Causes, effects and solutions
Professor Michael Parrett
Consultant building Pathologist at UK,USA, Europe,Scandinavia, China and Hong Kong
"Even in areas less prone to flooding, a fluctuating water table can still be problematical for ground-floor areas and basements"
Water tables, substrata and flooding are inextricably linked. The effect of water tables depends on the substrata beneath a building and there can be huge variations in levels, for example, low water tables at the bottom of a valley and high perched water tables at the top of a hill. And while clay is highly impermeable to water, gravel beds are highly permeable and can allow rapid rises in water tables.
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Mike Parrett is a building pathologist, chartered building surveyor and founder of Michael Parrett Associates. He is an Eminent Fellow of RICS and the lead author on the Building Pathology Damp section of isurv.
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Dean of Centre for Postgraduate Studies & Professor of Human Resource and Industrial Relations at Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK)
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