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Say Goodbye to Grouted Rip Rap Rip rap refers to angular stones or boulders installed by hand or machine to buffer against wave action and river scouring and dissipate and resist hydraulic energy. To get around the logistical challenges of sourcing, transporting, and installing the larger rock [...]

Tied Concrete Block Mats vs. Synthetex’s Enviromat FX Are you looking to prevent and control erosion along drainage ditches, upper channel slopes, outfalls, embankments, or any number of other surfaces that can be ravaged by runoff, current scour, or wave action? If so, you may find yourself [...]

How to Combat Erosion & Scour Using Articulating Concrete Block Mats Moving water—the flow of a river current, the surge of an ocean wave, even simply ephemeral runoff, sheetwash, and rilling during an intense cloudburst—is the Earth’s signature erosive agent. Hydraulic action, when it gnaws away at [...]

Precast Articulating Concrete Blocks vs. Synthetex’s Articulated Block System When you’re looking for an alternative to, say, traditional rip rap or gabions for erosion control, scour protection, or shoreline stabilization, you may find yourself considering precast articulating concrete blocks (aka ACBs). We’re here to explain how superior [...]

How HYDROTEX Products Help With Contaminated Sediment Whether it’s the storm surf or the more subtle but relentless bite of breaking waves, propeller wash, and tidal action, shorelines take a continuous beating at the interface of land and water. This is an inevitable process, of course, and [...]

How HYDROTEX Products Help With Contaminated Sediment The containment of contaminated sediment ranks among the most pressing concerns in industrialized shoreline environments. For the integrity of aquatic ecosystems and for human health and safety alike, sealing off contamination—which very often stems from past industrial activities subject to [...]

Bridge Abutments & Why They Require Scour Protection Hydraulic scour destabilizing bridge abutments is a leading cause of bridge failure in the U.S. and around the world. Combating this common form of erosion is both imperative and challenging, given the naturally dynamic bankside and shoreline environments and [...]

The Importance of Proper Coal Ash Storage & How Synthetex Can Help Recent moves by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) underscore the importance of properly storing coal ash, that byproduct of burning coal, to safeguard waterways, aquifers, ecosystems, and human health. As the [...]

How Synthetex Can Help With Developing a Mining Erosion & Sediment Control Plan As concern about the limited supply and carbon footprint of fossil fuels mounts, the world is seeing a major energy transition underway, with shifts toward renewable sources such as hydropower, wind power, solar power, [...]