channels and curbing

Channels and Curbing

Collecting streaming water before it enters a fairway is the least expensive way to solve drainage problems. The key to effectively collecting surface flow is to convert the flow from sheet flow to streamed flow wherever possible. Cart paths often present an ideal opportunity to do this, as water moves across a path towards a fairway. Curbing can direct the water into a concentrated stream to be picked up by surface inlets. Turf Drainage Company of America manufactures tools for this purpose. The channel drains enable a customer to build a channel inlet as wide as is necessary to accommodate a stream flow or a curb break. If no curb is currently installed, TDA manufactures a drive- over rubber curbing that allows golf carts to easily access the fairways, while the curbing directs the water to an inlet. The drive -over rubber curbing can be retrofitted on concrete or asphalt paths, and is ideal for small areas that don’t justify bringing in a curbing crew.