Case Study Five: Self- closing flood barriers in Cockermouth, Cumbria
Cumbria have a new design of flood defence. It helped to protect house and store from the area. Hyflo is a automatic self closing flood barriers. The does not need to require any manual control, this system work immediate to a emergency situations flood, this can provide an efficient flooding solution, while the water get into the right level, the collector will be fill up under the ground, the flood wall will be rise. -
A watertight seal is used on the flood barrier wall, when the flood moving away, water inside the basin will drain out to an one-way check valve and everything will get back to before.
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Self-closing flood barriers is design effortlessly integrates with the structure's faรงade.
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It needs a minimum surface of footprint. However there have been reduced risk of the mechanical error.
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