International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage Commission Interationale des Irrigation et du Drainage



(5813) Land coffer dam
An excavation below groundwater, often close to valuable existing structures that must be protected, and surrounded by limited or very slowly flowing bodies of water. The surrounding banks have either stable slopes or are maintained by various forms of sheeting and bracing. The water may be excluded by impervious sheeting or by drainage and pumps.

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