Systems and Methods for Diverting Sub-surface Water
AssigneeBass America Systems, LLC
InventorsWilliam Everett Bass, III, Jerry L. Johnson
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Abstract
Systems and methods for diverting infiltration and subsurface water disclosed herein include excavation of interceptor trenches under roadways, such as gravel roads, and filling the trenches with suitable material. An interceptor trench is a trench, which may be filled with gravel, surge stone, rip rap, or other aggregate that intercepts the water flowing down a slope and carries it off to minimize soil erosion. These interceptor trenches, incorporated under the road, may be filled with heavy material such as rock. The interceptor trenches intercept the water and carry it off before it can build up speed and volume and carry off material.
Claims20
A system of draining roadway materials and diverting subsurface water from a roadway comprising:
- interceptor trenches configured to divert the subsurface water;
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- aggregate filled in the interceptor trenches.
A method of diverting subsurface water from a roadway, comprising:
- providing subsurface interceptor trenches;
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- filling the subsurface interceptor trenches with aggregate.
A system for ponding under a roadway, comprising:
- at least one subsurface trench configured across the roadway;
- a clay lining applied to the surface of the subsurface trench;
- layered aggregate configured to fill a portion of the subsurface trench;
- layered stone on top of the layered aggregate;
- at least one surface drain configured in a surface of the roadway to drain the roadway to the trench;
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- a leach line configured to drain from the trench to a drainage system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.