Creek Management Approaches

The management of urban creeks is often a complex balance between multiple and competing resources and stakeholders. Novato Creek is experiencing a high degree of lateral bank erosion threatening adjacent property, structures, utilities, and large trees. These same threatened structures also make bank stabilization within the creek difficult, due to the close proximity of structures and utilities that may be impacted.

Make your Bank Stabilization Design Approach Decision

Using these four major factors in a hierarchical form allows for the property owner and regulator to quickly determine which approach to bank stabilization is appropriate for individual sites.