Comparison of flood protective bags with the sand-filled ones
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Self-filling flood protection bags |
Sand bags |
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Instant – self-filling
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They require lower preparation level prior to use in floods |
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There is no leakage of small particles while placed in water flow |
The municipalities must have bags, sand, loading and transport machinery, and an organized trouble gang ready to intervene in flood. |
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They expand in water in time when we need it. |
They are capable of decomposing if stored fore a longer time, mainly in cold and humid weather. |
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They will swell up in the area where they are placed, for instance in front of door, in a bathroom, sewerage outlet, etc. |
Comfortless handling and relocation.
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The bags are easy-to-stack with no demand for big space in a storage area. |
Health, safety and manual risk of rescue team |
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Available at all times, you need not to think about additional actions in floods while in time limitation. |
Sand contains impurities washed out by water flow. |
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Easy-to-handle, trouble free stacking in the place required. The standard weight of 0.3 kg also enables elders to handle of bags but not those with sand filling. |
Complicated transport due to heavy weight
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Available immediately for indoor and outdoor use |
More people are necessary to transport and handling of sand bags. |
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Clean handling, no environmental pollution |
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When expanded, the bags will sustain in water up to 3 months. |
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A single man is capable of stacking hundreds of PeWas bags in the place required. |
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Standard pick-ups can transport thousands of bags, while saving time, fuel, labour force and money. |
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You can store the bags in small storages, close to the area of expected intervention, and have them quickly made ready for use. |
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The bags are suitable for inserting into sewerage and toilet openings, where they immediately get swollen when coming in contact with water, thus seal them against water penetrating from sewerage and septic tanks. |
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In case of imminent flood, you have self-filling bags stored at home and immediately capable of preventing catastrophe from occurrence. |
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You can grasp the Waterholder bags and go into action right away. |
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This is a perfect gift for people living in the flood-threatened areas. |
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You will not need to use sand with self-filling bags. |
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