What are Floating Turbidity Curtains?

What are Floating Turbidity Curtains?

Contractors who have to do projects adjacent to and sometimes upon bodies of water can find themselves faced with a daunting dilemma. Sometimes during a construction project, the earth can be disrupted and the end result can be soil erosion and increased turbidity in the surrounding aquatic environment. In some areas, there are regulations and standards that deal with turbidity to which contractors have to give adherence. A helpful tool to help solve the dilemma of erosion and increased turbidity is turbidity curtains, turbidity barriers, and floating turbidity curtains.
The floating turbidity curtain is a vinyl barrier that works as shield to stop solid particles from going into aquatic environments; the turbidity curtain gives the solid particles time to settle instead of flowing into other parts of the body of water. The floating turbidity curtain is equipped with floats and a ballast weight chain system that help to suspend the curtain in the water.
Floating turbidity curtains when used as a turbidity barrier can enable contractors to pursue various projects that involve being around water systems and actually performing projects on a body of water. For instance, marine construction projects such as piers, beaches, or any oceanic project that could result in excess silt being stirred up that could exceed set standards or be harmful to the environment. The
benefit of a floating turbidity curtain is in the fact that it can be utilized apart from land areas which allows workers to perform their work right on a waterway while
keeping undesired turbidity at a minimum as the curtain contains the silt that is stirred up by the construction.
As contractors are faced with higher environmental standards, turbidity curtains can be a tremendous asset to help them to complete their projects and comply with these standards. Erosion, turbidity, and unwanted silt build-up and displacement are inevitable at construction sites that are beside waterways are upon waterways; this is a problem that contractors must address.