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Environment Solutions Flexwall dam combined with 2 twin-tubes used as a dry bypass to renovate the Metstermill at Sint-Truiden in Belgium in April 2021. The temporary Flexwall dam was installed during 2 months in the Melsterbeek to hold the water and lead the water through the 4 tubes as a dry bypass over the work area and make concrete floor and wall rebuilding possible. The flexwall doesn’t need any heavy machinery to be installed and can be removed manually very quickly. In case of a flood, as the water flow goes over 500L/sec and can’t be taken by the 400mm tubes anymore, the water goes over the flexwall as a safety precaution as the top is lower than the shore. No big flowpumps were used for the bypass, the environmentally friendly aqueduct uses no energy only natural gravitation.

No earthwork or excavation was possible to create a bypass around the mill because of the building and road next to the watercourse, so with Environment Solutions and the maincontractor ABB&Z, AQwatt realized a succesfull aqueduct with tubes as a bypass instead.