CASE STUDY Erosion protection for irrigation canals, Sinthay River Valley, Myanmar

Irrigation canal lined with concrete mattress

Sinthay River Valley, Myanmar

Sinthay River originates from the Sinthay reservoir situated about 50

km to the North of Naypidaw and flows pass a broad floodplain
valley to eventually join the Sittaung River to the East of Naypidaw. Geomattress CFM 80
concrete mattress
The Sinthay river valley is fertile and suitable for farming. Not only
monsoon paddy is grown but the Sinthay reservoir has allowed
multiple crop cultivation to be carried out all year round. However,
irrigational canals have to be constructed to bring water from Sinthay
River to farms in the river valley.

In 2013, the construction of irrigation canals to irrigate farmland near

Kyaukwat and Thayetpin was carried out. The base soil is easily eroded
by rainfall runoffs and channel flows. Geomattress CFM 80 concrete
mattress was used to line the irrigation canals for erosion protection. The
system does not require heavy machinery for installation. The installed
concrete mattress provides a hard, durable and aesthetic surface finish
(micro concrete compressive strength can reach up to 18 MPa).

The product was laid over the excavated canal section and then filled
with micro concrete. The micro concrete was site mixed and pumped to
fill the concrete mattress using a small combined mixer cum pumping
set-up. About 200 m2 of concrete mattress was installed and filled in a
day. The concrete mattress was anchored into a top trench. A cast in-
situ concrete coping section was constructed above the top of the
concrete mattress and the trench behind was backfilled with suitable soil.
About 1.5 km of irrigation canals lined with Geomattress CFM 80
concrete mattress were constructed to the satisfaction of the client on
this project.

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