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Water to fight water – an innovative flood protection method
Repeated application, requiring no heavy machinery (and the minimum workforce size).
Quick installation and removal, up to 20 times faster compared to sandbagged temporary embankments.
Repeated flood protection
Considerable damage inflicted by floods and severe weather every year can be significantly reduced.
The “Water to fight water” protection system does not require construction of sandbagged embankments. Instead, it allows very rapid execution of plastic pipe embankments filled with water using fewer workers. The very same water which threatens to flood the area is used to fill the pipes.
The “Water to fight water” protective embankments consist of plastic pipes, 10 to 20 metres long, joined together using special connecting elements to form a single embankment of required length and width, filled with water to form a dam against a potential flood.
Simple and quick installation
First, the pipes are unfurled, (optionally filled with air using a fan), linked using connecting elements, positioned exactly where needed and filled with water using a fire pump or fire hydrant network. Each element is provided with a standard fire hose connection.
After use, they are quickly drained through purpose-built openings, dried and stored.
In storage, they take up little space because they are folded into packages which may be stored on pallets.
Since they are made of high-strength polyester fabric coated with a layer of PVC on both sides, they are flexible and conform to the ground for a perfect fit and thus creating a seal.
Advantages in comparison with the old flood protection method
- New method...
- Simple and quick installation, approximately 20 times faster execution compared to the same length of embankment using the same number of people, at a lower financial cost
- Safer and higher-quality flood protection system
- The minimum number of people required (3)
- Reduced likelihood of construction faults resulting from human errors
- There is no need for heavy machinery (lorries and machinery)
- Capability of significantly faster response to emergency situations
- Capability to deploy the system on terrain which has already been flooded
- Capability to deploy the system as a method of protection and as an addition to breached embankments
- Suitable for all types of terrain
- Suitable for repeated use
- Simple and quick dismantling
- Old method
- Requires a great number of people to build embankments
- Requires use of vehicles to deliver and remove sand
- Requires large quantities of sand to fill bags
- Involves risk of suitability of terrain to delivery using lorries or machinery
- Complex and complicated procedure of construction of stable temporary embankments
- Quality and resilience of embankments greatly depends on workmanship applied in construction of the embankments
- Complex and physically demanding dismantling of temporary embankments after the weather improves and the need to provide protection against floods ceases
- Sand-filled temporary embankment bags are used only once
- Number of personnel and time required to dismantle embankments are approximately the same to those needed to build the embankments
- Construction of temporary sandbagged embankments takes a long time
Technical data
The pipes are executed in several standard diameters, depending on the required embankment strength and height.Type | M 30 | M 40 | M 60 | M 90 | M 120 |
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Pipe diameter (cm) | 32 | 40 | 64 | 96 | 120 |
Expected embankment height (cm) | 25 | 30 | 55 | 95 | 105 |
Pipe length (m) | 10, 15, 20 | 10, 15, 20 | 10, 15, 20 | 10, 15, 20 | 10, 15, 20 |
Weight of an empty 10-metre pipe | 11 kg | 13 kg | 19 kg | 26 kg | 38 kg |
Weight of a filled 10-metre pipe | 750 kg | 930 kg | 2850 kg | 11000 kg | 18650 kg |
Material | Polyester fabric, coated with PVC on both sides | ||||
Weight g/m2 | 900 gr/m2 | 900 gr/m2 | 900 gr/m2 | 900 gr/m2 | 1100 gr/m2 |
Failure strength N/5 cm DIN 53354 | > 4100 | > 4100 | > 4100 | > 4100 | > 4100 |
Purpose | Protection against water spilling over along city streets, and channelling of water at lower water levels. | Protection against higher water levels and greater water flow pressures. |
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Considerable damage inflicted by floods and severe weather every year can be significantly reduced.
The “Water to fight water” protection system does not require construction of sandbagged embankments. Instead, it allows very rapid execution of plastic pipe embankments filled with water using fewer workers. The very same water which threatens to flood the area is used to fill the pipes.