This channel is approximately 5' deep below the surrounding fields. Because of the tide, water is rushing in and out of the levee four times a day, eroding the levee, and making a hole 12' deep during low tide.

What was unique with this project was how to close off this fast moving water. We had to create a platform 5' to 7' high across this channel, using on-site mud. The mud was pushed into the outside skin of an AquaDam®. This kept the mud below the AquaDam® from being pushed out.

The man pictured here is standing on a tube partially filled with mud. We had to use several tubes of mud to create a platform big enough to support the AquaDam®. At high tide the man's head would be under water. It took a tremendous amount of mud to fill up a base large enough to support the AquaDam®.

An excavator was found to be the most efficient way to load mud into the long bags which effectively blocked off and raised the bottom of this channel. We had never attempted this before and six months later the technique has proven effective.