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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/21376| Title: | The efficacy of systems of drainage wells for the relief of subsurface hydrostatic pressures |
| Authors: | U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station |
| Keywords: | Relief wells Levees Groundwater |
| Publisher: | U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station. Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Description: | Technical memorandum Preface: This memorandum constitutes a report on the study of the efficacy of certain types of drainage systems for the relief of subsurface hydrostatic pressures. The study is concerned specifically with levees founded upon relatively thin, impervious surface formations which overlie pervious strata. The proposed levees1 with which this report is concerned, are to protect certain lowland sections of the city of Memphis, Tennessee, and are to be constructed upon such a foundation medium. Protection against the formation of sand boils and piping, and the consequent danger of destruction of the levee system is essential, The use of drainage systems consisting of wells penetrating into the pervious strata in the vicinity of the landside toe of the levee have been shown by this study to be feasible, The relief of the subsurface pressure is accomplished, and the discharge quantities are determinable; so that choice of the drainage system and the necessary facilities for the disposal of the water discharged may be made for the particular conditions obtaining in the levee project. |
| Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/21376 |
| Appears in Collections: | Technical Memorandum |
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| WES-Technical-Memorandum-No-151-1.pdf | 1.78 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |