Numerical Studies On The Influences Of The South-To-North Water Transfer Project On Groundwater Level Changes In The Beijing Plain, China

Keywords

artificial recharge; groundwater restoration; groundwater withdrawal inversion; reduce groundwater exploitation; South-to-North Water Transfer Project; the Beijing Plain

Abstract

Groundwater is an important component of the water supply, and overexploitation has triggered many problems in the Beijing Plain. The South-to-North Water Transfer Project has been proposed as a promising solution to alleviate these problems. Evaluation of different scenarios of groundwater management after the implementation of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project is necessarily required. In this study, a numerical model of groundwater flow was established using FEFLOW software and was well calibrated by parameter optimization and groundwater withdrawal inversion in the Beijing Plain. Sixteen scenarios that considered groundwater exploitation, artificial recharge, and precipitation were designed to simulate the groundwater dynamics after 11 years of the project. The results showed that the groundwater level in the study area would recover to various degrees due to the reductions of groundwater withdrawal and the increments of infiltration; additionally, it was concluded that groundwater was significantly affected by precipitation. Generally, in the designed scenarios, the groundwater-level increment in the upper streams of the model area was higher than that in the lower streams. The groundwater level would obviously increase from artificial recharge in the immediate and adjacent areas. In addition, modes of reducing exploitation had no significant influence on the change in groundwater level during the 11-year study period. The developed model offers a reliable and effective way to improve groundwater management.

Publication Date

6-15-2018

Publication Title

Hydrological Processes

Volume

32

Issue

12

Number of Pages

1858-1873

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13125

Socpus ID

85048825533 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85048825533

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