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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7614825 | Deployable containment system A modular dike assembly includes strut and corner members that may be interconnected to form a barrier or dike wall surrounding a primary container. The strut members are stackable for convenience in transporting the system and an alignment web is provided for defin... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7614826 | Method and device for waterproofing and draining off infiltrated water in hydraulic structures A sheathing of elastically deformable waterproofing sheet material (11) is applied and sealingly secured to a surface area of a hydraulic structure (10; 31; 36, 39) to be protected. The seeped water, which collects behind the waterproof sheathing (1... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7445403 | Liquid barrier assembly and connector therefor The present invention relates to a liquid barrier assembly (1) comprising at least two barriers (2,3) each comprising a substantially rigid container and a front wall (5) against which liquid is intended to be incident. Adjacent barriers (2,3... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7431533 | Floating levee sheet A floating levee sheet which prevents the river water from overflowing the levee, and a plurality of which are interconnected to cover the waterside levee slope comprising; a watertight sheet body that forms an internal space by being upwardly folded at the upper en... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431534 | Flood protection The invention relates to flood protection comprising a plurality of fillable sacks made of flexible fabric material, with mutually adjacent coupling sides of adjacent sacks being connected to one another in a coupling region and with at least one stiffening structur... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7422392 | Water control structure The invention relates to improved pneumatically operated spillway gate systems and methods of constructing and operating the same. Methods of installation without the requirement for coffer dams are disclosed. A maintenance service dewatering box and service crane i... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7364385 | Protective flood barrier A flood control system including panels made from plastic sheeting adhered to a frame and stacked one on top of the other. The panels are held in position by a series of columns, each of the columns having an H-shaped cross section that provides for and defines pane... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7341402 | Barrier panel A levee barrier panel to form a levee retaining wall has a top and a bottom and a plurality of apertures extending from the top to the bottom of the levee barrier panel. A cutter tool extends through to the bottom of each panel to transform the levee composition int... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7281879 | Portable flood-barriers system A portable flood-barrier-system can include a portable block of substantial mass; and a deflatable bladder, a first portion of which is disposed on a substrate; the block being disposed at least partly on the first portion of the bladder so as to releasably compress... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7229234 | Method for preventing and discharging flood This invention discloses a simple and convenient method of floods control and with great discharge capacity. This invention is a method of speeding up the river floods water discharge ability into the sea by means of the natural tidal range. This is done by the foll... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226240 | Devices, systems, and methods for controlling erosion Included in the disclosure are exemplary devices, systems, and methods, embodiments of some of which can be useful for controlling erosion, retaining sediment, preventing siltation, treating runoff, removing pollutants, remediating environmental damage, protecting p... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7214004 | Mobile flood wall Mobile flood wall preferably comprising of plastic, characterized by support elements (1 through 5) as plates of a fitting thickness, each in the form of an equilateral triangle with one of the three equal outer sides as the base and wall elements (... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214005 | Sectionalized flood control barrier A sectionalized flood control barrier (10) for mounting on top of a levee or a river bank to prevent flooding. The barrier (10) consists of a footing (20) with a series of support channels (24) that are butted end to end attached to the f... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7179387 | Treatment system and method for remediating a body of water A method for remediating a body of water includes sequestering a sector of water within the body of water. A communications channel is established between the water sector and a supply site. The water sector is at least partially remediated using the channel to alte... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7157010 | Polymeric flocculant infused silt fence A polymeric flocculant infused silt fence assembly comprising two opposing and attached geo-textile sheets, each adapted to filter entrained non-colloidal particles and together encasing a layer of polymeric flocculant material. In a preferred embodiment the polymer... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7121764 | Portable flood barrier section and flood barrier A portable flood barrier section is located on a ground (2) to form a barrier (3) against flooding water (4), comprising an erectable wall (5) which along one of its edges (6) is hinged to a basis. The hinge (7) enables a ro... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7114879 | Water control gate and actuator therefore The invention relates to improved water control gates and related inflatable actuators, and associated sealing, manufacture and operation apparatus and methods. Advancements in technologies related to air fitting design, inflated bladder stress relief, inflatable bl... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7045474 | Reinforced cementitious boards and methods of making same A composite fabric for use in reinforcement, particularly tensile reinforcement, of cementitious boards and similar prefabricated building wall panels. The fabric is constructed as a mesh of continuously coated, high modulus of elasticity strands. The high modulus s... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7037031 | Automatic barricade for low water crossings An automatic barricade includes a trench across a road that is covered by a grate allowing vehicular traffic during normal dry weather. Inside the trench is a series of barricade elements, each of which includes a float. When rising water fills the trench to a prede... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7033112 | Water-retaining structure Device for retaining water comprising a foundation, a retaining wall movably attached to the foundation and a shore movably, particularly hingingly, attached to the foundation, in which the shore and the retaining wall are movably, particularly hingingly, attached t... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7029204 | Wall lining method and system A method of lining a wall face comprises assembling a wall of concrete panels (16) close to the face to be lined, attaching the panels to the face to be lined by ground anchorages (12) pretensioned to provide the required resistance to hydrostatic pres... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021869 | Sediment control device and system A Sediment control devices and systems generally includes a core made up of granular material encased within a puncture resistant fabric, a compressible layer enwrapping the core and a geotextile fabric outer casing. A plurality of such devices provide a system for ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7011766 | Capping and treating a metal-contaminated sediment A method of treating a metal-contaminated sediment includes capping the sediment with a capping product containing sulfur and at least one component selected from the group consisting of clays, clay-sized materials, bulking agents, sand, sand-sized materials, aggreg... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6955759 | Porous dike intake structure for fish diversion A structure for diverting fish away from water intakes comprises a porous dike having a bottom portion, a central portion, and a top portion, the top portion preferably being submerged a short distance below the surface, and the central portion having flow passages.... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6935809 | Method and means for making an embankment A method for making an embankment in areas and forming a barrier against water with the help of supports. For this purpose, corrugated steel sheets or corrugated panels of some other material, such as plastic or aluminum, are folded across their longitudinal directi... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6905289 | Sediment control device and system Sediment control devices and systems are provided. The device generally includes a core made up of granular material encased within a puncture resistant fabric, a compressible layer enwrapping the core and a geotextile fabric outer casing. A plurality of such device... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6840711 | Flood control panel system A modular flood control panel is provided having a base and supporting “A”-frame structure. The base locks into the ground, or supporting wall of sandbags, with a series of four adjustable angle stakes per each panel. The invention folds flat when not in use, fo... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6755591 | Liquid flow controller device The device is composed of two, horizontally aligned component parts, namely, fixed spinway subtending an angle of 60° and a pivotal wedged-shaped module residing at a specific and constant distance parallel to the spillway face. The wedge-module is designed so that... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6746177 | Block and a riparian improvement structure inhabitable for aquatic life The riparian improvement structure for use upon riparian protection, shore and bank protection, wave control, water control, etc. of a river, lake, sea, etc. is composed of a plurality of blocks and a structural body or bodies composed of a plurality of wooden mater... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6726405 | Portable flood barrier and method of installation In a method for providing a portable flood barrier (1), flood barrier sections (2, 3, 4) comprising two parallel, spaced apart, inflatable, elongated tubes (5,6 or 5,7) which are joined by a waterproof web (8) are placed on the gro... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6705803 | Tire foundation structure A foundation comprising one or more layers or mattresses of tires, and a fill material provided within and/or between tires of each of the mattresses. The fill material is preferably a relatively coarse aggregate and provides a porous bed having relatively high drai... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6691472 | Foundation wall protector A foundation protector for a foundation wall prevents moisture being retained in the foundation wall and also provides drainage for surface water so that water does not rest against the surface of the foundation wall. The foundation protector has a smooth... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6676333 | Frame members for a portable dam A frame structure for use as a portable dam. Each frame structure is comprised of a support beam, a base beam and at least one brace beam connected together in pivoting relationship so that the beams may be folded down together for quick assembly and disa... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6623210 | Guidance method and guidance system of flood water A guidance system for protecting a specific zone as a safety zone against flood water while protecting landscapes near the specific zone from deteriorization. According to the described flood water guidance system, a guidance plate (5, 5, . . . ) is posit... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6612779 | Embankment dam and waterproofing method A dam includes a body (11) made of loose material, for example earth and/or rocks (A), and a water barrier (12) axially extending to the dam body (11), including a waterproofing layered membrane (13) and a zone of waterpermeable loose material (B), on at ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6588979 | Flood fence A flood fence wherein a plurality of deflectors or sections are placed end to end and into the soil in upright positions. The sections have a saw tooth bottom edge and downwardly extending uprights that engage within a soil substrate to thereby protect th... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6575662 | Water quality management system and method A water quality management system and method that controls the exchange of water between two bodies of water (e.g., estuary and ocean) separated by at least one land barrier. The system consists of a series of water exchange units that are disposed in the... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6562235 | Enhanced anaerobic treatment zones in groundwater A method to remediate a contaminated groundwater zone by shielding electron acceptors contained in groundwater flow that interfere with beneficial anaerobic reactions in the contaminated groundwater zone. Examples of such interfering electron acceptors in... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6514011 | Movable water-protection apparatus The present invention provides a movable water-protection apparatus capable of driving a water barrier plate manually or automatically when needed. The movable water-protection apparatus includes a water barrier plate (2, 50) for shutting out water, such ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6485230 | Submersible modular dike and method for segregating body of water A modular dike is used to divide a body of water into two distinct parts. The modular dike uses a plurality of floatable modules. Each module is floated into the body of water and sunk at predetermined locations in the body of water. The modules are align... | 11/26/2002 |
