Abstract
Abstract Some of the accompanying phenomena of climate change that have been documented include extreme hydrological events. These significantly influence the hydrological regime of river basins, leading to more frequent occurrences of hydrological extremes such as floods and periods of drought (Melo et al., 2012, Svoboda et al., 2000). Long-term drought periods highlight the urgency of constructing water structures to create large-capacity artificial reservoirs to ensure water supplies during periods of scarcity. Intense short-term rainfall events underscore the increased need for flood control measures. Flood control levees are a significant component of flood control measures (Kotaška and Říha, 2023). Many of them, such as the Danube flood control levees, whose construction dates back to the reign of Maria Theresa (Pekárová et al., 2013; Halmová and Pekárová, P 2020), have been in operation for centuries. Considering their age, the long-term impact of hydrodynamic loading, as well as changing conditions, including hydrological, morphological, geological factors, etc., these water structures require attention. They include the right-bank flood control levee of the Little Danube River. This paper focuses on an analysis of the risk factors for the filtration stability of the levees’s subsoil under extreme hydrodynamic loading and the methodological approach applied in optimizing planned measures.
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