Floods Are Becoming More Frequent and Severe. Here's a New Approach to Suit Challenging Sites.

Surface-mounted systems can provide a practical solution to the growing problem of flooding due to sea level rise and heavier rainfalls from increasingly severe storms.

Floods Are Becoming More Frequent and Severe. Here's a New Approach to Suit Challenging Sites.

An artist’s rendering shows a typical surface-mounted floodwall of the kind that can be used to protect wastewater treatment facilities.

Critical infrastructure is not always well equipped to resist rising floodwaters and coastal inundation and erosion, which can cause millions of dollars in damage and extensive downtime to bring essential equipment back online.

However, there are new solutions that can suit the...

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