Groundwater is one of the most important water resources in Fars province. Based on this study, 95 percent of the total annual water consumption in Fars is used for agriculture, whereas the percentages for domestic and industrial uses are 4 and 1 percent, respectively. Population growth, urban and industrial growth, and agricultural development in Fars have created a condition of water stress. ...

Groundwater is one of the most important water resources in Fars province. Based on this study, 95 percent of the total annual water consumption in Fars is used for agriculture, whereas the percentages for domestic and industrial uses are 4 and 1 percent, respectively. Population growth, urban and industrial growth, and agricultural development in Fars have created a condition of water stress. ...

In many areas of the world, groundwater resources are increasingly stressed, and unsustainable use has become common. Where existing mechanisms for governing groundwater are ineffective or nonexistent, new ones need to be developed. Local level groundwater governance provides an intriguing alternative to top-down models, with the promise of enabling management to better match the diversity of p...

The hydrogeological conditions of groundwater can be examined by carefully studying the patterns of fluctuations in groundwater levels. These fluctuations are spatially and temporally influenced by many complicated factors, including rainfall, topography, land use, and hydraulic properties of soils and bedrock (i.e., aquifers). In this paper, we develop methodology based on a Bayesian logistic ...

Groundwater management is a significant task to have sustainable groundwater sources in Afghanistan especially in Kabul Basin. In this study, the groundwater level fluctuation simulation and forecast by a traditional tank model, snow tank + traditional tank model (S + traditional tank), combined tank model and snow combined tank model (SC-tank model) were compared. The variables (precipitation,...

Northwestern India has been identified as a significant hotspot of groundwater depletion, with major implications for sustainability caused by excessive abstraction. We know relatively little about the detailed spatial and temporal changes in storage this region, nor do we understand interplay factors controlling these changes. Groundwater managers policymakers require such information to monit...

doi: 10.1130/G32565.1 2012;40;119-122 Geology Chi-yuen Wang, Michael Manga, Chung-Ho Wang and Chieh-Hung Chen Transient change in groundwater temperature after earthquakes Email alerting services articles cite this article to receive free e-mail alerts when new www.gsapubs.org/cgi/alerts click Subscribe to subscribe to Geology www.gsapubs.org/subscriptions/ click Permission request to contact G...

BACKGROUND Water is considered as the main source of life but water resources are limited and nonrenewable. Different factors have caused groundwater to decrease. Therefore, modeling and predicting groundwater level is of great importance. METHODS Monthly groundwater level data of about 20 years (October 1991 to February 2012) from the Hamadan-Bahar Plain, west of Iran were used based on peiz...

In this paper we estimate the effect of agricultural electricity subsidies in India on groundwater extraction and agricultural output. Our empirical approach exploits changes in state electricity prices over time controlling for aggregate annual shocks and fixed district unobservables. Electricity subsidies meaningfully increase groundwater extraction, where the implied extensive margin price e...