Watertight barrier

17 January 2023
How can we help you?

A temporary watertight barrier around vulnerable products, utilities, facilities and assets protects them from water and prevents damage during a flood.

  • Applicable to utilities, products, goods, factories and installations;
  • Crisis management measure;
  • Temporary measure;
  • Small investment;
  • Prevents economic damage;
  • Applicable at flood depths up to approx. 100 cm.
Waterdichte barrière assets en nutsvoorzieningen

A watertight barrier may consist of anchored mobile defences or temporary partitions. It is important to ensure that the joints are watertight. These more compact defences can be deployed relatively quickly with limited effort and investment.

Back to the overview.

You can take these measures to improve your flood protection. The focus here is on generic descriptions of the measures in question. If you have questions about applying the measures on your site, please contact the Flood Risk Management Team.

No rights can be derived from the measures. See also the disclaimer.