دانشگاه ایلام مدیریت جامع حوزه های آبخیز 2783-4581 2 4 2023 02 20 Assessing groundwater level declination in Meighan Playa Catchment بررسی افت منابع آب زیرزمینی در حوزه تالاب میقان اراک 79 93 703203 10.22034/iwm.2023.1988947.1060 FA ساویز صادقی عضو هیئت علمی گروه علوم و مهندسی محیط زیست، دانشکده کشاورزی و منابع طبیعی، دانشگاه اراک، اراک، ایران 0000-0002-0109-4235 امید آخوندی ریس اداره حفاظت خاک و آبخیزداری، اداره کل منابع طبیعی و آبخیزداری استان مرکزی، ایران Journal Article 2023 02 18 Extended Abstract Introduction In recent decades, following the exploitation of groundwater, especially in areas with limited surface water and in which groundwater is the greatest resource in meeting the needs of water demands, the trend of reducing the volume of aquifers has increased. Meighan watershed, which includes Meighan wetland, is one of the most important plains of Iran that supplies a significant part of Arak city's drinking water and many agricultural wells. Since the drought causes a rapid reduction in surface flows, declines the ground water level, intensifies the wind and water erosion, changes the quality of water resources, causes ground settlement and especially, leads to the problem of salinization of drinking and irrigation water, it is necessary to evaluate the effects of drought and manage its risk. Materials and methods The study area of Meighan is located in Central Iran with 2854.63 km2 area. To investigate the possible drinking water crisis in the region, water level decline of agricultural wells, and the risk of ground settlement in the groundwater measurement network, the observed groundwater level and absolute height of groundwater level data were collected in 46 piezometric wells in the statistical period of 1986-2006 and 2006-2020. For each year, an average isopieze map was drawn. Then by deducting the maximum and minimum values in each well, the amount of loss in each year was determined. These data were used to draw maps of annual decline. The reason can be the lack of proper feeding of the aquifer due to the decrease of precipitations and drought and as a result of the reduction of the aquifer storage due to the excessive exploitation. Results and Discussion From 1971 (the first data collection) to 2004, with the increase in the number of deep and semi-deep wells, the discharge rate of the wells has increased by a total of 531.5 mm3. In 2009, despite the increase in the number of wells, the discharge rate of wells has decreased by 153.9 mm3 in 6 years. In the last data collection in 2020, the number of wells and their discharge rate have decreased which indicates drying up of the wells due to the decline in the groundwater level in many areas of the plain which has led to the disuse of wells. Reviewing the decline maps of 1986-2006 and 2006-2020 indicate that the northern and eastern areas of the plain do not show significant changes and have a relatively constant trend. However, as it is shown in isopieze maps, in the western regions and in the south of the plain, groundwater level has had the highest decline. From 2006 to 2020, in the north and northeast, as well as in the south, west and southwest of the basin, there are areas with the highest rate of decline. Conclusion According to the analysis of rainfall data and the absolute height of groundwater level of Arak Plain, it can be concluded that the amount of rainfall does not directly affect the decline of the groundwater level. Research results indicate that before 1986, the hydraulic slope of the Arak plain aquifer conforms to the level of the plain and the Meighan playa has been a natural drainage of the plain. However, during the period of 1986-2006 with the increase and concentration of exploitation wells in the western and southwestern parts of the plain, the hydraulic slope of the aquifer has inclined towards the western regions. From 1986 to 2006, it can be concluded that the maximum groundwater level decline of 20 meters occurred in the western and southwestern areas of the basin and extended to the eastern areas of the basin. However, from 2006 to 2020, the decline classes have increased significantly, such that in the west, southwest, north and northeast of the basin, an increase in the groundwater level decline up to 70 meters has been observed. در چند دهه اخیر در پی بهره‌برداری از آب‌های زیرزمینی به‌ویژه در مناطقی که منابع آب سطحی محدود بوده و سهم منابع آب زیرزمینی در تأمین نیازها بسیار بالا است، روند کاهش حجم مخزن آبخوان‌ها فزونی یافته است. افزایش مصرف آب که با تغییر اقلیم، گرمایش جهانی و خشک‌سالی‌های پی‌درپی همراه شده، مسئله تأمین آب را بسیار پیچیده‌تر نموده است. حوزه آبخیز میقان (دشت اراک)، دربرگیرنده تالاب میقان، یکی از مهم‌ترین دشت‌هایی است که بخش قابل‌توجهی از آب شرب شهر اراک و بسیاری از چاه‌های کشاورزی از آن تأمین می‌شود. برای بررسی بحران احتمالی آب شرب منطقه، افت سطح آب چاه‌های کشاورزی، خطر فرونشست زمین در سطح سفره بر اثر افت سطح ایستابی و پیشروی آب شور به سفره‌های آب شیرین در حوضه موردمطالعه، در شبکه سنجش آب‌های زیرزمینی، ارقام قرائت‌شده عمق سطح آب و ارتفاع مطلق سطح آب در ۴۶ حلقه چاه مشاهده‌ای در دوره آماری ۱۳۶۴-۱۳۸۴ و ۱۳۸۴-۱۳۹۸ جمع‌آوری شد. برای هر سال یک نقشه‌ هم‌پتانسیل (ایزوپیز) متوسط ترسیم و سپس با کسر مقادیر حداکثر و حداقل در هر چاه، مقدار افت در هر سال مشخص شد که از این داده‌ها برای ترسیم نقشه‌های هم‌افت سالیانه استفاده شد. با توجه به تجزیه‌وتحلیل داده‌های بارندگی و ارتفاع مطلق سطح آب زیرزمینی دشت اراک، نتایج نشان می‌دهد که عواملی مانند کاهش منابع آب سطحی (خشک‌سالی) و بهره‌برداری شدید و غیراصولی از منابع آب زیرزمینی تأثیر بیشتری نسبت به تغییرات میزان بارندگی بر نوسانات سطح ایستابی داشته است. همچنین مقایسه دو دوره آماری نشان می‌دهد که در دوره دوم، طبقاتافت به‌طور چشمگیری افزایش یافته، به‌نحوی‌که در غرب، جنوب غرب، شمال و شمال شرق حوضه شاهد افزایش افت سطح ایستابی آب زیرزمینی تا ۷۰ متر هستیم.

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