Piezometers Applications
Piezometers measure pore-water pressure and ground water levels. They help engineers to:
- Understand initial site conditions.
- Determine safe rates for placement of fill
- Predict slope stability.
- Design and build for lateral earth pressures and uplift pressures.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of drainage schemes.
- Check the performance of containment systems.
Earthfill Dam 
- Determine safe rates of construction
- Monitor performance of clay core
- Monitor seepage
- Monitor performance of cutoff wall
- Monitor uplift pressures
Tailings Pond
- Control construction
- Monitor consolidation
- Monitor seepage
Embankments
- Determine safe rates of construction
- Monitor drainage schemes
- Monitor consolidation
Landslides
- Predict stability of slope
- Calculate soil mass
Retaining Wall
- Calculate load applied to wall
- Evaluate drainage systems
Diaphram Wall
- Understand initial site conditions
- Calculate load applied to wall
- Monitor draw-down due to dewatering
- Monitor uplift pressures on floor of excavation
Dewatering
- Evaluate efficiency of pumping scheme
- Provide early warning of flooding
Dynamic Compaction
- Evaluate consolidation
- Evaluate drainage systems
Pile Test
- Monitor pore-water pressures generated by pile driving