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Evaluation of allowable withdrawn volume of groundwater based on observed data

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To control land subsidence due to groundwater withdrawal, it is important to estimate allowable withdrawn volume of groundwater in a soft deposit. This technical note presents a simple approach for estimating the allowable withdrawn volume of a deposit. A regression analysis method was used based on measured land subsidence and recorded net withdrawn volume. This approach was proposed based on the principle of soil compression at different effective stresses, i.e. the soil compression is small when the consolidation stress is lower than the yield stress of the deposit, but large when the consolidation stress is higher than the yield stress. Two case studies are presented in this technical paper to demonstrate how to use the simple approach to estimate the allowable withdrawn volume.

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The research work described herein was funded by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grant No. 41102175). This work is also funded by the Open Foundation Project of the State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection (Grant No. SKLGP2012K029). It is also supported by the starting funding of young faculty members of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. These financial supports are gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Ye-Shuang Xu & Shui-Long Shen

  2. State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, China

    Ye-Shuang Xu, Run-Qiu Huang & Shui-Long Shen

  3. Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE) Department, The University of Kansas, 2150 Learned Hall, 1530 W. 15th Street, Lawrence, KS, 66045-7609, USA

    Jie Han

  4. State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Shui-Long Shen

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Xu, YS., Huang, RQ., Han, J. et al. Evaluation of allowable withdrawn volume of groundwater based on observed data. Nat Hazards 67, 513–522 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-013-0576-3

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