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Filter Fabric [1]

A porous synthetic fabric, used in underground storage tank [2] excavations, to provide a barrier between different types of soil, or between backfill and adjacent soil.

 

Groundwater [3] can move through filter fabrics; sand and gravel cannot.

Source URL (modified on 10/16/2014): https://testing.pei.org/wiki/filter-fabric

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[1] https://testing.pei.org/wiki/filter-fabric
[2] https://testing.pei.org/node/300
[3] https://testing.pei.org/node/314