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These surficial water regulation systems are designed by modelling the land itself around the body of the landslide. These provisions will serve the purpose of avoiding penetration of the landslide body by circulating water or into any cracks or fissures, further decreasing ground shear strength.
Homes on Peartree Lane remain damaged in November 2023, months after a landslide in Rolling Hills Estates. A new lawsuit over the collapse, which destroyed eight houses, may merge with similar ...
Water content is an important parameter that could change the angle of repose. Reportedly, a higher water content can stabilize a slope and increase the angle of repose. [5] However, water saturation can result in a decrease in the slope's stability since it acts as a lubricant and creates a detachment where mass wasting can occur. [6]
This week, a group of residents filed a lawsuit in state court alleging local officials — including the homeowners' association, the area's water provider, the city, the county and landslide ...
Some regions of Texas have already run out of water — and the rest face a looming crisis, the state’s agriculture commissioner said on Sunday. “We lose about a farm a week in Texas, but it ...
The Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer is an aquifer in Texas, United States. [1]The aquifer supplies water to about 12 million homes in East Texas. [2]The aquifer's water quality is claimed to be at risk from leaks and spills from the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline by environmental organizations.
Five more homes on Peartree Lane in Rolling Hills Estates have been evacuated after a sewer line broke in the landslide, ... look for seeping water, which can be an indicator of stability as the ...
Texas' water infrastructure, such as dams, pipelines, and reservoirs, is aging and often not equipped to handle modern water management challenges. Leakage and inefficiencies exacerbate the problem.