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

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 of Ardakan is possible by applying reformatory measures.