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Technical note: Feasibility and spatial prioritization of underground dam construction in the arid and semi-arid regions, case study: Roodan Watershed

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Msc Graduate, Department of Natural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran

3 Associated Professor, Department of Natural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran

4 Assistant Professor, Department of Range and Watershed Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Birjand University, Birjand, Iran

5 Assistant Professor, Department of Environment, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran

Abstract

Introduction
The most important problem in the development and construction of underground dams is the complexity of determining suitable areas for dam construction. This problem arises from the fact that many criteria and factors including social, economic, geological and hydrological criteria are involved in its proper location. Therefore, it is important to use methods that can determine suitable places for the construction of underground dams with high accuracy and with the least amount of time and cost. The construction of an underground dam is recommended as one of the solutions for water supply in arid areas where there is no access to usual sources, such as wells and permanent rivers, or they have few water resources. For this purpose, in the present study, the location of the prone areas for the construction of such dams has been investigated. The studied area is the Rodan Watershed in Hormozgan Province, which has a good potential for the construction of an underground dam due to its dry climate and special geological conditions.
Materials and methods
In this study, the number of eight initial locations were identified as potential points for construction underground dam by combining digital elevation model, topographic features, geological and hydrological features in GIS. In the following, after forming the decision matrix using Vicor model, ranking, determining the index and selecting the smallest index as the best option were done. Finally, the options were sorted based on the values of desirability index, dissatisfaction index and Vicor index. Then, the best option that has the smallest Vicor index was selected.
Results and discussion
According to the obtained results, the value of Vikor index (Q) was 0.0158 and 0.097 for sites 5 and 2, respectively, and that way, based on Vikor index, the first rank belonged to the site 5 and the second rank belonged to the site 2. Therefore, out of the initial eight locations, only two places were suitable spots and other suitable sites were rejected due to the distance from the centers of population concentration and agriculture. Rank one, located in the east of Ziarat Ali, is one of the best places to build an underground dam due to the hydrological and topographical conditions, including the fact that the slope in this site is less than five percent. The second priority, located in the north of Brentin district, was considered as a suitable option for the construction of an underground dam due to its location in the vicinity of a sparsely populated village where drinking water is supplied through a well. Among the criteria used in the present research, the criteria of water need, distance from the village, pH and EC parameters, and water quantity were the most important in the sites that have been assigned the first and second priority.
Conclusion
Examining the results of the reservoir surface factor in this research showed that the larger the reservoir surface, the higher the priority in locating this structure. In underground dams, unlike surface dams where the large reservoir surface is considered a disadvantage due to losses by evaporation, regardless of other factors, the best place to build an underground dam in a river is the canyons that have the maximum area of the reservoir in upstream. Looking at the axes selected in the current research, it can be seen that the highest priorities and the most valuable axes are selected in the quaternary formations, which can indicate the accuracy of the structure's positioning. Since the peak of water consumption in the region is in the spring and summer seasons, therefore, by constructing an underground dam in the proposed sites, part of the water shortage and crisis in the hot seasons can be compensated.

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Watershed Engineering and Management
Volume 15, Issue 4
December 2023
Pages 655-672
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