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Are Sand Boils a potentially serious problem?
Posted on 5/15/11 at 9:23 am
Posted on 5/15/11 at 9:23 am
Looks like a Band-Aid approach . . .
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Posted on 5/15/11 at 9:25 am to DeeTeeS
Huh?
Posted on 5/15/11 at 9:31 am to RummelTiger
Sandbags to cover the leaks.
Posted on 5/15/11 at 9:45 am to DeeTeeS
i think any breech of the levee is a problem. Sanbags prolly the best short term solution. I'm just wondering if they'll remeber to fix them so we're ready next year.
Posted on 5/15/11 at 9:46 am to DeeTeeS
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Sandbags to cover the leaks.
That is pretty much the tried and true method. Sand boils occur every spring, or just about every spring.
Posted on 5/15/11 at 9:53 am to JudgeHolden
but does the COE ever go back and try to "fix" them or are they innocuous occurences?
Posted on 5/15/11 at 10:14 am to tigerinthebueche
If flood water under pressure blends with ground water the sand boil may be temporarily "fixed" but be a "latent" boil waiting to happen again. The path through the sand can come from old river deposits deeper underground than the levee.
Quick explanation here:
LINK
Quick explanation here:
LINK
Posted on 5/15/11 at 10:38 am to tigerinthebueche
They are a seasonal problem that we have been able to maintain. There is no economical approach to fixing them yet
Posted on 5/15/11 at 10:41 am to crankbait
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Looks like a Band-Aid approach . . .
Lets see.
Lets bring in the bulldozers and backhoes and tear down the levee, cut the foundation deeper and rebuild it to repair the sand boil.....
Oh wait. The water is 5 feet from the top of the levee...........
At this point all you have is band aids. What else are you going to do??
Posted on 5/15/11 at 10:43 am to ItTakesAThief
and what if the boil is through sand deposited 2000 years ago 100 feet down?
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