Customization of the OSSEM Model for Application to Annual Data from the Talar Aquifer, Northern Iran

There are several principal driving forces behind the damaging coastal water resources depletion in many countries, including; high population growth, degrading water resources due to overexploitation and contamination, lack awareness among local beneficiaries regarding sustainable management, and d...

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Main Authors: Akbari, Abolghasem, Sedaei, Nazila, Sedaei, Leila, Cox, Jonathan Peter
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Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8884/1/fkasa-2015-akbari-Customization%20of%20the%20OSSEM.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8884/
http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/ws.2015.021
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Sedaei, Nazila
Sedaei, Leila
Cox, Jonathan Peter
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description There are several principal driving forces behind the damaging coastal water resources depletion in many countries, including; high population growth, degrading water resources due to overexploitation and contamination, lack awareness among local beneficiaries regarding sustainable management, and deficient government support and enforcement of conservation programs. To ensure a water resource system is productive in coastal areas, holistic and comprehensive management approaches are required. To address the aforementioned issues, a combined methodology which considers anthropogenic activities, together with environmental problems denominated Overall Susceptibility Socio-Ecological System Environmental Management (OSSEM) has been investigated. The OSSEM model has been applied successfully in Spain based upon daily time series data. This research is ground breaking in that it integrates the OSSEM model in a geographic information system environment to assess the groundwater contamination based on annual time series data and the assessment of system management by means of an overall susceptibility index (OSI). Centered on OSI indicators, the renewal, salinization and water deficit potentials in the Talar aquifer were estimated to be 4.89%, 4.61%, and 3.99%, respectively. This data demonstrates a high susceptibility in terms of environmental pollution, salinization, and water deficit.
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spelling my.ump.umpir.88842016-04-18T07:45:01Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8884/ Customization of the OSSEM Model for Application to Annual Data from the Talar Aquifer, Northern Iran Akbari, Abolghasem Sedaei, Nazila Sedaei, Leila Cox, Jonathan Peter TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) There are several principal driving forces behind the damaging coastal water resources depletion in many countries, including; high population growth, degrading water resources due to overexploitation and contamination, lack awareness among local beneficiaries regarding sustainable management, and deficient government support and enforcement of conservation programs. To ensure a water resource system is productive in coastal areas, holistic and comprehensive management approaches are required. To address the aforementioned issues, a combined methodology which considers anthropogenic activities, together with environmental problems denominated Overall Susceptibility Socio-Ecological System Environmental Management (OSSEM) has been investigated. The OSSEM model has been applied successfully in Spain based upon daily time series data. This research is ground breaking in that it integrates the OSSEM model in a geographic information system environment to assess the groundwater contamination based on annual time series data and the assessment of system management by means of an overall susceptibility index (OSI). Centered on OSI indicators, the renewal, salinization and water deficit potentials in the Talar aquifer were estimated to be 4.89%, 4.61%, and 3.99%, respectively. This data demonstrates a high susceptibility in terms of environmental pollution, salinization, and water deficit. IWA Publishing 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8884/1/fkasa-2015-akbari-Customization%20of%20the%20OSSEM.pdf Akbari, Abolghasem and Sedaei, Nazila and Sedaei, Leila and Cox, Jonathan Peter (2015) Customization of the OSSEM Model for Application to Annual Data from the Talar Aquifer, Northern Iran. Water Science & Technology: Water Supply, 15 (3). pp. 656-666. ISSN 1606-9749. (Published) http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/ws.2015.021 DOI: 10.2166/ws.2015.021
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Akbari, Abolghasem
Sedaei, Nazila
Sedaei, Leila
Cox, Jonathan Peter
Customization of the OSSEM Model for Application to Annual Data from the Talar Aquifer, Northern Iran
title Customization of the OSSEM Model for Application to Annual Data from the Talar Aquifer, Northern Iran
title_full Customization of the OSSEM Model for Application to Annual Data from the Talar Aquifer, Northern Iran
title_fullStr Customization of the OSSEM Model for Application to Annual Data from the Talar Aquifer, Northern Iran
title_full_unstemmed Customization of the OSSEM Model for Application to Annual Data from the Talar Aquifer, Northern Iran
title_short Customization of the OSSEM Model for Application to Annual Data from the Talar Aquifer, Northern Iran
title_sort customization of the ossem model for application to annual data from the talar aquifer, northern iran
topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8884/1/fkasa-2015-akbari-Customization%20of%20the%20OSSEM.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8884/
http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/ws.2015.021
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