[Water News] DJ Gongol & Associates Water News - January 19, 2010

[Brian Gongol]

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Highlights from the past week
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Ireland doesn't usually get a hard freeze, so they weren't ready for the 
frozen pipes that have really bogged down their water supplies:
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2010/01/11/

Haiti needs water in order to survive:
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2010/01/13/

How much flooding could we face if the snow melts too quickly?
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2010/01/14/

Groundwater levels are on the rise in parts of Nebraska:
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2010/01/15/


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Featured product: Portable dams
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Temperatures in parts of our territory have reached just high enough to 
cause some snowmelt -- which is a welcome change for those of us 
fighting to drive around corners where we can't see over the snowdrifts, 
but a potential hazard along rivers and streams. So far, we've been 
spared a lot of difficulty with ice jams along Iowa and Nebraska rivers, 
but it only takes a brief spell of warming to lead to serious trouble.

Floodwaters can rise in severity with little warning, and it's not 
always possible to deploy sandbags or build earthen dams everywhere 
they're needed on short notice. We're eager to tell people about the 
Aqua Dam from Layfield, which can act as a portable dam for emergency 
use. The Aqua Dam is quite literally a dam held up by the force of the 
water inside it, so it's fast and easy to deploy, requiring only a 
fraction of the manpower of a comparable sandbag-based levee.

If you'd like to know more, please visit 
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/portabledams/ or call us at 515-223-4144 and 
ask for details.


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