastewater management. The basis of the SUDS approach is the use of water management technologies such as grass swales, constructed wetlands and infiltration basins within a treatment circuit to achieve the water flow and quality targets.
We work with natural materials to create robust, ecologically stable systems that do not require high levels of maintenance. The overall result is a system that attenuates storm flows, supports high levels of biodiversity, produces an amenity and landscape resource and greatly improves water quality.
Habitat Translocation
We specialise in the translocation of entire or fragmented habitats by moving whole ecosystems including both the vegetation and soil elements. Many types of habitat can be moved in this way including reed beds and wetlands, heath land, grasslands and salt marshes.
Phoenix Amenity can advise on the suitability of the donor and receptor sites, including all elements of ground preparation and the depth of soil that needs to be lifted.
Erosion Control - Slopes
Soil should be regarded as an invaluable and finite resource, as most UK soils have taken hundreds, and even thousands or years to evolve and develop. Inappropriate management can expose this valuable resource resulting in irreversible damage in weeks, days or even a few hours. Soil should not simply be viewed as a "growing medium", but a unique habitat, containing whole ecosystems.
