TA247 : Integrated water resource management in Neyshabur plain using, WEAP
Thesis > Central Library of Shahrood University > Civil & Architectural Engineering > MSc > 2015
Authors:
Mohammad Sharekian [Author], Saeed Golian[Supervisor], Alireza Farid Hosseini [Supervisor]
Abstarct: The complex nature of water issues requires new approaches that involves integration of technical, economic, environmental, social and logic views. This is the concept of integrated water resources management. Good management plans involves the use of all possible factors or even more effective and more important factors, as well as review and assessment for the project outcomes. In this study Neyshabour’s water resources and irrigation water demands were assessed using WEAP model. Among all precipitation- runoff models which exist in the model for Hydrological simulation, FAO method was chosen. To evaluate suggested strategies to escape from current situation, several scenarios were considered and then simulation was conducted for a period of 20 years. Results illustrated that in conservative agricultural scenario, in spite of increase in water demand, unmet demand reduced and groundwater storage was also increased. In the next scenario by increasing irrigation efficiency of the agricultural sector, water demand was reduced. This act would cause reduction in ground water extraction, so that ground water storage would have increased in comparison with reference scenario. Another scenario, considered five percent annual reduction of the acreage irrigated areas and dedicated leftover to industry section which caused 4.67% reduction in annual water demand in agricultural section and increasing of ground water storage in comparison with reference scenario. Next step was to combine various scenarios for management of agricultural water demand. It was concluded that combination of these scenarios has more positive effects compared to single ones. However, despite the use of all water demand management methods in a scenario, a balance could not be established between groundwater harvesting and recharge and deficit did not sink to zero. In other words, these strategies can play an important role in reducing agricultural water demand, and consequently reduce ground water harvesting in this area.
Keywords:
#Integrated Water Management #Agricultural Water Need #Neyshabour Watershed #WEAP Link
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