Floating dam

	An anchored dam.
	A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock.

See also: Floating, Floating

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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The brainchild of innovation architect, John Dobozy (see Ecos 118), the Aquadam will capture and store rainwater, stormwater and desalinated seawater in a flexible, floating dam sited some 2 to 5 km out to sea.

The Aquadam: a sea-change for water storage: could a radical Australian idea for floating self-powered desalination reservoirs be a timely solution for water supplies, changing the way we handle water on land? It is an ingenious idea, and it just might work

All the necessary logistical means have been mobilised to stop the leakage, notably by setting up a floating dam around the perimeter and pipe sucking the crude oil, the same source indicated.

Accidental crude oil spill into sea in Bizerte

The new solution sees the implementation of containment booms, which will act as giant floating dams, trapping any oil spill to stop it spreading too far.