This grid is so simple to use, even volunteer labor could quickly build protective structures that meet construction standards. It could easily protect high-value assets. You could ring such structures quickly with a grid wall. In flood fights, you could use grids to quickly and efficiently close gaps in levees for railroad crossings, roads, and such. The grid also has great potential in raising levees, according to Turk.
Levees are narrow on top, usually only the width of a road.
If you're going to raise a levee elevation with sandbags, say four feet, then the base must be at least 12 feet wide. You flat run out of room to work. A grid wall may only require one or two sections. Arellanes is very enthusiastic about RDFW and the joint research effort. With the documentation from these tests, we can show people that we have the product to satisfy their emergency flood fighting needs.