Assessment of soil subsidence due to long-term dewatering, Esna city, Egypt

ABSTRACTIn Egypt, most of the residential areas lay on cohesive soil (clay) in the Nile valley and Delta and comprises of extensive irrigation network. Several regulators and barrages are located on the irrigation network. One of the sides effects of these regulators is the rising of water levels in...

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Main Authors: M. Al-Sittawy, S. Gad, R. Fouad, E. Nofal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Water Science
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/11104929.2019.1630058
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author M. Al-Sittawy
S. Gad
R. Fouad
E. Nofal
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description ABSTRACTIn Egypt, most of the residential areas lay on cohesive soil (clay) in the Nile valley and Delta and comprises of extensive irrigation network. Several regulators and barrages are located on the irrigation network. One of the sides effects of these regulators is the rising of water levels in the upstream causing the groundwater levels rising in the residential areas. The dewatering process becomes urgent in such areas to prevent the buildings from deterioration. Dewatering process causes an increase in effective stress and consolidation settlement. Esna city was selected to be the area of interest. This area has suffered from groundwater rising since the construction of the new Esna barrage in 1995 and due to the high surface water levels of some irrigation canals such as Ramady canal. The objective of this research is to assess the impact of different operating scenarios on soil subsidence and groundwater, and reaching the optimum scenario. Two maps were interpolated for the expected subsidence and desirable water levels from the most suitable scenario.
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spelling doaj.art-e118b435659f4c6d8fc96d60f03bcc6f2023-02-10T10:45:51ZengTaylor & Francis GroupWater Science2357-00082019-01-01331405310.1080/11104929.2019.1630058Assessment of soil subsidence due to long-term dewatering, Esna city, EgyptM. Al-Sittawy0S. Gad1R. Fouad2E. Nofal3Research institute for groundwater (RIGW), National Water Research Center, Cairo, EgyptFaculty of Engineering, Al-azhar university, Cairo, EgyptFaculty of Engineering, Al-azhar university, Cairo, EgyptResearch institute for groundwater (RIGW), National Water Research Center, Cairo, EgyptABSTRACTIn Egypt, most of the residential areas lay on cohesive soil (clay) in the Nile valley and Delta and comprises of extensive irrigation network. Several regulators and barrages are located on the irrigation network. One of the sides effects of these regulators is the rising of water levels in the upstream causing the groundwater levels rising in the residential areas. The dewatering process becomes urgent in such areas to prevent the buildings from deterioration. Dewatering process causes an increase in effective stress and consolidation settlement. Esna city was selected to be the area of interest. This area has suffered from groundwater rising since the construction of the new Esna barrage in 1995 and due to the high surface water levels of some irrigation canals such as Ramady canal. The objective of this research is to assess the impact of different operating scenarios on soil subsidence and groundwater, and reaching the optimum scenario. Two maps were interpolated for the expected subsidence and desirable water levels from the most suitable scenario.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/11104929.2019.1630058Groundwater risegroundwater modelingEsna citylong term dewatering projectsSUB-WTsubsidence calculations
spellingShingle M. Al-Sittawy
S. Gad
R. Fouad
E. Nofal
Assessment of soil subsidence due to long-term dewatering, Esna city, Egypt
Water Science
Groundwater rise
groundwater modeling
Esna city
long term dewatering projects
SUB-WT
subsidence calculations
title Assessment of soil subsidence due to long-term dewatering, Esna city, Egypt
title_full Assessment of soil subsidence due to long-term dewatering, Esna city, Egypt
title_fullStr Assessment of soil subsidence due to long-term dewatering, Esna city, Egypt
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of soil subsidence due to long-term dewatering, Esna city, Egypt
title_short Assessment of soil subsidence due to long-term dewatering, Esna city, Egypt
title_sort assessment of soil subsidence due to long term dewatering esna city egypt
topic Groundwater rise
groundwater modeling
Esna city
long term dewatering projects
SUB-WT
subsidence calculations
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/11104929.2019.1630058
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