Land subsidence caused by groundwater exploitation in the Hangzhou-Jiaxing-Huzhou Plain, China

Hangzhou-Jiaxing-Huzhou Plain in northern Zhejiang Province, located between the Yangtze and Qiantang Rivers, is one of the regions where economic development is most rapid in China. Geological and hydrogeological surveys reveal a multi-layered aquifer system beneath the plain, which includes Holocene phreatic water layers and Pleistocene confined aquifers. Based on the historical records of groundwater extraction, groundwater levels, and ground settlement from 1964 to 2000, it is shown that ground subsidence has resulted from the continuously increasing extraction of groundwater from deep confined aquifers, and that the evolution of land subsidence can be characterized by a multifractal model. Based on this model, a set of empirical power-law relations have been established between: the land subsidence velocity and the annual groundwater extraction; groundwater drawdown and the annual land subsidence velocity; and the amount of land subsidence and the associated area of land. A set of indices are proposed for evaluating dynamic evolution of groundwater exploitation and land subsidence for the Hang-Jia-Hu Plain, from which the critical degree of evolution of land subsidence in the near future can be estimated using data on groundwater exploitation and water level changes.

Land subsidence caused by groundwater exploitation in Suzhou City,China

Suzhou City, located at the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in southeastern Jiangsu Province, is one of the few cities in China which suffer from severe ground settlement. A research project was carried out to investigate this problem. Geological and hydrogeological studies show that there is a multi-layered aquifer system with three distinct, soft mud layers of marine and lagoonal origins. An examination of historical records of groundwater extraction, water levels, and ground settlement shows that the ground subsidence is associated with the continuously increasing groundwater extraction in the deep, confined aquifer. It is believed that the consolidation of the soft mud layers, especially the third layer which is thick and close to the main pumped aquifer, contributes to the ground settlement. A three-dimensional finite difference numerical model representing the multi-layered aquifer system was developed to study the ground settlement in response to groundwater extraction. By calibrating the model with both the measured groundwater level and ground settlement, the aquifer parameters were estimated. The model outputs fit reasonably well with the observed results, which indicates that the numerical model can reproduce the dynamic processes of both groundwater flow and soil consolidation. The hydraulic conductivity of the third mud layer near the center of the ground settlement has been reduced by over 30% in the last 14 years. The gradual deterioration in the hydraulic conductivity of the mud may have significant adverse effect on the sustainable groundwater resource of the deep confined aquifer, since the recharge from the shallow aquifers through the mud layer is the only source of water to the deep aquifer. An analysis of the spatial distributions of groundwater drawdown and ground settlement shows that the area with maximum drawdown is not necessarily the area with maximum ground settlement due to the occurrence of the soft mud layer. A simple reallocation in pumping rates on the basis of the spatial distribution of the thick mud layer could significantly reduce the ground settlement. Electronic Publication     

上海市承压含水层系统应力-应变特征及地面沉降防治对策

1990年以来，上海市地下水开采与人工回灌格局发生了较大的变化。承压含水层地下水位变化与压缩变形均表现为新的特点与发展趋势。通过对上海中心城区含水层系统的应力一应变特点分析，总结了承压含水层随地下水位下降所表现出的弹性一弹塑性一塑性变形的演化规律。上海中心城区第Ⅱ、Ⅲ承压含水层总体上处于地下水开采与人工回灌的平衡状态，表现为弹性变形；而第Ⅳ、Ⅴ承压含水层由于地下水位目前已严重低于其“临界水位”，表现为持续压缩的塑性变形。目前，第Ⅳ承压含水层对中心城区地面沉降贡献率已达到了49．3％，西部华漕地区第Ⅴ承压含水层变形的贡献率为46．7％。针对各承压含水层不同的变形特点，提出了地下水资源管理与地面沉降防治对策。     

上海市深基坑工程地面沉降评估理论与方法

深基坑工程是高层建筑、地铁隧道、地下空间开发利用等城市建设中的重要基础工程。随着土地节约集约化利用不断加强,基坑的深度与规模日渐提高。深基坑工程对区域地面沉降有明显影响。但针对性的地面沉降危险性评估尚属空白。根据深基坑工程地面沉降效应的理论分析与案例剖析,不同的设计施工方案对地面沉降有直接影响。含水层的疏干或降压是主要因素。地面沉降主要集中在开挖深度2倍的平面范围内,最远可达10~15倍开挖深度。地面沉降基本呈指数型衰减。现行的技术规程将2倍开挖深度范围作为基坑工程沉降监测与控制的重点。因此深基坑工程对区域地面沉降的影响评估应着重于15倍的开挖深度区间范围。提出了深基坑工程地面沉降评估的技术准则与主要技术环节的工作要点。     

Land subsidence due to groundwater pumping and recharge: considering the particle-deposition effect in ground-source heat-pump engineering

With the rapid development and use of ground-source heat-pump (GSHP) systems in China, it has become imperative to research the effects of associated long-term pumping and recharge processes on ground deformation. During groundwater GSHP operation, small particles can be transported and deposited, or they can become detached in the grain skeleton and undergo recombination, possibly causing a change in the ground structure and characteristics. This paper presents a mathematical ground-deformation model that considers particle transportation and deposition in porous media based on the geological characteristics of a dual-structure stratum in Wuhan, eastern China. Thermal effects were taken into consideration because the GSHP technology used involves a device that uses heat from a shallow layer of the ground. The results reveal that particle deposition during the long-term pumping and recharge process has had an impact on ground deformation that has significantly increased over time. In addition, there is a strong correlation between the deformation change (%) and the amount of particle deposition. The position of the maximum deformation change is also the location where most of the particles are deposited, with the deformation change being as high as 43.3%. The analyses also show that flow of groundwater can have an effect on the ground deformation process, but the effect is very weak.     

Hydro-mechanical coupled analyses on wall deformations caused by deep excavations and dewatering in a confined aquifer

Acta Geotechnica - This study investigates the effect of dewatering on wall deformations of deep excavations through numerical analyses. A hydro-mechanical coupled method...     

滨海地区深基坑减压降水地面沉降研究成果及应用——以上海市为例

针对地下空间开发中深基坑减压降水地面沉降发育特征、沉降机制及防治对策等研究进展,以上海市为例,总结了近年来滨海地区深基坑减压降水地面沉降研究取得的主要成果。建立了深基坑减压降水地面沉降防治综合分区方法,探索了深基坑减压降水地面沉降防治原型试验设计方法,掌握了上海市浅部承压含水层深基坑减压降水地面沉降规律,提出了深基坑减压降水地面沉降-地下水位双控模式及控制指标,提出了深基坑减压降水地面沉降防治措施,构建了深基坑减压降水地面沉降管控体系。这些研究成果在特大型城市安全管理、重大市政工程建设及运营服务中得到应用,对同类地区地面沉降研究和防治工作具有借鉴意义。     

武汉一级阶地基坑降水引起土层水位变化及压缩变形研究

武汉一级阶地地层具有典型的二元结构特征,从浅层至深层土体渗透性逐渐增加,在基坑工程开挖降水过程中,随着疏干含水层水位的下降,各层土体水位变化特点各不相同,水位的变化影响着土体固结的压缩变形。采用现场群井抽水试验的方法,通过在抽水试验期间对不同深度含水层水位的观测及不同深度土体沉降的监测,结合各层土体性质及相关理论对武汉一级阶地基坑降水引起的土层水位变化及压缩变形规律进行研究。结果表明,武汉一级阶地基坑降水水位变化存在着明显的时空效应,沉降与水位变化密切相关,且沉降过程中土层中出现架空效应。     

Study on the hydraulic parameter differences between pumping and recharge in a confined aquifer of a soft soil area

Artificial recharge is an effective remediation measure for controlling groundwater level and subsidence in many coastal cities in China. Hydraulic parameters estimated by pumping tests are often used in the design of both pumping and recharge systems. However, the hydraulic parameters in the recharge process have been found to differ from those in the pumping process and should be studied in greater detail. Eight single-well pumping and recharge tests were conducted within a confined aquifer in a soft soil area in the city of Tianjin, and the differences in wellbore storage influences and well losses between the recharge and pumping processes were examined. Furthermore, based on the Hantush and Jacob model, an algorithm combining the Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm (LMA) and genetic algorithm (GA) was employed for estimation of the hydraulic parameters. The results illustrated that the combined algorithm eliminating wellbore storage influences could provide hydraulic parameters from which the groundwater level variation could be accurately simulated. The hydraulic conductivity and specific storage values obtained in the pumping tests were higher than those obtained in the recharge tests. In addition to slight plugging of the recharge well, the specific storage differences could be explained by the compression and rebound deformation characteristics of sand in the confined aquifer. The specific storage estimated by pumping tests should be adjusted when applied in groundwater recharge calculation.

     

天津滨海新区抽水引起地面沉降现场试验研究

在天津滨海新区中新生态城服务中心开展了承压含水层抽水引起地面沉降的现场试验,采用振弦式孔隙水压力传感器和一孔多标数据采集器实时监测孔隙水压力和分层标的变化,分析了土体的变形性质和分层沉降的规律。试验结果表明,黏土层变形明显滞后于承压含水层水位的变化,以塑性变形为主且存在蠕变现象,而砂层既存在弹性变形,也存在一定的塑性变形和蠕变性。短期抽取地下水会使抽水井附近承压含水层上覆土体出现上小下大的沉降规律,且最大沉降出现在有明显孔隙水压力变化的土层顶板位置。     

海潮引起初始水位倾斜的滨海承压含水层地下水位 变化的数值模拟

海潮波动可以引起海岸带地下水位发生波动。建立了基于有限差分法的滨海地区一维承压含水层地下水运动数值模型。将潮汐波动概化为正弦波,模拟了滨海地区地下水位随潮汐波动的变化。通过与初始水位水平的承压含水层水位变化的比较表明,受海潮影响的滨海承压含水层地下水位与海潮有相似的波动特征,但变幅减小,受海潮的影响程度与离海岸的距离有关,随着离海岸距离的增加,地下水位的变幅及潮汐效率呈负指数函数衰减,但比前者变化程度稍缓,地下水位对海潮的滞后时间随距离呈线性增加。     

Numerical modeling of Forchheimer flow to a pumping well in a confined aquifer using the strong-form mesh-free method

A numerical analysis of non-Darcian flow to a pumping well in a confined aquifer using the strong-form mesh-free (MFREE) method is described. This technique is targeted at problems that use advanced numerical approaches for modeling non-Darcian flow and it supports the assumption that the non-Darcian flow follows the Forchheimer equation. Interpolation functions including the multi-quadrics (MQ) basis function (containing shape factors q and α) and the Gaussian (EXP) basis function (with shape factor ω) were found to be important defining parameters which had significant influence on the numerical results. A series of numerical experiments revealed that when q?=?2 and α?=?0.1, the mesh-free method yielded good results and the range of 10^?6?–?10^?3 might be a good choice for the shape factor ω in the EXP basis function. A comparison between the strong-form MFREE method and the finite difference method was done; the results showed that the strong-form MFREE method was very effective for solving non-Darcian flow near a pumping well in a confined aquifer, and was favorable over the finite-difference method, which could undergo oscillation and converging problems at early times.     

国家大剧院深基坑地下水控制设计及施工技术

国家大剧院基坑地下水控制是大剧院工程的三大难题之一,也是专家们讨论的焦点。经过水文地质试验和充分论证,确定了地下水控制方案和施工方法,即采用反循环成井工艺施工引渗井,将上层滞水和潜水引渗到第一层承压含水层中消纳,保证第一步基坑开挖至-15 7m;在-15 7m位置采用连续墙阻隔第一层承压水,并使用旋挖钻机在槽内施工降水井,疏干槽内承压含水层并进行越流补给控制,保证基坑开挖至-26m;在歌剧院台仓局部加深部份(-32 5m),采用封闭布设减压井,解决基坑开挖和台仓地下结构施工时基坑突涌的问题;最后采用特殊的封井技术,将井管内高于槽底约10m的承压水头封堵在槽底以下0 5m,安全截断井管,保证了基础施工。     

Land subsidence and earth fissures due to groundwater withdrawal in the Southern Yangtse Delta,China

Excessive extraction of groundwater has caused severe land subsidence and earth fissures in the Southern Yangtse Delta, China. Based on field data, the temporal and spatial distribution of land subsidence is investigated and the causes for earth fissures are analyzed. The areal distribution of the land subsidence is closely related to the cones of depression in the main exploited aquifers. The compaction of a hydrostratigraphic unit depends on its mechanical behavior, thickness, compressibility, and the piezometric level changing. The primary subsidence layers in Shanghai have been the first aquitard before 1990 and the third confined aquifer since then. But the second aquitard unit was the primary subsidence layer in Changzhou. Earth fissures, trending in several directions, occurred in the Husu tectonic zone. They were mainly caused by differential subsidence and horizontal displacement that resulted from tensile stress and shear stress in units. The majority of fissures in the study area are tensile.     

越流区开采条件下承压含水层易污染性机理研究——以单井开采为例

地下水易污染性分析是合理开发利用地下水资源、保护地下水环境的一项重要的基础性工作.长期以来针对潜水含水层易污染性的研究进行的较为深入,而对承压含水层易污染性的研究较为少见.同时,易污染性评价方法又以经验方法为主,受人为主观因素影响较大,因此需要通过对承压含水层污染机理进行研究,以减少人为主观因素对评价结果的影响.本文以单井开采承压含水层为例,通过分析承压含水层受污染的原因,以单位面积上越流补给量占开采量的比重为承压含水层易污染性指数,在建立越流区承压水向完整井稳定运动的微分方程的基础上,得到易污染性指数的解析表达式,并分析了各参数对易污染性的影响,使承压含水层易污染性评价有了一定的理论依据,对合理开发利用承压含水层有一定的指导意义.     

Numerical modelling of groundwater flow to understand the impacts of pumping on arsenic migration in the aquifer of North Bengal Plain

In this paper, numerical simulations of regional-scale groundwater flow of North Bengal Plain have been carried out with special emphasis on the arsenic (As)-rich alluvium filled gap between the Rajmahal hills on the west and the Garo hills on the east. The proposed concern of this modelling arose from development that has led to large water table declines in the urban area of English Bazar block, Malda district, West Bengal and possible transport of As in the near future from the adjacent As-polluted aquifer. Groundwater occurs under unconfined condition in a thick zone of saturation within the Quaternary alluvial sediments. Modelling indicates that current pumping has significantly changed the groundwater flowpaths from pre-development condition. At the present pumping rate, the pumping wells of the urban area may remain uncontaminated till the next 25 yrs, considering only pure advection of water but some water from the As-polluted zone may enter wells by 50 yrs. But geochemical and other processes such as adsorption, precipitation, redox reaction and microbial activity may significantly retard the predicted rate by advective transport. In the rural areas, majority of the water pumped from the aquifer is for irrigation, which is continuously re-applied on the surface. The near-vertical nature of the flowpaths indicates that, where As is present or released at shallow depths, it will continue to occur in pumping wells. Modelling also indicates that placing all the pumping wells at depths below 100 m may not provide As-free water permanently.     

Centrifuge modeling of land subsidence caused by the high-rise building group in the soft soil area

With the increase of the high-rise buildings, land subsidence induced by human activities becomes a major problem. Land subsidence occurs slowly, but the accumulation results in the cracks in the road, the damage to the pipelines and in the tilting or the cracking of the buildings. With the withdrawal of groundwater controlled reasonably, the engineering-environmental effect of the dense high-rise building group comes to be the main cause of land subsidence. Based on the high-rise building group in the soft soil area in Shanghai, the mechanism of land subsidence is studied in this paper by the centrifuge model tests. The central area of the building group has larger subsidence and the subsidence superimposition effect is obvious. It can exceed the allowance and cause land subsidence hazard. The land subsidence affected by the different building distances is also studied. For smaller building distances, the subsidence superimposition effect is more obvious. The larger excess pore water pressure in the pile-base supporting layer of the central area shows that the stress superimposition effect is larger. The earth pressure under the buildings fluctuates by the disturbance of the pile tips.     

华北平原深层淡水在开采条件下接受上覆咸水越流补给——以天津平原为例

分析物探测井曲线和地下水位动态发现，天津平原深层孔隙地下淡水在开采条件下接受上覆咸水的越流补给，而且咸水底界未大量向下位移。本文讨论了咸质含水组底部钙化粘土微观粘粒与水溶液的相互作用，提出了“滤盐层”的概念。