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Technical Manual: Conduits through Embankment Dams (FEMA 484)

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<strong>Conduits</strong> <strong>through</strong> <strong>Embankment</strong> <strong>Dams</strong>Generalrockfill12" dense gradedcrushed stone1:1Excavationslope4' transitionrockfill18" fine filterCoarse filter12" to 18" belowaccess roadwaysurface18" coarse filterExisting conduit4" perforated drain(12" from conduit)Figure B-78.—Cross section showing filter zone and conduit.Figure B-79.—Filter material being placed in thin lifts and compacted withhand-operated vibratory compaction equipment.construction, the zones were expanded on both the east and west sides of theconduit to reach to the exposed bedrock surfaces paralleling the conduit beforeswitching back to rockfill materials. A transition zone of smaller rockfill was placedimmediately adjacent to the filter before going to general rock fill backfill materials.B-110

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