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  2. Dam safety system - Wikipedia

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    The dam monitoring system sets different levels of alarms corresponding to specific risks, like a reduction of lake water levels, and communicates risks with a network of all dam control systems. When the level of risk increases, the monitoring system activates alarms to close roads or bridges, and eventually alerts people living in nearby ...

  3. Central Valley land subsidence - Wikipedia

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    The CVHM considers surface level water supply to estimate groundwater use, as well as monitoring recharge rates. Updates and improvements have been made to the CVHM since its creation. For example, the contribution of groundwater recharge from un-gaged watersheds to the Central Valley Aquifer were previously not contributed in the model for the ...

  4. Multilevel groundwater monitoring systems - Wikipedia

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    The Westbay casing system is designed to allow the monitoring of multiple discrete levels in a single borehole. The casing comes in two different sizes, the MP38 system (38 mm, 1.5-inch) and MP55 system (55 mm, 2.25-inch). One single string of water-tight Westbay casing sections is installed in the borehole.

  5. Land is sinking as groundwater levels drop. New research ...

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  6. Subsidence - Wikipedia

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    Subsidence frequently causes major problems in karst terrains, where dissolution of limestone by fluid flow in the subsurface creates voids (i.e., caves).If the roof of a void becomes too weak, it can collapse and the overlying rock and earth will fall into the space, causing subsidence at the surface.

  7. Sinking cities - Wikipedia

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    Drivers, processes, and impacts of sinking cities [1]. Sinking cities are urban environments that are in danger of disappearing due to their rapidly changing landscapes.The largest contributors to these cities becoming unlivable are the combined effects of climate change (manifested through sea level rise, intensifying storms, and storm surge), land subsidence, and accelerated urbanization. [2]

  8. Joseph F. Poland (hydrologist) - Wikipedia

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    The yellow sign he is holding reads, "San Joaquin Valley California BMS661 Subsidence 9M 1925-1977." This photo shows 28 feet of lost surface level altitude over a 52-year period. [11] Markers are placed to show the previous ground level altitudes for the years 1925, 1955, and 1975. [12]

  9. Groundwater-related subsidence - Wikipedia

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    A study in an arid agricultural region of Arizona [3] showed that, even with a water level recovery of 100 ft after groundwater pumping was stopped, the land surface continued to subside for decades. This is a result of the continued dewatering of aquitards (fine-grain layers that slow the movement of groundwater) from stresses mentioned in the ...