Monitoring groundwater heads and estimating recharge in multi-aquifer systems illustrated by an irrigated area in north-west Bangladesh
Monitoring groundwater heads and estimating recharge in multi-aquifer systems illustrated by an irrigated area in north-west Bangladesh
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以孟加拉国西北部灌溉区为例,监测地下水水头并估算多含水层系统的补给量
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发表时间:
2020
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
M. Hasan
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作者:
K. Rushton;M. Asaduz Zaman;M. Hasan
The impact of groundwater abstraction in multi-aquifer systems can be identified by monitoring variations of groundwater heads with depth and with time. Equally important are estimates of recharge to the groundwater system including contributions from irrigation. A case study from the Rajshahi Barind in Bangladesh illustrates the methodologies. Abstraction of groundwater from deep tubewells has resulted in substantial increases in agricultural production but also significant falls in groundwater heads in the aquifers. Monitoring of the groundwater heads at different depths and relating these to the lithology has indicated the formation of an additional water table in an intermediate aquifer; this leads to the conceptualisation of the aquifer system as two Units, Upper and Lower. Estimates of the potential recharge to the aquifer system are obtained from a daily soil water balance which is enhanced to include the representation of recharge from standing water in flooded ricefields. Detailed fieldwork, over a period of more than 2 years, includes daily records of groundwater heads, rainfall, temperature and hours of pumping for irrigation; information about the crops grown in the command area is also collected. Individual, but interconnected, conceptual and computational models for the two Units are developed. The outputs of the computational models show good agreement with measured groundwater head fluctuations. Using information from the computational models, the sustainability of the current abstraction patterns is considered.