Aqua Barriers
Effective water diversion is essential for maintaining operational continuity and safety during civil construction projects, and safeguarding people and the environment in the event of flooding.
Aqua Barriers are sustainable and reusable and create temporary cofferdams that can be easily deployed and removed, ensuring minimal environmental impact. They sit standalone on the bed — no piling, no bed penetration, no anchorage — and fill from any water source on site, including saltwater. Units overlap at any angle to build length, shape and height. These water-inflatable barriers offer a fast and highly effective way to contain rising water levels when every second counts.
Apex Envirocare holds stock in 1.8 m and 2.4 m barrier heights. A minimum 25% freeboard is required, so water depth should be no more than about 75% of barrier height — a 2.4 m barrier holds back up to approximately 1.8 m of water. At currents at or above roughly 0.9 m/s, additional freeboard and engineering sign-off are required.
Apex Envirocare used this approach for sediment retention on the Swan River foreshore during the Camfield Drive Extension with Laing O’Rourke at Burswood, with methods built to align with WA DWER requirements.
With a large range of Aqua Barriers available for lease and quick emergency deployment, this product offers a cost-effective and sustainable solution for ongoing flood mitigation and disaster preparedness.
