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City of Midland staff test out a new "Tiger Dam" flood barrier on Jan. 10, 2023 in Midland. The dam will protect the Moorland Pump Station during major flooding events.
City of Midland operator mechanic Scott Clark drains a "Tiger Dam" flood barrier on Jan. 10, 2023 in Midland. The dam will protect the Moorland Pump Station during major flooding events.
City of Midland staff test out a new "Tiger Dam" flood barrier on Jan. 10, 2023 in Midland. The dam will protect the Moorland Pump Station during major flooding events.
City of Midland utilities maintenance worker Shaun Lachcik wraps up a hose after testing out a new "Tiger Dam" flood barrier on Jan. 10, 2023 in Midland. The dam will protect the Moorland Pump Station during major flooding events.
City of Midland utilities maintenance worker Shaun Lachcik wraps up a hose after testing out a new "Tiger Dam" flood barrier on Jan. 10, 2023 in Midland. The dam will protect the Moorland Pump Station during major flooding events.
City of Midland staff test out a new "Tiger Dam" flood barrier on Jan. 10, 2023 in Midland. The dam will protect the Moorland Pump Station during major flooding events.
City of Midland operator mechanic Scott Clark drains a "Tiger Dam" flood barrier on Jan. 10, 2023 in Midland. The dam will protect the Moorland Pump Station during major flooding events.
This article has been updated to reflect the Moorland Pump Station's purpose.
Midland now has a new piece of equipment to help provide flood protection.
A flood barrier, referred by city staff under the brand name "Tiger Dam," was tested on Tuesday next to Moorland Drive. The barrier was purchased to protect a pump station during major flood events in the city.
Director of Wastewater Services Jared Driscoll said the dam arrived last week. Staff brought it to the Moorland District, a neighborhood in the northwest portion of Midland, to test it out. The dam is a long, cylindrical tube that can be wrapped or stacked around an area to protect buildings, properties or other structures from flood water. The tube is filled with thousands of gallons of water to weight it down and act as a barrier.
In Midland's case, Driscoll said it will be used to protect the Moorland pump station in emergency flood situations. The pump station pumps sanitary wastewater to the Midland Wastewater Plant, though had to be shut off though during the 2020 flood due to flood waters rising high enough to get into the aboveground dry components of the pump, he said. If the city did not, it could have been damaged and would have had to wait months during the pandemic for it to be repaired.
The dam reaches a foot over the seal of the pump. It provides similar protection as sandbags but is much quicker to deploy and can be used multiple times, Driscoll said.
He plans on reaching out to other city departments to see if they could have uses for the Tiger Dam.