Multi-year monitoring data of subsurface water conditions for Dutch canal dikes

The work looks at how water moves below the surface of canal dikes and builds computer models using several years of field data. Canal dikes in low‑lying areas, like the western Netherlands, can become unstable when extreme weather—especially long droughts—occurs. To help engineers assess this risk, the project uses a data set collected from 2020 to 2023. The data include soil moisture, hydraulic head, soil temperature, and salinity measured at different points across the dike’s cross‑section. The record also contains measurements from two unusually dry summers, giving a solid base for studying transient seepage and the stability of unsaturated slopes. The team builds models in finite‑element software that couple thermal,

hydraulic, and mechanical processes to reproduce how the dike reacts to changing weather. By adding local rainfall, possible evaporation, and borehole profiles, they can calculate pore‑water pressure and suction in the unsaturated zone. This approach helps validate predictive geotechnical models, evaluate how climate change may affect dike safety, and create risk‑reduction plans for flood‑defense structures.

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