Locating Suitable Sites for Construction of Underground Dams

Year 2015, Volume: 36 Issue: 3, 3205 - 3217, 13.05.2015

Mojtaba Ghasemı , Mehrdad Amını Zadeh

Abstract

Abstract. Iran has been stated in dry and semidry area. Therefore development and storage of ground water by underground dams can be suitable. Pyrzal and Javrdh  region has been placed in Khuzestan North east of Kohgiloye city , and according to DO Marthon classification is considered as semidry climate. In this study, Decision making tree is consisted of : Reservoir and economic criteria for reservoir , four minor criteria were considered : Decline, hydraulic conductivity , effective porosity and foundation permeability and for economical factors to location of dam and distance of dam from usage place were considered . To determine the exact location of dam axis in a point of route 27 primary locations were districted. Them regarding to location of the selected locations in map , site priorities of 15 locations were recognized . Finally storage rate of each of the suggested priorities were calculated.

Keywords

Pyrzal and Javrdh region – Underground dams – Multi-criteria decision making

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