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<br />,I <br />I <br />t <br />I <br />t <br />, <br />" <br />il- <br />I <br />, <br />I <br />I <br />,I <br />8" <br />:1 <br />!,I <br />',' <br />!I <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />~I <br /> <br />HOw TO C[JNSTRUCT <br />A SANDBAG EMERGENCY LEVEE <br /> <br />HOV TO FILL SANDBAGS <br /> <br />Fill so.ndbo.gs 1/2 to 2/3 full, tie 0. 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 />through,) <br />RIGHT <br /> <br /> <br />1/2 FUlL <br />"'EIGHT <br />36-40 LBS. <br /> <br />\JRDNG <br /> <br />\JRDNG <br /> <br /> <br />F1J1..L <br /> <br /> <br />\iEJIIfT <br />70-75 LBS, <br /> <br />PLACING SANDBAGS <br /> <br />Sandloo.gs should Ioe placed flo. t on ground, overlapped, taMped into place. <br />and stalrstepped, <br />RIGHT \JRONG <br /> <br />ELEV A TION <br /> <br />PLAN <br /> <br />OVERLAPPEll <br /> <br /> <br />""'~~ <br />l C ~rx ) <br /> <br /> <br />ELEV A TIDN <br /> <br />PLAN <br /> <br />BAG ON EN!) <br /> <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 wrap sandbo.g levees to prevent seepage, Poly should Ioe placed <br />on downstreo.M portIon of levee first, then worked upstreo.M with 0. two- <br />to three-foot overlo.p, Poly Is held in pla.ce with so.ndloo.gs, <br /> <br />_ __" ~,.~ l <br /> <br />ELEV A TIDN POLY <br /> <br />~;-,~ """ <br />1) <br /> <br />PLAN <br /> <br />RIVER !'LalJ ) <br /> <br />SANDBAGS HOLD <br />POLY IN PLACE <br /> <br />SANDBAGS <br /> <br /> <br />EstlMo.ted nUMber of so.ndbo.gs per lIneo.r ~ <br /> <br />foot of wall. <br /> <br />Height In Feet Bo.gs Required <br />1 5 <br />2 10 <br />3 21 <br />4 36 <br />:l 55 <br /> <br />Five f'eet Is the pro.ctlcal liMit of a' <br />sandloo.g levee, If' a higher levee is' <br />needed, o.lterno.te Meo.ns of construction <br />should be considered. Note. Preferred <br />levee liMit Is 3 feet high, <br /> <br />0-3 <br />