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Geo-tubes

Geo-tubes are long tubes made from strong geo-textiles, which are filled in situ (much like sausages), to form breakwaters, groins, or levees. They can be used in water up to a meter deep, and were selected because equipment access is not a significant issue, and because they can be placed and filled at roughly a third the cost of rock or concrete structures.

 
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