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Water Gate Systems
Flood Protection Services in FL

Water Gate Systems serves Lee County, Charlotte County, and Collier County by providing flood protection services to residential homes and small businesses. Our services include flood surge protection, flood protection, and our aluminum panel system, Aqua-Cade™.

Our Aluminum Panel System: Aqua-Cade™

Water Gate Systems aluminum panel system is a water-tight barrier system; easily deployed by the homeowner and removed for storage. Aqua-Cade™ has a small storage footprint and gives homeowners an affordable peace of mind. It is paintable with powder coating available to match exterior color schemes.

Aqua-Cade™ is durable with excellent high wind protection and offers excellent corrosion resistance and tensile strength with 6063-T5 aluminum. It is lightweight with a 2 lb/linear foot/panel. Longer spans require a central support that leaves base plates minimally visible, with no protrusions. The stackable aluminum panels can fit any opening and 90-degree turns.

How Does Aqua-Cade™ Work?

Aqua-Cade™ works by the aluminum flood barriers utilizing a series of aluminum planks slotted into support posts mounted on either side of the opening. Then, a durable seal by rubber EPDM seals on the underside of the aluminum planks and in the slots for the posts. From there, the tightened floodgate planks against the seal within the posts are bracketed down from the top to produce resistance from debris and wind.

The two mounting options customers can choose from are an outside mount and an inside mount. The inside mounting allows the posts within the frame of your opening. The outside mounting will sit on the exterior of the frame of the posts.

The mounting options are applicable for cinder blocks, brick, or concrete. Make sure to use door frames that have a large enough opening to support the posts. The protection heights can be easily achieved with 10 planks up to 6.5 ft.

With customizable heights and lengths, durable and reusable aluminum construction, and compactly taking up and storing minimal space, Acqua-Cade can help you.

Increases Community Resilience to Disaster Events

Aluminum panel systems can increase the community’s resilience to disaster events by enhancing the ability of communities to recover from flood events. These panel systems contribute to long-term flood mitigation and safety. Installing permanent solutions to help communities reduce flood risks over time improves resilience.

Aqua-Cade™ Provides Flood Mitigation

Aqua-Cade™ provides flood mitigation. It reduces the potential for extensive damage during hurricanes, typhoons, or other extreme weather events. This aluminum system protects up to 6.5 ft high and 12 ft wide. These durable flood protection systems are crucial for minimizing flood damage in areas vulnerable to coastal storms and rising water levels, ensuring the safety of people and infrastructure.

Flood Surge Protection

Flood surge protection refers to the measures and systems designed to defend against the rapid rise of water, often caused by storm surges, heavy rainfall, or rising tides. These systems are typically installed in areas prone to flooding and coastal storms to prevent water from inundating land, buildings, and infrastructure.

These barriers act as physical defenses against storm surges, often forming part of a broader flood protection system that includes floodwalls and levees. These systems are crucial for reducing vulnerability to storm surge damage by creating temporary or permanent barriers to control water flow.

Flood surge protection safeguards coastal areas and other vulnerable regions from the destructive impact of storm surges. Storm surges are abnormal rises in sea level caused by severe weather events like hurricanes and tropical storms.

Some common flood surge protection methods include:

Seawalls: These are physical barriers constructed along coastlines to block incoming waves and reduce the impact of storm surges.
Levees: Elevated earthen embankments designed to contain floodwaters and protect inland areas.
Floodgates: Movable barriers that can be closed to prevent flooding in specific areas.
Storm surge barriers: Large, movable structures that can be deployed to block waterways and protect coastal communities.
Natural barriers: Coastal ecosystems like mangroves and wetlands can act as natural buffers, absorbing wave energy and reducing the impact of storm surges.

Effective flood surge protection strategies are essential for minimizing property damage, loss of life, and economic disruption caused by these devastating events.

Flood Protection with Water Gate Systems

Flood protection involves using various infrastructures and strategies to mitigate the impacts of flooding on communities. The impact of flooding can be reduced or prevented by the following:

Flood Barriers

Physical structures like levees, floodwalls, and barriers that block or redirect water away from vulnerable areas.

Floodproofing

Elevating buildings, reinforcing foundations, or installing watertight doors and windows to prevent water infiltration.

Drainage Systems

Improved drainage networks, pumps, and culverts to manage excess water and prevent overflow.

Floodplain Management

Planning and zoning measures that limit development in flood-prone areas and enhance natural flood buffers like wetlands.

Early Warning Systems

Technologies that monitor weather conditions and provide alerts to help communities prepare for potential floods.

Storage Solutions

Home Power Banks

Home power banks are energy storage devices designed to store electricity for residential use, providing backup power during outages or periods of high demand. Home power banks help enhance energy independence, improve grid stability, and reduce electricity costs by allowing homeowners to store energy when it’s cheaper and use it when prices are higher. They are an essential component of modern smart home systems, contributing to more sustainable and resilient energy management.

Water Activated Flood Packs

Water activated flood packs are innovative flood control solutions that expand upon contact with water to form barriers against flooding. These packs, often referred to as sandless sandbags, are compact and easy to store, making them convenient for emergency use. When exposed to water, they absorb and swell, creating an effective barrier to divert or contain floodwaters. This technology provides a quick and efficient method for flood protection, ideal for both residential and commercial applications.

Sand Bags

Sandbags are traditional flood control tools used to prevent or reduce water damage during flooding events. Typically made from burlap or polypropylene, these bags are filled with sand or soil and stacked to create barriers that divert or block water flow. Sandbags are valued for their simplicity, cost-effectiveness, and ease of deployment, making them a popular choice for emergency flood defense. They are versatile and can be used in various configurations to protect homes, businesses, and infrastructure from rising waters. Despite their effectiveness, sandbags require significant labor to fill and place, and they must be disposed of properly after use to prevent environmental contamination.

Get a Free Quote for Our Flood Protection Systems

Here at Water Gate Systems, we can help communities with flood protection services in Lee County, Collier County, and Charlotte County. We care about equipping communities with resilience to rise above flooding and we provide you with the utmost flood protection. Contact us today for a free quote for flood protection.

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Water Gate Systems
Flood Protection Services in FL

Our Aluminum Panel System: Aqua-Cade™

How Does Aqua-Cade™ Work?

Increases Community Resilience to Disaster Events