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That's brilliant work folks!

Good video

Hi, Just wondered what the area is like now 2 years later?

"That's prevention, rather than repair." Brilliant.

Bring beavers back!

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Building beaver damns.

Why not use beavers? They make it look more natural and create large bodies of water for other wildlife to thrive.

How bad does that smell

Thank you for sharing your video and for all your hard work keeping our water ways clean

Have you thought about using beaver analogs like in America or even beavers?

you need beavers!

Leaving the log structures open on the bottom is actually a pretty bad thing because it forces the water to scour and dig out the channel, increasing the erosion and silt in the water. In the US, we call these Beaver Dam Analogs because we learned from the beavers. The key to stopping flooding is to actually hold the water back in the Beaver Dam Analogs just like the beavers do. This raises the water table and increases the amount of vegetation that can grow along the river course. We've got gobs and gobs of scientific data on just how big of an impact a chain of BDA's will make in a catchment. 25% decrease in storm pulse isn't at all unusual, and downstream flooding is pretty much a thing of the past. But you have to build like the beavers build. Thinking that you know better is a recipe for disaster. Better still is that you can build what I call "micro BDA's" on every crease and fold in the land because you know those are going to become gutters for the rain. So what do you do? A single small "dam" made from sticks and twigs, with some leaves piled against the uphill side, and you've created a structure that'll slow water down, spread it out, and give it time to soak in. Then it's just a matter of waiting on the rain to fall. No need for heavy equipment. No need to break out the shovels and mattock. Just do as the beavers have done for millennia and stack some twigs and leaves across the path of the flow. It takes just minutes for each "micro-BDA" and while they might not seem like they're doing much.... the pay off is quite significant. The more you add, the better the return on your investment. Plus, they're just fun to build.

Like it, needed everywhere. How long do you anticipate it will last?

well if it s a down pour thats one thing......but why are the wtercourses not cleaned anually....

Would it spil in heavy rain?

Is it safe if wildlife is in contact with the pond? Ducks, etc. Very green.

Good work a question How do you save the treatment pound from heavy rain water flooding into it and contaminating the whole are? Please explain

Love this and, gorgeous soundtrack with the bird song coming through. Superb work IRT!

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Doesn't this cause erosion under the dam where flow speeds are increased?

Get BEAVER.

Grest concept and well done video. When I watched, the caption indicates the post is one year old. Do you have additional posts/updates between then and now?

What you can see in this stream, without some sort of blocking, the stream digs deeper and deeper into the ground and it is of no use whatsoever to the surrounding land. Keep up the good work.

What's the smell like? I've heard that can be a challenge with these systems.

looks like a playground for mosquito.

The farmer wants to look after his tree -- really?} I think he wants to stop erosion of his land. You're manipulating the natural flow of the river. Put in beaver dams and utilize the flood plains if you want to improve the ecology.

I have seen this similar system in India ,but in a city level scale,...and it works perfectly.

question: is it stinky up close?

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Interesting to see. Lovely accent and enthusiasm. The bundled dam that's a bit high looks more like a footbridge to me :)

Y’all need more rocks and trees around there

It's great advice but I think you need to tailor your language to the audience. Farmers and scientists need to use the same jargon to understand each other.

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Just here to feed the algorithm.

Just here to feed the algorithm.

Is it safe for animals or wildlife nearby to drink this water? Even if the area is fenced off, it seems that flying birds could still land in and drink in the water

More leaks than the Iraqi Navy

I’ll trade you 5 beavers for 5 cases of Guinness.

Amazing concept.

Great work folks!

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How far away from a water well or spring type source of drinking water must this be located?

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Great chat! I got some great ideas of this video lads

A Pepsi bottle...a coca cola glass

Can't agree that it's a good design. While it sounds nice, the fact is that the water is going to eat out the channel even deeper as it's forced under the dam. If you're building a leaky dam, the best design is what beavers have been doing for a million years. They're the experts. The further from that design you get, the less efficient it will be. For as much time and effort goes into just one of those dams, you could have built three or four Beaver Dam Analogs.

Why spend all that construction money when Beavers will do it for free over and over again "