Assessment of artificial aquifer recharge potential in the Kucuk Menderes River Basin, Turkey

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2012-06-01

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Sayit, Ayse Peksezer
Yazıcıgil, Hasan

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The Kucuk Menderes River Basin in western Turkey has been facing continuous groundwater-level decline for decades. Previous studies have suggested that, to avoid aquifer depletion in the basin, artificial recharge structures should be constructed. To assess artificial aquifer recharge potential in one of the subbasins, a two-dimensional (2-D) groundwater model was set up using SEEP/W software. The material functions and parameters used in the model for both saturated and unsaturated conditions were taken from previous studies. The model has been calibrated under transient conditions. The excess runoff volume that could be collected in the recharge basins was estimated from flood frequency analysis. Various scenarios were simulated to observe the change in groundwater level and storage with respect to different exceedance probabilities. Simulation results suggest that a significant increase in groundwater storage is achieved by applying surface artificial-recharge methods. In addition to the recharge basins, to reinforce the effect of artificial recharge, simulations are repeated with underground dam construction at the downstream side of the basin. Although groundwater storage is increased with the addition of the dam, the increase in groundwater storage was not sufficient to warrant the construction.

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Artificial recharge, Recharge basin, Underground dam, Saturated/unsaturated flow, Turkey

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/32627

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HYDROGEOLOGY JOURNAL

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-012-0850-6

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Article

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A. P. Sayit and H. Yazıcıgil, “Assessment of artificial aquifer recharge potential in the Kucuk Menderes River Basin, Turkey,” HYDROGEOLOGY JOURNAL, pp. 755–766, 2012, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/32627.