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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />HO~ Tu CONSTRUCT <br />A SANDBAG EMERGENCY LEVEE <br /> <br />HOV TO FILL SANDBAGS <br /> <br />Fill so.ndbo.gs 112 to 2/3 full, tie o.t top so bo.g will lo.y flo.t when put <br />In plo.ce. <Overfilled bo.gs leo.ve go.ps In levee o.llowlng wo.ter to seep <br />th..ough,) <br />RIGHT <br /> <br />\JRONG <br /> <br />\JRONG <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />F1JU. <br /> <br />1/2 F\lI.l. <br />Io'EJGHT <br />36-40 LIlS. <br /> <br />PLACING SANDBAGS <br /> <br />So.ndloa.gs should be pla.ced fla.t on grouncL overla.ppecL ta.Mped into pla.ce, <br />a.nd sta.irstepped. <br />RIGHT \JRONG <br /> <br />ELEV A TION <br />OVERLAPI'D <br /> <br />"""~-::::: <br />(C ~~ ) <br /> <br />PLAN <br /> <br />ELEV A TION <br /> <br />PLAN <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />BAG ON EN!) <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />GAPS <br /> <br />POLYETHYLENE <br /> <br />Polyethylene (poly) COMes in rolls 20 ft, wide a.nd 100 ft. long, It's <br />used to wra.p sa.ndloa.g levees to prevent seepa.ge. Poly should be pla.ced <br />on downstrea.M portion of levee first, then worked upstrea.M with a. two- <br />to three-foot overlo.p, Poly is held in plo.ce with so.ndbo.gs. <br /> <br />ELEVATION POLY <br /> <br />~~ <br /> <br />Estll'lo.ted nUl'lbe.. of so.ndbo.gs per lineo...! <br />foot of wa.ll. I <br /> <br />PLAN <br /> <br />HeIght In feet Bo.gs Required <br /> <br />1 5 <br />2 10 <br />3 21 <br />4 36 <br />:s 55 <br /> <br />five feet Is the pra.ctlca.l llMlt of a. <br />sa.ndloa.g levee, If a. higher levee is' <br />needecl, o.l terno. te l'Ieo.ns of c:onst..uc:tion' <br />should be c:onslde....d. Note' P,...fe......d <br />I levee LIMit IS 3 feet high. <br /> <br />SANDIlAGS <br />, <br />'II <br />, <br /> <br />RIVER FUI'w' ) <br /> <br /> <br />SANDBAGS HOUl \ ~~, .~ <br />POLypI PLACE..v ,... Y l;.n,-..-n.J.I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />I ~ I 1 l~ <br /> <br />THIS SHtET L.AID F"IRST J <br /> <br />D-2 <br />