Dynamic Modeling of the Groundwater System in Hamedan – Bahar Aquifer

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Ph.D. Student, Department of Management and Agricultural Development, Faculty of Economics and Agriculture Development, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran,

2 Professor, Department of Management and Agricultural Development, Faculty of Economics and Agriculture Development, University of Tehran University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

3 Professor, Department of Management and Agricultural Development, Faculty of Economics and Agriculture Development, University of Tehran, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The growing number of areas facing to water scarcity necessitates adaptive water management strategies beyond traditional water supply and demand management methods, which are becoming increasingly difficult in many regions. Water reallocation offers a flexible water management approach to mitigate water scarcity under changing socio-economic, climatic, and environmental conditions. This study develops a complex system dynamic model (SD) reflecting interactions between water resources, Environmental water demand and socio-economy using SD software package ‘‘Vensim PLE’’. Four alternative socio-economic growth patterns and three alternative schemes are designed to simulate those impacts. The results reveal that the developed SD model reflect the dynamic behavior of the system in the studied area efficiently. In the meanwhile, by comparing the different scenarios, it can be found that a higher growth pattern with desirable scenario supply socio-economic growth and environmental water requirements. It should be explained that the maximum growth pattern allows policy makers to revive the aquifer balance by controlling demand and adopting methods such as increasing artificial aquifer feeding and purifying treatment of urban and industrial wastewater.

Keywords

Main Subjects

References

Agriculture Organization of Hamadan Province. (2016). Agricultural features of the province. (in Farsi). Available at: http://hamedan.agri-jahad.ir/sima/ostan-(1).aspx
Ahmad, S. and Simonovic, S.P. (2000). System dynamics modeling of reservoir operations for flood management. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 14 (3), 190–198.
Akhtar, M. K., Wibe, J., Simonovic, S. P. and MacGee, J. (2013). ‘Integrated assessment model of society-biosphere-climate-economy-energy system’. Environmental modeling& Software, 49, 1-21.
Bebbington, A., Humphreys Bebbington, D. and Bury, J. (2010). Federating and defending: Water, territory and extraction in the Andes. In: R. Boelens, D. Getches & A. Guevara, Out of the mainstream. Water rights, politics and identity, 307–327.
Bjornlund, H., Parrack, C. and De Loë, R. C. (2015). Segmenting the Urban and Rural Populations of Southern Alberta for Improved Understanding of Policy Preferences for Water Reallocation, Society & Natural Resources: An International Journal, 26(11), 1330-1350. DOI:10.1080/08941920.2013.788957
Boelens, R. and Vos, J. (2012). The danger of naturalizing water policy concepts: Water productivity and efficiency discourses from field irrigation to virtual water trade. Agricultural Water Management, 108, 16–26. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2011.06.013
Cao, X., Wang, Y.B., Wu, P.T., Zhao, X.N. and Wang, J., (2015). An evaluation of the water utilization and grain production of irrigated and rain-fed croplands in China.Sci. Total Environ, 529, 10–20.
Chen, C.M., Zheng, C.Y. and Ma, C.X. (1999). System dynamics for Zhengzhou land resource bearing capacity. Journal of Hohai University, 27 (1), 53–56.
Costanza, R., Duplisea, D. and Kautsky, U. (1998). Modelling ecological and economic systems with STELLA. Ecological Modelling, 110, 1–4.
Davidson, B. and Malano, H. (2013). Reallocating water for the environment in the Murray-Darling Basin of Australia; Current concerns, practices and remaining questions. Green growth and water allocation. Papers presented at a workshop held on 22–23 November 2012. Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Deaton, M.L. and Winebrake, J.J. (2000). Dynamic Modeling of Environmental Systems. Springer-Verlag, New York.
Elsawah, S. (2011). Water resources planning and management based on system dynamics: a case study of Yulin city Enviro.Develo. Sustain, 2, 331-351.
Fedorovskiy, A.D., Timchenko, I.Y. and Sirenko, I.A. (2004). Method of system dynamics in simulating the problems in the comprehensive use of water. Hydrobiological Journal, 40 (2), 87–96.
Gerlak, A.K. and Mukhtarov, F. (2015). ‘Ways of knowing’ water: Integrated water resources management and water security as complementary discourses, Int. Environ. Agreements: Politics Law Econ. 1–16.
Golub, G., Charles, F. and Van, L. (1996). Matrix Computations – Third Edition. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 53. ISBN 0-8018-5413-X.
Hamedan regional water authority. (2017). Statistics and information related to rainfall and groundwater resources. (in Farsi). Available at: http://www.hmrw.ir
 Helfrick, A.D. (2005). Modern Electronic Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques. p. 16. ISBN 81-297-0731-4
Hoekstra, A. Y. (2014).Sustainable, efficient, and equitable water use: the three pillars under wise freshwater allocation, WIREs Water, 1, 31–40. doi: 10.1002/wat2.1000
Iranian Association of Hydrology. (2016). Hydrology of Iran. (in Farsi). Available at:  http://www.iranhydrology.net/hydrologyofiran.html
Kashimbiri, N., Mtalo, F., Mwanuzi, F., Mondal, C. and Singh, S. (2016). Modelling The Impact of Urbanization On Groundwater Using System Dynamic Technique. A Case Study of Arusha Municipal Well Field in Northeastern Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology, (TJET), 3 (1), 67 – 80.
Lei, M. and Cao, M.M. ()2002). A study on the potential of water resource of Guanzhong area. Journal of Northwest University (Natural Science Edition), 32 (6), 691–695.
Li, L and simonovic, S.P. (2002). A System dynamics model for predicting floods from snowmelt in north American prairie watersheds. Hydrological Processes Journal, 16(13), 2645-2666.
Liu, J.M. and Sun, Y. (2006). Analysis on the characteristics of water resources and measures of sustainable use in the Guanzhong Region. Yellow River, 28 (1), 39–41.
Malinowski, P.H., Ecault, R., Wandowski, T., Ostachowicz, W.M. (2017). Evaluation of adhesively bonded composites by nondestructive techniques. Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems, 101700B, 11 – 22.
Marston, L. and Cai, X. (2016). An overview of water reallocation and the barriers to its implementation, WIREs Water 2016. doi: 10.1002/wat2.1159
Rivera, E.C., Queiroz, J.F., Ferraz, J.M. and Ortega, E. (2006). System models to evaluate eutrophication in the Broa Reservoir, São Carlos, Brazil. Ecological Modeling, 202, 518–526.
Simonovic, S.P. (2002). World water dynamics – global modeling of water resources. Journal of Environmental Management, 66, 249–267.
Sterman, J.D. (2000). Business dynamics, system thinking and modeling for a complex world, Irwin:  McGraw-Hill, New York.
Sun, X.X., Shen, B., Yu, J.L., Liu, X.J. and Mo, S.H. (2007). Carrying capacity of water resources of Baoji city based on the system dynamics model. Journal of Xi’an University of Architecture & Technology (Natural Science Edition), 39 (1), 72–77.
Tangirala, A.K., Teegavarapu, R.S.V. and Ormsbee, L. (2003). Modeling adaptive water quality management strategies using system dynamics simulation. Environmental Informatics Archives, 1, 245–253
Vlachos, D., Georgiadis, P and Iakovou, E. (2007). A System dynamics model for dynamic capacity planning of remanufacturing in closed-loop supply chains. Computers and Operations Research Jornal, 34 (2), 367-394.
Water planning office. (2016). Groundwater resources can be programing for various uses. 23p. (in Farsi). Available at: http://moe.gov.ir/InnerPages/MainNav/%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C/InformationServicesDetail?InformationServicesID=3486
Wei, S., Yang, H., Song, J., Abbaspour, K. and  Xu, Z. (2012). System dynamics simulation model for assessing socio-economic impacts of different levels of environmental flow allocation in the Weihe River Basin, China. European Journal of Operational Research, 221, 248–262.
World Bank. (2017). Environmental Flows in Water Resources Policies, Plans, and Projects. Report from World Bank, Washington DC, USA.  http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWAT/Resources/Env_Flows_Water_v1.pdf. 
Xu, Z.X., Takeuchi, K., Ishidaira, H. and Zhang, X.W. (2002). Sustainability analysis for Yellow River water resources using the system dynamics approach. Water Resources Management, 16, 239–261.
Zhang, X.H., Zhang, H.W., Chen, B., Chen, G.Q. and Zhao, X.H. (2008). Water resources planning based on complex system dynamics: a case study of Tianjin city. Communication in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation 12, 2328–2336.
Zwarteveen, M. Z. and  Boelens, R. (2014). Defining, researching and struggling for water justice: some conceptual building blocks for research and action. Water International, 39(2), 143-158. DOI:10.1080/02508060.2014.891168
Iranian Journal of Soil and Water Research
Volume 50, Issue 9
January 2020
Pages 2323-2340

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics