1.) A 4ft tall 9ft wide 500ft long single closed end (SCE) AquaDam was used in the LA River in Los Angeles California to divert the river water. This photo is looking upstream at where the 4ft tall AquaDam was launched.

2.) Looking downstream where the 4ft tall AquaDam will be installed.

3.) Here we can see the starting point (open end) and fill-tubes of the AquaDam. The open end has been tied back to a telephone pole, so that the unit will not slide down the bank.

4.) Due to the low flow of the river, the AquaDam was unrolled and placed into the desired location. After the AquaDam was positioned, the unit was filled with water.

5.) Standing downstream looking at the closed end of the 500ft long SCE AquaDam. This unit has about a foot of head in this photo.

6.) With maybe a foot of head, the 4ft tall AquaDam has already began diverting the flow of the river.

7.) As the 4ft tall SCE AquaDam is filled with water, the upstream water depth rises.

8.) The 500ft long AquaDam continues to fill.

9.) Here we can see the upstream water pooling up and moving around the AquaDam.

10.) When filling an AquaDam several feet of discharge/suction hose will likely be needed. Using the water being diverted works best.

11.) Workers have already begun removing some of the sediment that had built up in the work area, because the river water has been diverted.

12.) The 4ft tall SCE AquaDam continues to fill.

13.) The 4ft tall AquaDam is almost full and doing a great job.

14.) An aerial photo of the “L” shape configuration 4ft tall SCE AquaDam in action, from Google Earth Pro, dated 6/2009