River - Groundwater Interaction over the Region of INFOPARK-Budapest

Abstract

The region around the former Kopaszi-sandbank, a shallow, degraded part of the river Danube is now a dynamically developing district of the capital with a campus and the so-called INFOPARK. As the area itself was filled with various type of material during the last century, due to the prescription of the environmental authority regular control of the water quality parameters is introduced. Several groups of observation well were set to for the monthly observation of water quality parameters and the groundwater levels, as well. These levels are influenced by natural processes like the regime of the river or the precipitation, and by the buildings with foundations reaching the aquifer. The aim of this study is to show the interaction between the river and groundwater levels with special respect to the effects of buildings with deep foundations.