Locating and Prioritizing Suitable Places for the Implementation of Artificial Groundwater Recharge Plans
Publication: Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Volume 143, Issue 8
Abstract
Artificial groundwater recharge plans (AGRPs) have become central in surface water and groundwater management. This work proposes a two-stage approach for locating and prioritizing suitable sites for AGRP implementation. The two stages consist of (1) determining the effective criteria weights to develop thematic maps with geographic information system (GIS) with which to locate suitable sites for AGRP implementation, and (2) prioritizing the suitable identified sites for artificial groundwater recharge with the Nash conflict resolution method. This paper’s approach is applied in the Kerman Province, Iran, and the application results demonstrate that the most suitable sites for AGRPs are located in the western half of the province.
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Acknowledgments
This study was completed in the Research Center for Defensive Strategies with the purpose of improving the living conditions of the inhabitants of desert regions. The authors express their gratitude to the Center.
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Volume 143 • Issue 8 • August 2017
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Received: Mar 11, 2016
Accepted: Jan 3, 2017
Published ahead of print: Apr 19, 2017
Published online: Apr 20, 2017
Published in print: Aug 1, 2017
Discussion open until: Sep 20, 2017
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