Flexible Alternative for Irrigation Canal Linings

摘要

Owners and engineers are often challenged with determining the most cost effective and longest lasting channel liner system for water conveyance. In Colorado, numerous channel liner systems have been installed over the years with limited success. The most common are clay or shotcrete lined channels because of their low installed cost. Due to the se- vere weather and fluctuating temperatures, however, many of these channels deteriorate due to cracking which eventually leads to leakage of water and increased channel maintenance.