Abstract
Groundwater pumpings have been prohibited by the government since 1970 due to the overexploitation and severe land subsidence in the Taipei Basin. Declining water levels were gradually recovered back. Nowadays, high groundwater levels are developed in the Taipei Basin. This may cause safety problems such as seepage of underground facility, and liquefaction by the strong earthquake jeopardizing millions of people’s lives and properties in the metropolitan area of Taipei. To reduce the associated risks, the study aims to formulate a management strategy to rationally reduce the groundwater level declining trend and sustainable utilization of groundwater resources in the Taipei Basin. A hydrogeologic model of Taipei Basin using MODFLOW-96 was setup to evaluate water budget and safe yield of the aquifer. The simulated water budget indicates that the groundwater annual storage increases about 17 million cubic meters in the main (Jingmei) aquifer. The average groundwater safe yield of the Taipei Basin estimated by the Hill method is about 54 million cubic meters per year. Moreover, with consideration of the reduction of liquefaction risks the revised average safe yield is about 126 million cubic meters per year. To effectively use and manage groundwater resources, restriction order on the use of groundwater resources in the Taipei Basin need to be revised. The implementation of groundwater management index coupled with an upper limit of the average groundwater level set as −7.5 m below the surface for avoiding earthquake caused liquefaction is suggested to manage the groundwater level for safe-use of groundwater resources in the Taipei Basin.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Bekesi G, McGuir M, Moiler D (2009) Groundwater allocation using a groundwater level response management method—Gnangara groundwater system, western Australia. Water Resour Manage 23(9):1665–1683
Chen CT, Hu JC, Lu CY, Lee JC, Chan YC (2007) Thirty-year land elevation change from subsidence to uplift following the termination of groundwater pumping and its geological implications in the Metropolitan Taipei Basin, Northern Taiwan. Eng Geol 95:30–47
Chia YP, Chang MS, Liu WY, Lai DC (1999) Hydrogeologic characteristics of Taipei Basin. Subsurface geology and engineering environment in the Taipei Basin. Central Geological Survey Monograph 11:393–406
El-Naqa A, Al-Shayeb A (2009) Groundwater protection and management strategy in Jordan. Water Resour Manage 23(12):2379–2394
Freeze RA, Cherry JA (1979) Groundwater. Prentice Hall, New Jersey, pp 364–367
Gau HS, Liu CW, Chen JS, Tsao YS (1998) Estimation of optimal yield in Yun-Lin area of Taiwan using decision analysis. J Am Water Resour Assoc 34(6):1295–1309
Harbaugh AW, McDonald MG (1996) Programmer documentation for MODFLOW-96, an update to the U.S. Geological Survey modular finite-difference groundwater flow model. USGS Open-File Report, pp 96–486
Kuo KV (1989) Development and application of hydrogeological model of Taipei basin. PhD thesis, Department of Geological Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Lee CH (1915) The determination of safe yield of underground reservoirs of the closed basin type. Trans ASCE 78:148–251
Lee CH (2002) A review of groundwater restricted area and soil evaluation of soil liquefaction. Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan:256
Liu CW, Lin CN, Jang CS, Chen CP, Chang JF, Fan CC, Lou KH (2006) Sustainable groundwater management in Kinmen Island. Hydrol Process 20:4363–4372
Meinzer OE (1923) Outline of ground-water hydrology with definitions. U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 494
Moliná JL, Garciá Aróstegui JL, Benavente J, Varela C, de la Hera A, López Geta JA (2009) Aquifers overexploitation in SE Spain: a proposal for the integrated analysis of water management. Water Resour Manage 23(13):2737–2760
Ou CD, Li YG, Cheng TJ (1983) The influence of distribution of groundwater level and groundwater pressure on the foundation engineering in Taipei Basin. J Chin Inst Civil Hydraulic Eng 10:89–102
Rejani R, Jha MK, Panda SN (2009) Simulation–optimization modeling for sustainable groundwater management in a coastal basin of Orissa, India. Water Resour Manage 23(2):235–263
Shau MZ, Hung LH, Feng YS, Liu KF (1995) Investigation of hydraulic parameters of gravel formation. International Conference on Gravel Formation in the Geotech Engineering 4.29–4.38. Taipei, Taiwan
Sinotech (1976) Feasibility study of the artificial groundwater recharge in the Taipei Basin. Sinotech Technical Report, 89 pp
Tsao YS, Lin CN, Tan YC, Mau AS (1985) Application of groundwater flow model in the Taipei Basin, Technical Report. Department Agricultural Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Liu, CW., Chou, YL., Lin, ST. et al. Management of High Groundwater Level Aquifer in the Taipei Basin. Water Resour Manage 24, 3513–3525 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-010-9617-9
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-010-9617-9