Author(s): S. Topping; A. Warkentin; J. Harris
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Abstract: This paper describes the efforts in recent years to prevent flooding due to ice jams in southern Manitoba by dispersing river ice. The intent of the evolving program is to break or weaken ice in advance of the annual breakup in rivers where ice jams have frequently caused flooding. An amphibious excavator has been successfully deployed in a number of problem locations. In addition to using the amphibious excavator, the Province of Manitoba has experimented with cutting the ice using various methods. The intent was to promote an orderly ice breakup and to enable the amphibious excavator to break thicker ice, and to increase ice-breaking productivity. The efforts show promise and the Province of Manitoba will apply the lessons learned to future ice breaking efforts.
Year: 2008