Removed the protective covering and securing ropes from the new AquaDam® with a utility knife and then placed it so it would unroll in the right direction. The open end was pulled up the bank higher than the anticipated inflated height of the AquaDam®. The structural integrity of the AquaDam® starts at the black outer tube.

Two pumps have been set up, and the discharge hoses are inserted far enough into the fill tubes that they are inside the black outer tube. Workers hold back the inflating AquaDam® so that the stream current will not move the dam.

Notice that a pressure head of water is constantly maintained inside the AquaDam®. Workers take one step back at a time, stop, and then wait for the water head to build back up. Step back, wait... step back, wait... This process is repeated until the dam is fully unrolled.