Gully Plug Dam
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Description
A compacted earthen bank built across an eroded channel using a bulldozer, scraper or scoop. $2 - $3 per cubic metre of bank.
Application
Used to collect water off long stretches of gully battering and to transport overland flow across the eroded channel for disposal.
Limitations
A compacted earthen bank built across an eroded channel using a bulldozer, scraper or scoop.
Comments
Normally built with relatively short lifespan. Once gully battering has settled and grassed up gully plug can be replaced with a normal diversion bank.