The entire channel has been plugged at low tide using several tubes of mud to create a stable platform. The mud was pushed in along the top, stuffing the dam like a huge sausage. Using mud turned out to be a very quick way of dealing with a low mud hole that needed to be crossed over by the AquaDam®.

You can see the multiple tubes that are full of mud, one white, one black. Mud has been put on top of them, creating an elevated platform approximately the same level of the surrounding fields which are 5' to 6' in elevation. The AquaDam®, partially filled with water, is sitting on top of the mud platform.

The fast-moving channels of water which were dug to form the original levee.