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Spatial Differentiation Characteristics of Groundwater Stress Index and its Relation to Land Use and Subsidence in the Varamin Plain, Iran

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Distributed modeling provides for mapping of spatial and temporal patterns of highly stressed regions, and it offers local solutions to reduce stress in aquifers. In this study, the groundwater stress index (GWSI) is evaluated based on the groundwater footprint index over the Varamin aquifer in Iran. Using ArcGIS software, all necessary layers were produced and then input into the Groundwater Modeling System software to evaluate GWSI. The results show that distributed modeling offers a more accurate assessment of GWSI than water budget analysis. The minimum and maximum values of the GWSI calculated by the distributed model are 2.4 and 1.4 times, respectively, higher than those values obtained in previous studies. Besides, a significant agreement was observed between highly stressed areas and agricultural land use. Furthermore, the results obtained from comparison between stress pattern and land subsidence indicated that only 10% of the area under subsidence was caused by groundwater stress. Applying appropriate scenarios in the future can be useful to reduce water stress and its increasing trend.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

    Maryam Nayyeri, Seyed Abbas Hosseini & Ahmad Sharafati

  2. Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, College of Abouraihan, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

    Saman Javadi

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Nayyeri, M., Hosseini, S.A., Javadi, S. et al. Spatial Differentiation Characteristics of Groundwater Stress Index and its Relation to Land Use and Subsidence in the Varamin Plain, Iran. Nat Resour Res 30, 339–357 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11053-020-09758-5

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