One Texas family has escaped the worst of Harvey’s flooding thanks to an ingenious dam.
Randy and Jennifer Socha’s home in Rosenberg, Texas suffered severe flooding last year, so when they heard that Harvey was on its way, they knew they needed to get inventive to keep their home dry.
Randy heard about a company that makes water-filled dams from some rice farmers in El Campo, Texas.
The Aqua Dam is a fabric tube that is filled with water to be used as a barricade. Any water that leaks in is then pumped out.
A Texas family have kept their home dry from Harvey floodwaters with a product called an Aqua Dam
The aqua dam is inflated with water, then uses pumps to pump out whatever water leaks inside the perimeter
The Socha bought the Aqua dam ahead of Harvey, since their home sustained severe flood damage last yera
So far, they say it’s been well worth the $12,000 investment, since they had to pay $150,000 to renovate their home last year
The couple called the company and got a dam to wrap around their home delivered from Louisiana within hours.
They installed the dam on Sunday and so far it has kept the rising floodwaters out, while neighboring homes have drowned in the toxic sludge.
However, they are not quite out of the woods yet.
Randy says if waters in a nearby levee rise three more inches, it could cause more flooding that they may have trouble pumping out.
The dam cost the family $18,000 but they say it’s been well worth the money they would have paid. The damage they suffered during last year’s flood cost them $150,000 in renovations.
‘I feel bad for the people who didn’t have flood insurance who lost everything. My heart goes out to them truly,’ he told KPRC.
Above, Randy Socha walks into his garage, which has been kept dry thanks to the Aqua Dam
‘I feel bad for the people who didn’t have flood insurance who lost everything. My heart goes out to them truly,’ Randy Socha said