whitewaterwithout
Whitewaterwithout is a term used in river restoration and environmental design to describe an approach that seeks to preserve or reestablish natural whitewater conditions without relying on artificial structures or engineered features. It focuses on maintaining the river’s inherent hydraulic processes that generate rapids, rather than substituting natural sections with concrete steps, wave basins, or man-made paddling parks.
The term emerged in the early to mid-2010s within environmental science and conservation circles. It has appeared
Core principles include preserving or restoring natural flow regimes, removing constraints that dampen rapids (such as
Practitioners describe whitewaterwithout in project briefs and case studies as a philosophy rather than a specific