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.