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AQUA-SAC® - The Perfect Alternative to Sandbags
Simply Add Water and Watch Inflate!



Over 175,000 Australian households are located in flood risk areas. Protecting individual properties and industry assets in local areas from the devastation of floods is paramount. The lightweight, cost efficient AQUA-SAC® has been successfully used by councils and individuals in the UK for the past 5 years and it is now available in Australia.

AQUA-SAC® is superior to traditional sandbags. Similar in size and cost, it only weighs 13kg (compared to 25-30kg for a sandbag) thus reducing manual handling risks. Totally self-contained, it’s clean and tidy for indoor as well as outdoor use. It can be used to build flood defence or simply to absorb seepage.

AQUA-SAC® consists of a sturdy jute sack, containing a superabsorbent polymer (SAP), which is retained inside a finely-woven inner cotton bag. Soaked in fresh water, AQUA-SAC® inflates in 3 to 5 minutes to 30 times its original size.

AQUA-SAC® is stable when stacked thanks to the patented solution of connecting the opposing sides of the envelope giving the bag a flat shape when inflated.

Compact when un-inflated in its vacuum-sealed bag and with a 5-year shelf life, it is easy to store and transport and therefore is readily at hand.

Thanks to its biodegradable envelope and inert, non-toxic filling, AQUA-SAC® is suitable for disposal in landfill or incineration plants. Another possibility for disposal of limited numbers of AQUA-SAC® is greening, whereby bags are buried under trees during planting to provide a water reservoir.