H J; A L; A H
Abstract
Reuse of treated municipal wastewater in agriculture and artificial recharge of aquifers in arid and semi-arid regions are of great interest to water resources specialists. In the use of treated wastewater for artificial recharge operations, the fate of substances added to the soil by wastewater transmission ...
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Reuse of treated municipal wastewater in agriculture and artificial recharge of aquifers in arid and semi-arid regions are of great interest to water resources specialists. In the use of treated wastewater for artificial recharge operations, the fate of substances added to the soil by wastewater transmission of pollutants to the aquifer depth and movement is very important, because they may cause contamination of soil and groundwater resources. In this study, an L-shaped cylindrical column, made of PVC with a diameter of 30 cm was used to simulate the vertical movement of water and its movement in the shallow groundwater layer during artificial recharge operations. Horizontal sections along the vertical length were 300 cm and 250 cm. The column was filled with a sandy loam soil and the treated wastewater of Mahdasht treatment plant located in Alborz Province was used for artificial recharge operations. During the test period, the effect of management strategy of permanent water logging for 40 days and a dry period for the removal of wastewater pollutants in the soil column were examined. Values of BOD5, COD, EC, coliform, fecal coliform, phosphorus and nitrate in water samples collected from the inlet and the path length were measured at one meter intervals. The results indicated the high efficiency of removing pollutants in the soil column, while the nitrate removal efficiency and EC changes were low. The values of BOD5, COD, EC, coliform, fecal coliform, phosphorus and nitrate in the best of cases were 96.4%, 91.8%, 15.4%, 99.3%, 99.4%, 92.4% and 17.2%, respectively. A comparison with National Guides of Iranian Environmental Protection Agency shows that the outflow of artificial recharge system can be used for irrigation of agricultural crops. However, it is to be noted that, generally, use of wastewater for irrigation of food crops is not recommended.
Farzaneh GHaemizadeh; Omid Bahmani
Abstract
In areas where there is not a balance between discharge and Recharge from the aquifer, the water table is dropping and then reduction in quality and quantity of the water aquifer is caused, and as a result; artificial recharge is necessary. Using fuzzy logic operators to determine the suitable locations ...
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In areas where there is not a balance between discharge and Recharge from the aquifer, the water table is dropping and then reduction in quality and quantity of the water aquifer is caused, and as a result; artificial recharge is necessary. Using fuzzy logic operators to determine the suitable locations for artificial recharge may provide the desirable results. At this study attempted to use the fuzzy patterns to find the suitable location and provide management method, for artificial recharge of Nahavand’s aquifer, using GIS techniques. For this purpose, seven geographical information layers including slope, land use, surface infiltration, aquifer depth, aquifer quality, and net recharge and transmissivity were used. The results (as the output maps) showed that according to Fuzzy pattern, 5.94 percent of the total area (equivalent to 27.12 square kilometer area of the aquifer) which are widely scattered, rated good and very good in terms of artificial recharge of Nahavand’s aquifer.