Geotextile Applications
Dredging & Construction Dewatering
US Construction Dewatering Tubes are an innovative product made from a high tensile strength, woven, polypropylene geotextile and designed to contain and dewater the solids from marine dredging and other construction dewatering operations. The geotextile is sewn into a large passive filter tube with filling ports.
- Increasing Popularity
- Short Term or Permanent Containment
- Maximizes Storage Capacity
- Innovative, Yet Simple
- Cost-Effective & Efficient
- Environmentally Friendly, Smaller Footprint
- Long Record of Use By Municipalities
- High Tensile Strength
- No Mechanical Breakdowns
US Fabrics Construction Dewatering Tubes are increasing in popularity for construction dewatering and containment of sludge because they are cost-effective and result in minimal environmental impact.
Many local water authorities have solved their municipal sludge problems by utilizing geotextile tubes. Geotextile tubes have proven extremely efficient for construction dewatering and containment of industrial waste, municipal sludge, pulp and paper sludge, marine sediments and other pump slurries bi-products. Millions of gallons of municipal sediments have been pumped through and contained by US Fabrics' Construction Dewatering Tubes.
The use of US Fabrics' Construction Dewatering Tubes is simple: deploy the tubes in your drying bed, anchor the tubes and/or tie the tubes together, attach to the dredge/pump to the fill port(s) and fill. US Fabrics' Construction Dewatering Tubes are not a mechanical dewatering device. They will not break down or malfunction like a centrifuge, belt press, vacuum or drum filter. US Fabrics' Construction Dewatering Tubes can be used for short term or permanent containment and can be stacked to minimize space requirements and maximize storage capacity.
Three Step Process
There are basically three steps to the construction dewatering process. Initially, a mixture of liquid and solids are pumped into the dewatering tube and confined. The dewatering process begins almost immediately and continues as liquid drains through the geotextile fabric, while the solids are retained inside. In the final phase, the solids continue to consolidate through evaporation. At this point, the geotextile tube also functions to minimize the re-wetting of the solids from rainwater. The dried solid material is then hauled away or used as fill or topsoil.
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