Environmental impact assessment of Lavar plain artificial recharge plans in Bousher province

Concern about the illogical utilization of territory by humans have been increased. This can be due incorrect management in territorial administration and exploitation methods, which must be resolved in order to reach a sustainable development. In this regard, it is nessary that any kind of exploitation from nature is performed after assessment of environmental capacity. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) procedure is considered as an assurance for environmental criteria and regulations in various plans and its main aim is to predict, recognize, an analyze in detail all the positive and negative impacts of a plan for natural and human environment. The aim this study was to cover the environmental impact assessment of Lavar plain artificial recharge plans in Bousher province.
In this study, ICOLD matrix method has been used. In this method, the environmental impact of each project activity in the construction and operation phases was measured.
Findings: Findings revealed that the impacts of the plan on the whole environment were positive ( score).
According to the results, implementation of artificial recharge plans based on the standards is permissible. Finally based on the results, some recommendations were presented.