Water Resources Management and Sewage Recycling, Solutions for Domestic Water Supply in Arid Areas, Case Study: Mashhad City

As a result of the climate change and water abstraction in neighbouring countries, domestic water supply to boarder line cities has faced serious challenges due to reduction in available water. Mashhad city is one of the most strategic cities of Iran that would face with water scarcity challenge. Th...

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Main Author: Ali Heidari
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Language:fas
Published: Iran Water and Wastewater Association 2018-12-01
Series:علوم و مهندسی آب و فاضلاب
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Online Access:http://www.jwwse.ir/article_86960_1a09c24857e89f4291deedf327baf091.pdf?lang=en
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description As a result of the climate change and water abstraction in neighbouring countries, domestic water supply to boarder line cities has faced serious challenges due to reduction in available water. Mashhad city is one of the most strategic cities of Iran that would face with water scarcity challenge. Though the Oman Sea water desalinization and transfer to Mashhad is being studied at the moment, this paper defines water demand and conventional and non-conventional regional water supplies and shows that the available regional water resources can meet domestic demand. Despite the low volume of water supply in some individual projects; local water management is superior to sea water transfer scenario in terms of economic and environmental aspects. Agricultural water consumption management based on groundwater entitlement and sewage water recycling are more suitable scenarios for domestic water supply. There are two alternatives for recycling sewage water including 1) substituting agricultural water with sewage in adjacent aquifers and convey clean water for domestic use and 2) secondary treatment of effluent and injecting it into domestic aquifer. Future domestic demand of Mashhad city is 1.5 times of existing demand and regional water supply schemes not only can meet the demand but also provide 122 MCM excess water (31% of demand) as confidence limit.
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spelling doaj.art-dd562df77080488e9f6720c2f02318bd2022-12-22T03:08:15ZfasIran Water and Wastewater Associationعلوم و مهندسی آب و فاضلاب2588-395X2018-12-0134496410.22112/JWWSE.2019.148851.1110Water Resources Management and Sewage Recycling, Solutions for Domestic Water Supply in Arid Areas, Case Study: Mashhad CityAli Heidari 0Iran water and power resources development co. Tehran, IranAs a result of the climate change and water abstraction in neighbouring countries, domestic water supply to boarder line cities has faced serious challenges due to reduction in available water. Mashhad city is one of the most strategic cities of Iran that would face with water scarcity challenge. Though the Oman Sea water desalinization and transfer to Mashhad is being studied at the moment, this paper defines water demand and conventional and non-conventional regional water supplies and shows that the available regional water resources can meet domestic demand. Despite the low volume of water supply in some individual projects; local water management is superior to sea water transfer scenario in terms of economic and environmental aspects. Agricultural water consumption management based on groundwater entitlement and sewage water recycling are more suitable scenarios for domestic water supply. There are two alternatives for recycling sewage water including 1) substituting agricultural water with sewage in adjacent aquifers and convey clean water for domestic use and 2) secondary treatment of effluent and injecting it into domestic aquifer. Future domestic demand of Mashhad city is 1.5 times of existing demand and regional water supply schemes not only can meet the demand but also provide 122 MCM excess water (31% of demand) as confidence limit. http://www.jwwse.ir/article_86960_1a09c24857e89f4291deedf327baf091.pdf?lang=enaquifer rechargedomestic water supplymashhadsewage recycling
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Water Resources Management and Sewage Recycling, Solutions for Domestic Water Supply in Arid Areas, Case Study: Mashhad City
علوم و مهندسی آب و فاضلاب
aquifer recharge
domestic water supply
mashhad
sewage recycling
title Water Resources Management and Sewage Recycling, Solutions for Domestic Water Supply in Arid Areas, Case Study: Mashhad City
title_full Water Resources Management and Sewage Recycling, Solutions for Domestic Water Supply in Arid Areas, Case Study: Mashhad City
title_fullStr Water Resources Management and Sewage Recycling, Solutions for Domestic Water Supply in Arid Areas, Case Study: Mashhad City
title_full_unstemmed Water Resources Management and Sewage Recycling, Solutions for Domestic Water Supply in Arid Areas, Case Study: Mashhad City
title_short Water Resources Management and Sewage Recycling, Solutions for Domestic Water Supply in Arid Areas, Case Study: Mashhad City
title_sort water resources management and sewage recycling solutions for domestic water supply in arid areas case study mashhad city
topic aquifer recharge
domestic water supply
mashhad
sewage recycling
url http://www.jwwse.ir/article_86960_1a09c24857e89f4291deedf327baf091.pdf?lang=en
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