A primary study of the design and application of ecological snail controlling revetment in water conservancy and anti-schistosomiasis project
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Abstract:
Rigid revetment is widely used in traditional water conservancy and anti-schistosomiasis projects. It has a negative impact on the biological diversity of watercourses. A regular rigid revetment was designed for a water conservancy project based on the tidal data of a nearby gauging station. A new type of snail controlling revetment was also designed according to the idea of snail controlling by plants. Moreover, three experimental sections were created with different combinations of snail controlling plants. The site survey showed that both rigid revetment and ecological revetment were effective in controlling oncomelania. But the ecological revetment is more natural compared with the rigid one. Among the three test sections, the section with densely hairy sorrel smart weeds as emerged plants and leonurus as herbaceous plants had the highest plant survival rate.