5 Key Benefits of Water Filled Barricades

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Liz Durand - November 18, 2021

Water Filled Barriers / Sand Filled Barriers

Why Choose Water Filled Barriers Over Concrete Barriers?

There are many great reasons why plastic water filled barricades might be a better solution for your project than concrete barriers. Let's take a look at some of these reasons below.

The Five Key Benefits of Water Filled Barricades

1) Safety

2) Portability

3) Visibility

4) Modularity

5) Versatility

Safety

When properly deployed, water filled jersey barriers don't just stop crashes, they absord the impact from the crash, instead of the vehicle absorbing all of the impact. This increases the chances of survival for both people inside the vehicle and workers, or pedestrians in the protection zone.

Portability

Temporary water filled barriers are manufactured with both a fill hole and a drain hole, covered by caps. They are easy to fill and to drain. Barricades are light weight when not filled, and many models are stackable, making them much easier to transport, and also to store, than heavy concrete barriers. They are also manufactured with fork shaped indentations molded into their bases, so that fork lifts can pick them up, directly, without the barriers needing to be palletized first. These factors all combine to make them the perfect solution for temporary applications.

Modularity

Plastic barriers are designed to be connected together. Some models features connection pins, others are designed with male and female ends so that they interlock. Depending on what application(s) the specific model was designed to be used for, some models can be ganged together at angles of up to ninety degress, allowing you to form a barrier that is not straight and can go around buildings or other obstructions. Conncetion of barriers increases theri overall effectiveness and allows you to create a chain that is as short, or as long, as your application demands.

Versatility

Water filled barriers don't have to be filled with water to be effective, they can also be filled with sand. Sand filled barriers are just as effective at mitigating the effects of a crash as water filled barricades. They can also be used in a great number of applications. They are used as water filled construction barriers, channelizers and more.