Lake Sediment Removal in Part 1, Page 5: |
| For a couple of hundred feet in the middle of the lake, the water was only knee deep. Smaller AquaDams could have been used at this location, but the contract called for larger AquaDams to be used. This 100' long segment took approximately 3 hours to install and inflate.
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| This is a picture of the completed installation. All backups are in place and dewatering is already underway. Notice the lighthouse (left side) now. The water around it has been completely drained, leaving a mud flat. The orange screen is preventing fish from entering the sump hole and getting sucked into the discharge pumps' intakes. | |
| This is a connection. Both of he fill tubes extend out through he coupling collar. The attached segments almost look like one continuous tube, making a watertight seal because of the internal pressure of the AquaDams. | |