LIVE STUDY OF UPLIFTING OF GROUND WATER IN THE COLLEGE CAMPUS

Civil Engineering

This project discusses the different solutions for managing the rise of the groundwater level in the Pharmacy building of DYP Campus. The study area is interested by a regional rising trend of the water table, which can bring about a hydro geological hazard for the existing underground structures (basement of building, foundations, etc.). The study was carried out by means of the following steps: (1) scenarios simulation of the aquifer system evolution (2) evaluation of its effects on underground infrastructures; (3) evaluation of the different solutions for hazard mitigation. In the present day scenario, results pointed out a local increasing of the groundwater levels over basement area located in the pharmacy building, where the highest increase in water table due to the regional trend is observed (i.e, uplifting of water through the soil layer below the basement). Results obtained for the future scenarios pointed out a significant increase in water level, as well as an increase in water thrusts acting on the structures, bringing about important issues related to their static stability in the long term. Finally, the results for different mitigation systems showed that in the long term the problem could be solved through a superimposition of the effects of several solutions.

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