17 Monitoring Blog Site 9

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Quick monitoring blog for Site 9 where road from Malinguapamba to Latacunga crosses upper Yanarumi below Malingua Yaku. This is the site where EWB removed boulders from upstream end of culvert and Minga planted shrubs upstream along channel. Big boulder remains in place.

Downstream is still VERY sketchy with steep cut below culvert putting road at risk; on the other hand the conservation work upstream probably limits the amount of material and peak flows expected from upstream.

Lots of rock available below culvert to create some check dams, maybe better to import more rock (+ ogs?) to create drop structures between culvert and channel below?

Hard to see in photo 6 but note light blue pipe is broken end of water collection pipe lost during channel downcutting and now perched above channel bed. Suggest bringing channel bed up to at least this elevation and install infiltrator in drop structures below culvert, thus coordinating water intake with road protection?

NOTE also the concrete fence posts are planned for use in other conservation work, perhaps Guantugloma?

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