Effective groundwater level recovery from mining reduction: Case study of Baoding and Shijiazhuang Plain area

Tian Nan; Chen Yue; Wen-geng Cao; En-lin Mu; Yang Ou; Zhen-sheng Lin; Wei Kang

doi:10.26599/JGSE.2023.9280023

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Nan T, Yue C, Cao WG, et al. 2023. Effective groundwater level recovery from mining reduction: Case study of Baoding and Shijiazhuang Plain area. Journal of Groundwater Science and Engineering, 11(3): 278-293 doi: 10.26599/JGSE.2023.9280023

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Effective groundwater level recovery from mining reduction: Case study of Baoding and Shijiazhuang Plain area

doi: 10.26599/JGSE.2023.9280023

Tian Nan^{1, 2},
Chen Yue^{1, 2
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,},
Wen-geng Cao^{1, 2},
En-lin Mu³,
Yang Ou³,
Zhen-sheng Lin⁴,
Wei Kang⁵

1.
Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050061, China
2.
Key Laboratory of Groundwater Sciences and Engineering, Ministry of Natural Resources, Shijiazhuang 050061, China
3.
Water Resources Management Center, Ministry of Water Resources, Beijing 100053, China
4.
North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450046, China
5.
Hebei GEO University, Shijiazhuang 05003, China

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Corresponding author: yuechen24@163.com
Received Date: 2023-01-12
Accepted Date: 2023-05-09

Available Online: 2023-09-15

Publish Date: 2023-09-15

Abstract

Abstract

The effective recovery of water level is a crucial measure of the success of comprehensive groundwater over-exploitation management actions in North China. However, traditional evaluation method do not directly capture the relationship between mining and other equilibrium elements. This study presents an innovative evaluation method to assess the water level recovery resulting from mining reduction based on the relationship between variation in exploitation and recharge. Firstly, the recharge variability of source and sink terms for both the base year and evaluation year is calculated and the coefficient of recharge variation β is introduced, which is then used to calculate the effective mining reduction and solve the water level recovery value caused by the effective mining reduction, and finally the water level recovery contribution by mining reduction is calculated by combining with the actual volume of mining reduction in the evaluation area. This research focuses on Baoding and Shijiazhuang Plain area, which share similar hydrogeological conditions but vary in groundwater exploitation and utilization. As the effect of groundwater level recovery with mining reduction was evaluated in these two areas as case study. In 2018, the results showed an effective water level recovery of 0.17 m and 0.13 m in the shallow groundwater of Shijiazhuang and Baoding Plain areas, respectively. The contributions of recovery from mining reduction were 76% and 57.98% for these two areas, respectively. It was notable that the water level recovery was most prominent in the foothill plain regions. From the evaluation results, it is evident that water level recovery depends not only on the intensity of groundwater mining reduction, but also on its effectiveness. The value of water level recovery alone cannot accurately indicate the intensity of mining reduction, as recharge variation significantly influences water level changes. Therefore, in practice, it is crucial to comprehensively assess the impact of mining reduction on water level recovery by combining the coefficient of recharge variation with the contribution of water level recovery from mining reduction. This integrated approach provide a more reasonable and scientifically supported basis, offering essential data support for groundwater management and conservation. To improve the accuracy and reliability of evaluation results, future work will focus on the standardizing and normalizing raw data processing.
- Water level recovery,
- Water balance,
- Effective mining reduction,
- Coefficient of recharge variation,
- Water level recovery contribution

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