Environmental Benefits of Sliplining Culverts

Municipalities and state agencies are under increasing pressure to ensure that infrastructure rehabilitation minimizes environmental impacts.

This is part of a nationwide effort to redress environmental damage during the last hundred years or more.?

Trenchless culvert repair minimizes environmental impacts, including those on pedestrian and automobile traffic.?

But some trenchless methods employ chemical compounds that could harm fish and wildlife.?

Sliplining provides a less impactful method to repair your culverts without the environmental contaminants of CIPP and other rehabilitation methods.

Here are the five biggest environmental benefits of slip lining.

Slip Lining Preserves Surrounding Landscapes

Slip lining requires minimal excavation of the culvert and the surrounding area. While there’s some disruption as crews maneuver the structure into place, the vast majority of the process is minimally invasive.

Minimal landscape impact means minimal disruption for plant and animal life in the immediate area.?

Less Traffic Disruption

Sliplining culverts requires minimal roadway downtime. Crews simply align the structure to the existing culvert and grout between the liner and the original culvert.

In many cases, the insertion and grouting process takes less than a day. While the grout requires some time to dry, only specific circumstances would prevent drivers from using the roadway during that time.?

Lower Emissions

Heavy equipment and earth-moving vehicles use diesel fuel–and they use a lot of it. Even small projects can consume a lot of fuel and create emissions that potentially damage the environmental air quality.?

Because there’s less excavation when sliplining culverts, there’s fewer total emissions on the project.?

Lower Impact on Hydraulic Performance

A lot of engineers, when they’re looking into slipline rehabilitation on a culvert, they’re concerned about maintaining hydraulic performance.?

InfraSteel slip liners actually help maintain a culvert’s hydraulic capacity. Our team works alongside hydraulic engineers to design site-specific liners that maintain hydraulic performance while simplifying the rehabilitation process.??

Lower Impact on Fish & Wildlife

Because there is minimal disruption to the surrounding landscape, most animal life isn’t disturbed by an InfraSteel slip liner.

For aquatic life, our team is able to work with engineers and environmental scientists to design fish-friendly slip liners that meet the goals for wetlands preservation and other specific environmental goals.?

Interested in Minimizing Environmental Impacts? Contact InfraSteel to Learn How We Can Help

The team at InfraSteel is committed to helping project managers and engineers determine the best way to rehabilitate culverts.?

If you’d like to learn more about the feasibility of InfraSteel slip lining for your project, contact us today to speak with someone who can discuss the specifics.?