HiddenDyke

Challenge:

HiddenDyke was an innovative and flexible solution to a highly topical issue regarding the increasing challenges of flash flooding associated with storm surges, heavy rainfall, and similar weather phenomena. Statistically, such events had become more frequent with climate change and the increase in flood-prone areas. This placed greater demands on solutions that could prevent flooding in a cost-effective, safe, and aesthetically acceptable way.

Solution:

The project provided important new knowledge and uncovered critical technical, environmental, and cost-driving design challenges prior to the further development of the hidden flexible dike solution in a modular concept. Together with HiddenDyke, the partner group developed and designed an inflatable dike that could be hidden underground when there was no risk of flooding. The system used half as much water as mobile watertubes.

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