Investigation of Environmental Impacts of Artificial Injection Aquifer Plan in Yazd Province (Case Study: Yazd - Ardekan Plain Sub Watershed)

Subject Areas : environmental management

Masoud Monavari ¹ , Maryam Morovati ² , AmirHesam Hassani ³ , Parvin Farshchi ⁴ , Zara Rosta ⁵

1 - Assistant professor. Faculty of Energy and Environment, Science and Research Campus ofAzad University
2 - MSc. Student, Environmental Science, Tehran Islamic Azad University, science and research campus
3 - Associate Professor of Environment and Energy Faculty, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Iran
4 - Assistant professor. Faculty of Energy and Environment, Science and Research Campus ofAzad University
5 - Graduate Student of Environmental Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch of Tehran

Received: 2008-02-02 Accepted : 2008-05-04 Published : 2012-06-21

Keywords: investigation of environmental, aquifers artificial injection , sub water shed, plain,

Abstract :

Iran is a semi-dried country. Although the volume of surface water is high, lack of appropriate control of water sources has resulted water shortage. The plain of Yazd- Ardekan is located in the Yazd province, with an area of 11393 km2 and has a high volume of water consuming for agricultural, industrial mineral and drinkable exploitation. The region contains Yazd, Ardekan, Meybod, Taft, Sadugh and Mehriz, has the most population of the province. Regarding several negative and positive environmental impacts of performing the development plants, studying the evaluation of environmental impact the method of Monavari 2001 has been used for evaluating the impacts of artificial injection plans in the plain of Yazd-Ardekan. In this Method physical,  biological,  socioeconomic  and  cultural  environment values have been investigated. Expecting the impacts studied in two items of lack of performing the plan and performing the plan in the constructional and exploitation phases. According to the results, constructional phase and 117 positive impacts in operational phase, compared to the item of lack of performing the plan with 21 negative impacts in constructional phase and 74 positive impacts in operational phase showed that performing the plan in Yazd plain ofArdakan is possible by applying reformatory measures.