Geotextiles protect river banks from erosion due to currents or lapping. When used in conjunction with natural or artificial enrockments, they act as a filter. Geotextile is commonly used as a lining in reservoirs, ponds and artificial streams. The Geotextile underlay protects the pond liners from penetration issues by sharp stones, roots of plants
Non Woven geotextiles is used to filter the soil and a more or less single size granular material to transport water is increasingly seen as a technically and commercially viable alternative to the conventional systems. Geotextiles perform the filtering mechanism for drainages in earth dams, in roads and highways, in reservoirs, behind retaining walls, deep drainage trenches, and agriculture.
Geotextiles can be utilized in agriculture to control pests and weeds, as a barrier to prevent weeds from growing through the soil and into gardens or fields, alongside mulch to suppress weeds, retain moisture, and add organic matter to the soil, and as reinforcement to improve slope stability, making the fields more productive and yielding more crops.