Portable dams are mainly designed and establish for flood protection. It
is also known as aqua dams. These dams are temporary dams which are used for
flood protection. These types of Aqua dams are re-usable. These types of dams
are filled with on-site water and that can be installed to control, contain or
diverted the flow of water. Aqua Dams consist of two basic components that are
two watertight inner polyethylene tubes which contain the water, and an outer
or "master tube".
Aqua dams are coming in different varieties of sizes from 1 to 16 feet
in height. It also comes in standard lengths of 50/100 feet. Best Portable Dams are
available with notice in any shorter, irregular or longer length. The length of
the aqua dams is fabricated. There are various techniques which are used for
the aqua dams like:
·
Rope
deployment
·
River depth
Increase
·
Flume pipes
·
Curves
·
Claiming
Dams
·
Parallel to
bank
These types of methods are time consuming, environment friendly,
expensive, etc. because of the use of heavy material & equipments. Aqua
dams are long lasting, durable in nature, but only with the proper
installation. These types of dams are stored and use again & again in
future for flood protection. Replacement of the inner tubes of dams is easily
done with repairing. Aqua Dams are easy to install and it requires only a pair
of portable pumps, supply of on-site water and labor which are depending on the
size of aqua dams. Aqua dams are best as compared to sandbags because sandbag
requires lots of labor, cost, time, etc. and also sand bags are not re useable
for future. It is helpful to protect the homes, valleys, hotels, etc. from the
flood.
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