Journal of Range and Watershed Managment

Evaluation and Mapping the vulnerability of groundwater to the contamination (Case study: Azhvan- Bisotun carbonate aquifers in Kermanshah)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

ali dastranj 1
ahmad nohegar 2
Arash Malekian 2
Hamid gholami 3

1 hormozgan university

2 tehran uni

3 h

https://doi.org/10.22059/jrwm.2017.235178.1137
Abstract
Abstract
Vulnerability assessment and vulnerability mapping, is an important strategy to management of karst water resources. Due to the geomorphology of karst developed in karst aquifers and other natural conditions Azhvan-Bisotun area, Emissions are rapidly and widely. The aim of this study is mapping vulnerability Azhvan-Bisotun karst aquifer in Kermanshah province against surface contamination by using COP model. According to the aforementioned approach, the COP method considers three factors to assess the resource vulnerability: Overlying layers (O), Concentration of flow (C) and Precipitation regime (P). The results show that the vulnerability of the area between zero and 4.5, respectively, at the end of the five-class very high, high, medium, low and very low were classified. In general, the total area calculated parameters C, P and O have the most significant role in the vulnerability zone. The results demonstrate that COP is a useful method to assess the vulnerability of the test sites under consideration.

Keywords

Azhvan-Bisotun
Karst aquifer
Vulnerability
Water resource
COP
Journal of Range and Watershed Managment
Volume 72, Issue 2
Summer 2019
Pages 375-390

  • Receive Date 08 June 2017
  • Revise Date 16 May 2020
  • Accept Date 25 October 2017
  • Publish Date 23 August 2019

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