Hydrostatic Pressure 5 : The pressure standing water places on the walls and floor of a building. Hydrostatic pressure of 3 to 4 feet of standing water can collapse walls or buckle basement floors
W. Louis Sidell, Jr., CFM, State Coordinator, Brigitte Ndikum-Nyada, Maine Floodplain Management Handbook, Appendix O, Glossary, Planner, State Planning Office, Maine, USA 2007. http://www.maine.gov/doc/commissioner/flood/docs/h andbook07/28-dix%20O-glossary.pdf, (ND/ Flood - Amer) {507}