Pressure Relief Wells: Analysis of Subsurface Heterogeneity to evaluate Relief Well Locations for Mississippi River Levees

Author

Emma Marie Young

Keywords and Phrases

Levee; Mississippi; ModFlow; Oxbow Lake; Pressure Relief Well

Abstract

“When designing pressure relief well systems, it is imperative to understand what major geomorphology and heterogenies features are present, such as buried oxbow lakes, especially when the feature is parallel to the source, such as the Mississippi River. When present, there is a notable greater increase in head pressures, especially on the landward tow of the levee. This can cause erosional features that originally thought of to have been protected from by installing pressure relief wells. When comparing the effective hydraulic conductivities of horizontal clay layers and vertical clay layers spanning the length of the model, little to no noticeable difference can be discerned, also long as the clay volume is under 30%”--Abstract, page iii.

Advisor(s)

Grote, Katherine R.

Committee Member(s)

Cawlfield, Jeffrey D.
Rogers, J. David

Department(s)

Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering

Degree Name

M.S. in Geological Engineering

Publisher

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Publication Date

Spring 2022

Pagination

xi, 36 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographic references (pages 33-35).

Rights

© 2022 Emma Marie Young, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Thesis Number

T 12142

Recommended Citation

Young, Emma Marie, "Pressure Relief Wells: Analysis of Subsurface Heterogeneity to evaluate Relief Well Locations for Mississippi River Levees" (2022). Masters Theses. 8103.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/8103