Patent ID: 8011855

Claim:
A kit of parts for constructing a compartmentalized levee system adapted for temporary erection on intersecting roadways or other paved surfaces by means of which a scaffolding system may be installed above at least some of the intersecting paved surfaces from which may be hung a water resistant barrier material to provide a plurality of protected compartments within an area to be protected, said kit of parts comprising: at least four vertical posts; at least one vertical central core; a plurality of horizontal bottom rails for connecting respective lower portions of said four vertical posts to a shared lower portion of said vertical central core with each of said horizontal bottom rails extending in a different direction from the vertical central core; at least two sheets of water resistant barrier material; means for holding up said at least two sheets of water resistant barrier material vertically between each of said four vertical posts and said vertical central core, whereby four respective portions of said water resistant barrier material each extending in a different direction from said vertical central core will define respective portions of four compartments; means for providing a water resistant horizontal seal under the horizontal bottom rails between a lower portion of said water resistant barrier material and the paved surfaces, and means for providing a water resistant vertical seal between each of four portions of said water resistant barrier material and said vertical central core.