Sealing Solutions For Urban Area Water Management And Defence.
In this new era where population in urban areas is exponentially increasing, rising sea levels in combination with extreme rainfall and overflowing rivers require new and innovative approaches towards urban protection.
When it comes to water defense, countries across the globe have their own approach depending on whether they take a centralized, localized or private approach. Some countries only protect their shores while others are also focused on inland water management.
Mobile and modular water defense systems are becoming an increasingly important part of integral water defense solutions of densely populated areas. All these types of water defense structures require an engineered sealing solution to maintain their operational effectiveness
Sealing Solutions For Urban Area Water Management And Defence.
Water barriers require an engineered sealing solution ensuring the interface of the static and dynamic parts of the water defense constructions are watertight. GSC has the inhouse knowledge and experience to deliver tailor made sealing solutions independent of the scale. Depending on the geographical location, the required draught and the frequency of ship passages, the integral water management and water defense solutions of densely populated areas consist of:
The Storm Surge Barriers form the first line of protection against extreme high tides or storm conditions and are often positioned in big rivers close to sea ports, protecting wide areas of land.
Lock and Gate Systems form the second line of protection in cases of storms, extreme high tides or overflowing rivers, protecting specific parts of the land. Lock and gate systems are also used for water management of shipping traffic.
Modular/Self Activating Water Barriers are often tertiary protection systems for local protection of river overflowing. Self-activating water systems are automatically activated when the water reaches a certain level, providing active defense during emergency conditions.
Temporary Urban Water Barriers are modular systems which can quickly be installed in specific areas in case of emergencies, protecting higly specific parts of the urban landscape.
In order to prevent overload of the urban drainage system and prevent flooding, creative solutions such as temporary rooftop water retainment, parking garage adaptation for temporary water storage or recreational areas doubling as emergency water basins are required to deal with peak water levels in case of extreme rainfall.
Private Property Water Barriers can be found in various settings and configurations, almost similar to larger lock and gate barriers. The gates can be manually positioned, with or without a self activating mechanism, which closes when water comes in contact with the property. These types of gates require a compression type of sealing.
Sealing solutions for urban areas, ranging from large scale infrastructure to private property water defense.
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