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Demystifying the Preventive Measures for Flooding from Groundwater Triggered by the Rise in Adjacent River Stage

Version 1 : Received: 27 September 2022 / Approved: 29 September 2022 / Online: 29 September 2022 (05:53:43 CEST)

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Kumar, R.; Yazdan, M.M.S. Evaluating Preventive Measures for Flooding from Groundwater: A Case Study. J 2023, 6, 1-16. Kumar, R.; Yazdan, M.M.S. Evaluating Preventive Measures for Flooding from Groundwater: A Case Study. J 2023, 6, 1-16.

Abstract

Groundwater (GW) flooding mechanisms differ from river flooding both spatially and temporally, and preventative methods against groundwater flooding must take this into account. Although groundwater flooding caused by river water rise occurs seldom, it can occasionally become severe and last for a long time if the river is significantly flooded. In the southwest portion of the research domain, Friedrichshafen with a few urban communities, the level of the groundwater table was discovered to be roughly 1 m below the surface. It was discovered that the urban settlement area only has one-story buildings. In the study region, it is typical for the single-story building's foundation bottom level to extend up to a depth of about 1.5 meters. Therefore, flood mitigation methods are taken into account for the southwest portion of the study region. The installation of a pumping well, drainage, and a barrier in the affected area are three different flood control strategies that are taken into consideration for the study area. From a technical and cost-benefit perspective, installing a pumping well that withdraws water and lowers the groundwater table was found to be the most effective flood control measure locally in a small region (e.g., 1km x 1km). By contrast, removing groundwater by building drainage and barriers was also shown to be ineffective to lower the groundwater table over an extended region and was significantly more expensive than the installation of wells. Additionally, when river flooding is taken into account compared to the default scenario where no intake of water from the river is included along the western border of the study area, it is discovered that the spread of pollution is significantly greater.

Keywords

Flooding from Groundwater; FEFLOW; Groundwater Modelling; Rise in River stage, Super Mesh

Subject

Engineering, Civil Engineering

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