Assessment of water poverty index in part of Karoon River catchment area
Subject Areas : WATER RESOURCESMohammadreza Goodarzi 1 , Faeze mankavi 2
1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering, Civil Engineering, Grand ayatollah Borujerdi University, Borujerd, Iran
2 - Master's Degree in Water Engineering and Hydraulic Structures, Ayatollah Boroujerdi University, Boroujerd,Iran.
Keywords: water resources management, water tension, karoon river catchment, : water poverty index,
Abstract :
The purpose of this study was to investigate water stress in the upper part of the basin of the Karoon River basin for analyzing the water status of the area. After data collection, the amount of water poverty index according to the criteria of resources, access, costs, environment and social capacity - economy the was calculated for the upper part of the basin of the Karoon River Basin. After calculating each of the indicators of the Poverty Index, it can be stated that the range of changes in the water poverty index in the studied basin is between 6.6 and 18.2, with the lowest 6.6 points for the environment and the highest score of 18.2 is related to access, the higher the score obtained from each criterion, the better the better the benchmark, which leads to an increase in the value of the poverty indicator and finally indicates that the poverty of the water in that basin is less than Be In general, the water poverty index for the catchment area was 67.65, which is based on the classification of the Oceanographic and Hydrological Center of Wallingford in terms of low water poverty in the range of low to moderate water poverty. According to surveys, the Water Poverty Index can be used as an effective tool in water resource management and a comprehensive water use program to achieve sustainable development goals.
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