Author(s)

Arash Rostami^1*, Rahim Ali Mohammadi Nafchi²

¹Department of Civil Engineering, Yasouj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasouj, Iran.
²Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Training Center, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Iran.

The most secure method in providing water in the dry and semi-dry regions is the use of underground water sources and due to over consumption of water aquifers capacities, most of fields and specially Imamzadeh Jafar are faced with negative performance and balance, which threatens the land subsiding. The plateau with the annual raining of 438 millimeters has 169 deep and semi-deep wells with annual 36.68 million consumption and this issue has increased the research signification, in order to protect and relive the required water aquifers, there is a need to predict the underground water level accurately in different condition. In this research, by the use of balance equation and modflow software in Imamzadeh Jafar, water aquifer was analyzed within seven scenario. The underground water level evaluation for the short run periods for 2 years and middle term of 4 years and 12 years of long term was performed; and the results showed that the performance and balance of the plateau was increased due to increase of water consumption compared to the water aquifer quantity in the region that was negative. To the point that the 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 scenarios (minimum 0.17 and maximum -11.34) and 2, 6 scenarios in different timely periods show that the underground water saving volume is positive (minimum 3.64 and maximum 19.83).

Water Balance Equation, Modflow, Short Run Timely Periods, Medium Run Timely Periods, Long Run Timely Periods, Underground Water

Rostami, A. and Nafchi, R. (2016) The Underground Water Level Simulation in Imamzadeh Jafar Plateau by the Use of Mudflow Software. Open Journal of Geology, 6, 852-858. doi: 10.4236/ojg.2016.68065.