channel drainage Articles
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Ground drainage with Filtram
The A11 Thetford Bypass comprises approximately 7.5km of single and double carriageway. The design called for a roadside fin drain system to act as a vertical water flow interceptor in conjunction with a horizontal under channel drainage layer incorporated within the roadbase. The combined system discharges to conventional drainage outlets. Filtram 1B1 -ED was chosen as the vertical fin drain ...
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Dons drainage is pitch-perfect stadiummk benefits from versatility of ACO channel drainage
Developers of stadiummk, home to Milton Keynes Dons FC, have been able to take advantage of ACO Water Management's versatile range of channel drainage systems to create a fully integrated, high performance drainage network covering a host of diverse applications across the complex. Managing run-off from the pitch, the hotel entrance and the stadium car park - together with its fitness centre and ...
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Water pollution emergency 0f explosion in port of Tianjin - case study
Sample collection site: explosion central point outer drainage channel Water outlet of Tianjin port sewage treatment works Port of Tianjin surrounding sea area Collect water sample every hour, 24hours ongoing ...
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Reinforced track sub-ballast overview - Case Study
THE Geoweb® SOIL STABILIZATION system The Geoweb system is a proven technology for solving challenging soil stabilization problems common in the railroad industry. Railway engineers worldwide have successfully applied the Geoweb cellular confinement technology to 1) provide a high-stiffness roadbed foundation at grade under track, crossings and turnouts, particularly in areas of weak soils, ...
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ACO drainage channels form an extensive sustainable drainage system at refurbished M5 services
At the refurbished Michaelwood Services on the M5, engineers have been able to combine the benefits of different high performance ACO Water Management drainage channels to complete an extensive sustainable drainage scheme that adds some striking visual features to the new parking areas. Installed at the services on both sides of the carriageway, the drainage systems use ACO products that provide ...
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Flood control and disaster management
Flood control refers to all methods used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of flood waters (wikipedia). Some of the common techniques used for flood control are installation of rock berms, rock rip-raps, sandbags, maintaining normal slopes with vegetation or application of soil cements on steeper slopes and construction or expansion of drainage channels. Other methods include levees, ...
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How 3D Composite Drainage Net is Used in Landfill Projects?
A composite 3D drainage net (also known as a three-dimensional geotechnical drainage board, tunnel drainage board, or drainage board) is composed of a three-dimensional plastic mesh with double-sided bonding water seepage geotextiles, which can replace the traditional sand and gravel layers. The mesh double-sided bonding water seepage geotextile makes up a drainage tool, which is used for the ...
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The drainage of lake ‘L'Estany’ in Spain
In the 18th century, the practice of drying up the wetlands, marshy or stagnant water areas expanded throughout Europe in order to avoid the malaria fevers that the population periodically suffered and to recover land for farming. This communication describes the current knowledge about the history of the process of drying in various hydrological basins as well as the works in the endorheic ...
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Agent-based assessment of stormwater re-use potential of low-impact development control facilities at the site of Vlasina Lake, Serbia
Vlasina Lake in south-east Serbia is classified as an Area of Distinct Land Use and, as such, is subject to high environmental protection standards applied in the Master Plan. Two open channels for stormwater and sediment transportation to two large detention basins with pumping stations for water evacuation into the lake were envisaged in the Master Plan. In the preliminary design, the ...
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Quick Repair of Track Subgrade & Railroad Right-of-Way
GEOWEB® Geocells — Quick Fix, Long Term Protection Be prepared to repair washouts and track issues quickly and economically with one solution. The GEOWEB® 3D Soil Stabilization System is a proven 40-year solution, delivering emergency repair for track and railroad right-of-way embankments, bridges and channels. Stock readily available allows for fast deployment by local railroad ...
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Wastewater salinity assessment using near infrared spectroscopy
The visible and near infrared spectroscopy is a fast and inexpensive non-destructive technique for the prediction of concentrations of salts in wastewater. Conventional chemical methods are usually used, which are very accurate, take more time and require special techniques for sampling, storing and pretreatment of wastewater. In this work we studied the spectral characteristics of water and ...
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PT150 hits the Riga Airport case study
Riga International Airport is the largest airport in the Baltic States. RIX Airport acts as a hub for AirBaltic and is part of the network of a number of the largest airlines in the world. To ensure that the airport maintains it function of international access point for the Baltic states, the national Ministry of Transport has entered into an agreement to implement a development project with the ...
By BBA Pumps BV
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Public health perspectives of channelized and unchannelized headwater streams in central Ohio: a case study
Headwater streams constitute the majority of watersheds in the United States and many in the midwest have been channelized for agricultural drainage. Public health implications of water chemistry and aquatic insects within channelized and unchannelized headwater streams have not been explored. We sampled water chemistry and aquatic insects in two channelized and two unchannelized headwater ...
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Caravan sales park uses ACO SUDS system to create unique customer environment
The new eleven acre landscaped extension to Salop Leisure's sales centre in Shrewsbury has exploited the versatility of ACO Water Management's grated drainage channel system, ACO MultiDrain MD, to create a unique SUDS scheme that adds a striking visual aspect to the setting and prevents any risk of flooding. By using a series of swales, pools and wetlands to receive rainwater collected by ...
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Installation speed of ACO Qmax minimises disruption at Belfast International Airport
Ease of handling, quick installation and high drainage performance are the reasons for ACO Qmax- being selected to manage surface water run-off from Belfast International Airport's new and refurbished aircraft aprons. All four sizes of ACO Water Management's award-winning slot drainage system have been used across the project which forms a key part of the airport's ambitious development plans to ...
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Combination of bespoke and standard ACO surface water drainage systems
A series of unique, high performance channel drainage systems designed and manufactured by ACO Technic, the bespoke product development division of water management specialist ACO Technologies, has been installed across Heathrow's award winning Terminal Five. As well as helping to overcome some significant challenges posed by the site's design, the systems have played a key role in creating some ...
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ACO Water management systems play key SUDS role at new brick works
Mansfield Brick's new £10 million manufacturing facility in Nottinghamshire has used a wide range of ACO Water Management products to complete a self-contained SUDS system that imposes no additional load on the main sewer network. Designed to withstand heavy plant and vehicle traffic as well as potentially high levels of debris carried in the surface water run-off, the system provides ...
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What Kenya’s biggest slum can teach us about saving cities from floods
An innovative design firm is using data and community outreach to protect Nairobi's poorest residents from devastating storms. Try navigating the soggy, waterlogged slopes of Kenya’s largest slum, with its hundreds of thousands of ramshackle houses, and you’ll quickly realize why Kibera is named after a Nubian word meaning “jungle.” Pasted and propped along the banks of ...
By Ensia
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Start signal given for the 7th DEWATS plant in Lao PDR
The scene of action is the Khoualuang Temple in the heart of Vientiane Capital. Already two years ago, a study about “Improvement of Water Environment in Vientiane City” identified this area as notably suitable for implementing a Decentralised Wastewater Treatment Solution (DEWATS). As a result, Khoualuang Primary School was identified for the first pilot project to improve the water ...
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Boggabri Erosion Control Flumes, New South Wales - Case Study
Background During the past ten to fifteen years, the resources sector has seen phenomenal growth however in the areas of coal, gas and petroleum the expansion has been unprecedented. In NSW, coal mining in the Hunter Valley near Singleton and Muswellbrook has always been the focus of attention for coal mining and growth, however despite expectations that deposits will be available for some years ...
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