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    Subsoil Drainage

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    Merlina Ayu Apriliyani
    Subsoil drainage systems drain subsurface water to increase stability of buildings and foundations, mitigate ponding and waterlogging, alleviate dampness and damage, and increase soil strength. They are important for road construction as saturated subbases cause rapid pavement deterioration from hydrostatic and hydrodynamic pressures. Subsoil drainage is particularly important in hillside areas and behind retaining walls to prevent land instability. Common types include perforated pipes covered in geotextiles to prevent clogging, or buried rocks or pebbles that freely drain water. Layout depends on topography, buildings, access points, geology, and stormwater drainage networks, with main drains often following natural depressions and connecting branch drains to main drains or stormwater infrastructure.

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    Subsoil Drainage

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    Subsoil drainage systems drain subsurface water to increase stability of buildings and foundations, mitigate ponding and waterlogging, alleviate dampness and damage, and increase soil strength. They are important for road construction as saturated subbases cause rapid pavement deterioration from hydrostatic and hydrodynamic pressures. Subsoil drainage is particularly important in hillside areas and behind retaining walls to prevent land instability. Common types include perforated pipes covered in geotextiles to prevent clogging, or buried rocks or pebbles that freely drain water. Layout depends on topography, buildings, access points, geology, and stormwater drainage networks, with main drains often following natural depressions and connecting branch drains to main drains or stormwater infrastructure.

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    Subsoil drainage systems drain subsurface water to increase stability of buildings and foundations, mitigate ponding and waterlogging, alleviate dampness and damage, and increase soil strength. They are important for road construction as saturated subbases cause rapid pavement deterioration from hydrostatic and hydrodynamic pressures. Subsoil drainage is particularly important in hillside areas and behind retaining walls to prevent land instability. Common types include perforated pipes covered in geotextiles to prevent clogging, or buried rocks or pebbles that freely drain water. Layout depends on topography, buildings, access points, geology, and stormwater drainage networks, with main drains often following natural depressions and connecting branch drains to main drains or stormwater infrastructure.

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    Subsoil Drainage

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    Merlina Ayu Apriliyani
    Subsoil drainage systems drain subsurface water to increase stability of buildings and foundations, mitigate ponding and waterlogging, alleviate dampness and damage, and increase soil strength. They are important for road construction as saturated subbases cause rapid pavement deterioration from hydrostatic and hydrodynamic pressures. Subsoil drainage is particularly important in hillside areas and behind retaining walls to prevent land instability. Common types include perforated pipes covered in geotextiles to prevent clogging, or buried rocks or pebbles that freely drain water. Layout depends on topography, buildings, access points, geology, and stormwater drainage networks, with main drains often following natural depressions and connecting branch drains to main drains or stormwater infrastructure.

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    Subsoil Drainage

    Subsoil drainage systems are provided to drain away subsurface water in order to:
    increase the stability of the ground and footings of buildings by inducing a more stable
    moisture regime and reducing foundation movements due to the variations in the soil
    moisture content;
    mitigate surface water ponding and waterlogging of soils by lowering watertables;
    alleviate ground water pressures likely to cause dampness in below-ground internal parts
    of buildings or damage to foundations of buildings, other structures, or pavements
    increase soil strength by reducing the moisture content.
    Subsoil drainage is an important part of road construction.Vehicular traffic on pavement with a
    saturated subbase results in rapid deterioration of the pavement. Entrapped water that is subect
    to vehicular loadings creates large hydrostatic and hydrodynamic pressures within the
    subbase,reducing its ability to provide stable support forthe pavement. !orrectly designed roads
    and paved areas have a highly permeable base or subbase construction and may include subsoil
    drains to promote the rapid outflow of subsurface water. "ne important factor indicating a need
    for subsoil drainage is the presence of a watertable high enough to have an adverse effect on
    buildings and infrastructure within urban developments. Subsoil drainage is particularly
    important in hillside areas due to the potential to create land instability . #rains behind retaining
    walls are designed using similar principles as other subsoil drains.
    Types of Subsoil Drainage
    $he most common type of subsoil drainage is in the form of a special pipe that is covered with a
    geote%tile material. $he pipe itself has a number of perforations through it to let the water
    through to be drained away. $he geote%tile covering is important as it stops soil and other
    particles from going through to the pipe and clogging it up so that it cannot serve its purpose of
    draining the water away. &nother type of subsoil drainage that you can utilise is to bury some
    rocks or pebbles. $hese are free draining and will let water through 'uite readily.
    LAYOUT
    $he layout is directly related to the topography, the location of buildings and access points, the
    geology (nature of subsoil and level of groundwater) and area of a property. *ain subsoil drains
    often follow natural depressions. Subsoil drains should connect to a stormwater pit or a point of
    connection, and be consistent with the layouts for the site stormwater drain and the e%ternal
    stormwater drainage network. +elevant layouts for the types of subsoil drainage systems
    covered in this chapter include:
    subsoil drains on one or more sides of a building or
    cutting, including cut-off drains for interception of
    groundwater flows from higher land;
    drainage systems for mitigating waterlogging or
    lowering watertables on small to medium areas of
    land, e.g. less than ,-- m. .$hese layouts may involve branch subsoil drains
    connecting to a main subsoil drain.

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