A single closed end (SCE) AquaDam was used as a cofferdam in this canal, located around Palo Alto California so that workers could remove sediment deposits. This SCE AquaDam was installed in a line configuration, from bank to bank, across the canal.

Here we can see the starting bank for this SCE AquaDam. A single closed end (SCE) AquaDam requires a starting bank to keep its starting point (open end) higher in elevation than the body of the AquaDam. The open end and fill-tubes of a SCE AquaDam must stay elevated higher than the full height of the dam along its given path. An AquaDam will only reach its full height at the lowest elevation along its path. Workers secured the open end and fill-tubes to the trailer while the AquaDam was filled with water.

The work area has almost been de-watered.

Here we can see the ending bank of the SCE AquaDam after the dam was full and as the work area de-waters. Wonderful job AquaDam.