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Figure 5.22.
Spatial distribution of the compaction increment
between the eighth and ninth year
Figure 5.23.
Spatial distribution of the excess pore pressure
after nine years of pumping
The same happens for the calculated maxima of excess pore pressure (see Figure
5.23) when compared to those recorded (see Figure 5.16) after nine years of
pumping, when a steady-state condition can be reasonably assumed.
5.2. Artificially-induced land uplift
The negative consequence of underground fluid management, as it is usually
understood, involves the lowering of the Earth's surface, which can have severe
consequences for property, as previously illustrated. The opposite is, however,
theoretically possible, i.e. some benefit could be obtained by injection and storage of
fluid in underground confined reservoirs with the consequence of uplift of the
Earth's surface. This technique has recently been proposed to solve the problem of
