Clive Wright drainage and flood risk manager at Birmingham City Council said: The HydroSacks were distributed to residents in Witton to protect them from rising river levels. Units that were left over have now been distributed amongst three main flood action groups which are storing them economically and will deploy them when necessary.
Innovation set to make sandbags obsolete
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'Sandless' sandbags
Even if the UK doesn't build floating houses any time soon, there are some innovations that could at least replace the heavy sandbags.
UK entrepreneur Richard Bailey designed lightweight bags that expand on contact with water - and also absorb it.
"It was first designed for the Ministry of Defence," says Mr Bailey, explaining that his company FloodSax was asked to create an easily portable alternative to sandbags for the army's bomb disposal unit.
Traditional heavy sandbags are still common, despite existing alternatives
"We put the bag into a barrage unit, the water comes in, gets soaked into the bag, the bag expands, blocking the water at the door.
"Or unfortunately when someone has been flooded, you can put it down in the house, soak up the water and the mud as well, so that you can get back into your house a little quicker."
There are other firms offering similar technology, such as Thailand-based Nanotec or another UK company, HydroSack, and FloodSax's bags are now being used in many countries across the world.
"Unfortunately, though, they are still not as popular as the traditional sandbags, because not everyone is aware of the innovation," says Mr Bailey.
But Mr Andryszewski is confident that the UK will continue to use more and more innovative technology - there are already numerous places that use watertight submarine-type doors, he says, and the flood test centre is busy experimenting with other original approaches to keep the land - and homes - as dry as possible.
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