Water and Irrigation Management

Water and Irrigation Management

Elaboration of the optimal allocation model of underground water resources using social participation Water users (Case study of Hormozgan Kahoristan Plain)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Hooshang Mollaei 1
Mojtaba Ardestani 2
Gholamreza Nabi Bidhendi 2
1 Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Tehran International Campus, Kish, Iran.
2 Department of Environmental Engineering, Environment College, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
10.22059/jwim.2024.371132.1137
Abstract
Groundwater resource management consists of two practical processes of resource allocation and resource planning. The allocation of underground water resources, the area under water consumption, water stress and the quality of water resources affect the management of the catchment area. In this study, according to the methodology, the allocation of water resources and social participation in the area of Kohoristan is done using various criteria and indicators. After determining the importance of each of the indicators used in modeling and applying the weights to the relevant indicators, a water resources allocation map has been prepared using the AHP method. The investigation of the area shows that about 17% of the area, taking into account various factors in this area and the factors affected by the factors and parameters identified in the AHP modeling, is in the upper class, which is at the risk of pollution and quality reduction due to being at the end of the area. are water sources. In this region, 66% of the basin has less or very less water resource allocation, which requires planning to change the pattern of cultivation and proper exploitation of water resources in this watershed in the south of the country. Also, the results show that according to the cultivation pattern of the region, only 12% of this pattern have access to high water allocation resources regardless of the quality of water resources, and the rest of them have low and very low water allocation resources, which requires a fundamental change in the way of harvesting, the use of water resources and social management of this critical resource in the area of Kohoristan.
Keywords
Water productivity
Water stress
Water production
Social management
Subjects
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Water and Irrigation Management
Volume 14, Issue 4
Winter 2025
Pages 789-809