The is called record breaking this summer caused a lowering of the groundwater level in the city of Amsterdam. As a result, the piles that support so many buildings in the city have been left uncovered and fungus started attacking them causing them to rot.
An example is the museum Rijksmuseum, with about 8,000 works of art, resting on about 8,000 wooden poles that, beginning to rot, sank about 6 inches on one side. Wood starts to lose stability because it literally comes devoured of these fungi that survive thanks to oxygen.
To save the museum Maarten Kuiperhydrogeologist from the engineering firm Dareius, and his team designed a system capable of extracting water from one pond to prevent the ground under the museum from drying out. The system, applicable to all buildings, includes a range of: sensors And pumps that allow you to understand if the water level is dropping too much, to reduce the air exposure of the foundations of buildings during periods of great drought.
However, the project is very expensive and although there is a national fund to help those in need, the costs fall on the owners of the houses.
Source: Lega Nerd
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