Assessing the Impact of Artificial Recharge Design on Regulation Drought

Drought and exploitation of groundwater resources are major stresses on the aquifer. Drought and exploitation management is efficient tool for balancing the Aleshtar aquifer. In order to assess groundwater flow MODFLOW model was used. The model response to the scenarios of moderate drought, severe and very severe were measured. The results showed that with increasing drought, water table level and storage are reduced. To control the effects of normal, moderate and severe droughts, exploitation reduction inwater use and new irrigation projects were considered. But for the control of very severe drought stress, in addition to using management system, implementation of artificial recharge design is recommended.