Conceptual and Mathematical Modeling to Evaluate the Feasibility of Groundwater Recharge - A Case Study in West Iran

Abdollah Taheri Tizro, Mitra Zare

In the proceedings of: GeoManitoba 2012: 65th Canadian Geotechnical Conference

Session: M1D - Hydrogeology

ABSTRACT: The mathematical model (Modflow) was used to develop a management tool to evaluate groundwater artificial recharge Mahidasht basin is located in Kermanshah province, west of Iran. Accordingly, suitable site to implement artificial recharge were selected to be simulated. Artificial recharge effects assessed in modeled area. If flow of 0.3 m3 /s is introduced to an area of 10.5 hectare, with considering infiltration rate at acceptable rate, the volume equivalent to 25000 m3 can be estimated to be recharged in to subsurface layers. The volume of recharged water by artificial recharging structure in the wet period will be equivalent to 3750000 m3. With implication of the recharge, the water table in the model domain area has been increased to about 6m for the year 2003, and the effect of radial flow was found to be four kilometers, and the area coverage of recharge is calculated to be more than forty square kilometers.

RÉSUMÉ: Le modèle mathématique (Modflow) a été utilisé pour développer un outil de gestion des eaux souterraines pour évaluer la recharge artificielle du bassin Mahidasht situé dans la province de Kermanshah à l'ouest de l'Iran. En de recharge artificielle va être évalué dans la zone modélisée. Si le débit de 0,3 m3 / s est introduit dans une zone de 10,5 hectares, avec l'examen du taux d'infiltration à un taux acceptable, le volume équivalent à 25000 m3 peut être estimée à recharger les couches du sous-sol. Le volume d'eau rechargée par la structure de recharge artificielle de la période humide sera équivalent à 3750000 m3. Avec l'implication de la recharge, la nappe phréatique dans la zone de modèle de domaine a été porté à environ 6 m pour l'année 2003, quarantaine de kilomètres carrés.

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Abdollah Taheri Tizro; Mitra Zare (2012) Conceptual and Mathematical Modeling to Evaluate the Feasibility of Groundwater Recharge - A Case Study in West Iran in GEO2012. Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Geotechnical Society.

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