Groundwater control publications

  • Influence of large-scale inhomogeneities on a construction dewatering system in chalk

    A Bevan, W Powrie and T O L Roberts

    Available: www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/geot.9.P.010

  • Design and operation of a large dewatering system in Dubai

    C P Botha, T O L Roberts and A Welch, 2009

    17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Alexandria, Egypt, 5–9 October

  • Construction of a deep shaft for Crossrail

    G Holmes, A M McNamara, P R J Morrison, and T O L Roberts, 2008

    Proc. Insts. Civ. Engrs. Geotechnical Engineering, 161, Issue GE6, December, pp299–309

  • Engineering characterisation of the glaciofluvial gravels of Cork City

    M Long and T O L Roberts, 2008

    Paper and presention to the Geotechnical Society of Ireland and the Irish Association of Hydrogeologists, 8 January.

  • Controlling clay pore pressures for cut-and-cover tunnelling

    D J E Butcher, W Powrie, T O L Roberts, and H Roscoe, 2007

    Geotechnical Engineering, 160 (4), pp227–236.

  • Soil characterisation and construction of deep basements in high permeability gravels in Cork, Ireland

    M Creed, M Long and T O L Roberts, 2007

    Prc. 14th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ECSMGE), Madrid

  • Groundwater control for construction in the Lambeth Group

    M Preene and T O L Roberts,, 2002

    Proc. Insts. Civ. Engrs. Geothechnical Engineering, 155, Issue 4, October, pp221–227.

  • Modelling flow to leachate wells in landfills

    A Althani, R Beaven and J K White, 2001

    Conference on modelling landfill processes, Delft, The Netherlands, April. Also to be published in the Waste Management Journal.

  • Chapter 16 – The Future

    T O L Roberts, 2001

    Groundwater lowering in construction – a practical guide, Spon Press, pp449–453

  • Geotechnical engineering for the Medway tunnel and approaches

    Q Leiper, T Roberts and D Russell, 2000

    Proc. Insts. Civ. Engrs. Transp., 141, Feb, pp35–42.

  • Groundwater control - design and practice

    M R Dyer, M Preene, T O L Roberts and W Powrie, 2000

    Construction Industry Research and Information Association, London.

  • Estimation of permeability for the rock mass around the shiplocks of the Three Gorges project

    R M Harkness, W Powrie, S Wang and X Zhang, 1999

    Int J Rock Mech & Mining Sciences 36, pp381–397.

  • Case history of a dewatering and recharge system in chalk

    W Powrie and T O L Roberts, 1995

    Geotechnique 45, No. 4, December, pp599–609.

  • A design procedure for a multi-jet pump installation

    T M Siwec and J K White, 1995

    Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Water Maritime and Energy 112, No. 4, December, pp304–315.

  • The Modelling of Saline Intrusion during the Construction of Submerged Tunnels

    Z Mohammed, T O L Roberts and J K White, 1995

    Water Pollution III – Modelling, Measuring and Prediction, International Conference, Porto Carras, Greece, April.

  • The design of groundwater control systems using the observational method

    M Preene and T O L Roberts, 1994, 1994

    Geotechnique 44, No. 4, December, pp727–734.

  • Performance of ejectors in construction dewatering systems

    W Powrie and M Preene, 1994

    Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Engineering 107, pp143–154, July. (BGS Prize 1994).

  • Time-drawdown behaviour of construction dewatering systems in fine soils

    W Powrie and M Preene, 1994

    Geotechnique 44, No. 1, March, pp83–100. (BGS Prize 1994).

  • Cost overrun in construction dewatering

    M E R Deed and T O L Roberts, 1994

    In: Risk and Reliability in Ground Engineering (B O Skipp, Ed.), London, Institution of Civil Engineers, Thomas Telford, pp254–265.

  • The significance of groundwater tidal fluctuations

    T O L Roberts and J K White, 1994

    In: Groundwater Problems in Urban Areas (W B Wilkinson, Ed.), London, Institution of Civil Engineers, Thomas Telford, pp31–42.

  • The application of pumping tests to the design of construction dewatering systems

    M Preene and T O L Roberts, 1994

    In: Groundwater Problems in Urban Areas (W B Wilkinson, Ed.), London, Institution of Civil Engineers, Thomas Telford, pp121–133.

  • Ground movements due to construction dewatering

    W Powrie, 1994

    In: Groundwater Problems in Urban Areas (W B Wilkinson, Ed.), London , Institution of Civil Engineers. Thomas Telford, pp237–250.

  • Range of application of construction dewatering systems

    M Preene and T O L Roberts, 1994

    In: Groundwater Problems in Urban Areas (W B Wilkinson, Ed.), London, Institution of Civil Engineers, Thomas Telford, pp415–423.

  • Construction dewatering in low-permeability soils: some problems and solutions

    W Powrie and M Preene, 1994

    Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Engineering, 107, January, pp17–26. (BGS Prize 1994 & ICE Robert Alfred Carr Premium 1995).

  • The design of pore pressure control systems in fine soils

    W Powrie, M Preene and J K White, 1993

    CIRIA Project Report No. 10, Construction Industry Research and Information Association , London.

  • Steady-state performance of construction dewatering systems in fine soils

    W Powrie and M Preene, 1993

    Geotechnique 43, No. 2, June, pp191–206. (BGS Prize 1994).

  • Control of groundwater for waterside construction

    T O L Roberts and J K White, 1993

    Urban Waterside Regeneration, Ellis Horwood.

  • Equivalent well analysis of construction dewatering systems

    W Powrie and M Preene, 1993

    Geotechnique 42, No 4, pp635–639.

  • A cost effective design of a multiple well system for use in the Wadi El-Natrun area

    H M Moghazy and J K White, 1991

    Alexandria Engineering Journal 30, No. 2 April.

  • A study of pumping from a multiple well system for use in arid zone water resources schemes

    S I El-Khawalka, H M Moghazi and J K White, 1991

    Alexandria Engineering Journal 30, No. 1, January.

  • Field Trial of an ejector well dewatering system at Conwy, North Wales

    W Powrie and T O L Roberts, 1990

    Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology 23, No. 2, June, pp169–185.

  • Case studies of construction dewatering in chalk

    M Preene and T O L Roberts, 1990

    In: Chalk, London, Thomas Telford Limited, pp571–575.

  • Effects of high permeability lenses on efficiency of wellpoint dewatering

    H E Moghazy, W Powrie and T O L Roberts, 1989

    Geotechnique 39, No. 3, September, pp543–547.

  • Characteristics of the flow and the free surface profile of a gravity well in a cross flow

    H Moghazy and J K White, 1989

    Ninth Annual American Geophysical Union Hydrology Days, April.

  • Reduction of evaporation by groundwater control in arid and semi-arid regions

    J J White and T Yacine, 1988

    Proceedings IAH International Symposium on Hydrology of Wetlands in Semi-arid and Arid Regions, May.

  • The mobile phase and design insensitivity in groundwater control systems

    T O L Roberts and J K White, 1987

    In: Groundwater Effects in Geotechnical Engineering (E T Hanrahan, T L L Orr and T F Widdis, Eds.), Rotterdam, Balkema, 1, pp265–268.

  • The adaptable wellpoint

    J K White, 1982

    Water Services, May.

  • Groundwater control

    J K White, 1981

    Civil Engineering, December.

  • On the analysis of dewatering systems

    J K White, 1981

    Proceedings of the Xth International Conference of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, June.