Impact of overexploitation of groundwater along the irrigated perimeter of Tadla, Oum Errabia Basin, Morocco

Jamali, Mohammed Yasser; Namous, Mustapha; Amir, Soumia

doi:10.5004/dwt.2020.25877

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“…Moreover, the degree of exploitation of groundwater resources is not uniform in space. In particular, the groundwater resources are being overexploited in some countries (Ostad‐Ali‐Askari and Shayannejad 2021) such as the United States (Bertoldi 1995; Hu et al 2019), Italy (Lasagna et al 2014), Yemen (Taher 2016), China (Tang 2019; Jiao et al 2020), India (Doell et al 2014), Morocco (Jamali et al 2020; Ez‐zaouy et al 2022), and Iran (Ostad‐Ali‐Askari and Shayannejad 2021).…”

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Analysis of Groundwater Overexploitation Based on Groundwater Regime Information

Lu³

et al. 2022

Groundwater

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Although groundwater overexploitation is a global problem, there are no unified standards for its identification and determination. To date, groundwater overexploitation has mainly been evaluated using the groundwater quantity balance and effect of groundwater exploitation on the environment. However, it is difficult to determine groundwater exploitation for an agricultural irrigation area owing to the lack of detailed environmental monitoring data. We used the experience of previous studies to introduce a novel identification model for groundwater overexploitation by relying on groundwater regime information and multi‐factor analysis. The model was applied to the Songhua River‐Naoli River area, Sanjiang Plain (China). In the demonstrated model, the study area was divided in the context of the risk of overexploitation into natural and non‐natural regime areas according to groundwater regime characteristics. The areas were identified by analyzing groundwater flow fields, cones of groundwater depression, and storage variation. The analysis demonstrated that the study area could be divided into high‐risk, medium‐risk, low‐risk, and non‐overexploitation areas with corresponding area ratios of 10.12%, 1.38%, 54.8%, and 33.7%. Moreover, the total amount of overexploited groundwater was estimated to be 30.41 × 108 m3 (average annual decrease = 1.69 × 108 m3). Overall, the proposed identification model was shown to be applicable to agricultural irrigation areas, thereby offering promising implications.

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Analysis of Groundwater Overexploitation Based on Groundwater Regime Information

Lu³

et al. 2022

Groundwater

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Assessment of inland salinity in a hard rock aquifer of south India

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Assessing the Impact of Agricultural Practices and Urban Expansion on Drought Dynamics Using a Multi-Drought Index Application Implemented in Google Earth Engine: A Case Study of the Oum Er-Rbia Watershed, Morocco

Serbouti,

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Pradhan

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Drought monitoring is a critical environmental challenge, particularly in regions where irrigated agricultural intensification and urban expansion pressure water resources. This study assesses the impact of these activities on drought dynamics in Morocco’s Oum Er-Rbia (OER) watershed from 2002 to 2022, using the newly developed Watershed Integrated Multi-Drought Index (WIMDI), through Google Earth Engine (GEE). WIMDI integrates several drought indices, including SMCI, ESI, VCI, TVDI, SWI, PCI, and SVI, via a localized weighted averaging model (LOWA). Statistical validation against various drought-type indices including SPI, SDI, SEDI, and SMCI showed WIMDI’s strong correlations (r-values up to 0.805) and lower RMSE, indicating superior accuracy. Spatiotemporal validation against aggregated drought indices such as VHI, VDSI, and SDCI, along with time-series analysis, confirmed WIMDI’s robustness in capturing drought variability across the OER watershed. These results highlight WIMDI’s potential as a reliable tool for effective drought monitoring and management across diverse ecosystems and climates.

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Impact of overexploitation of groundwater along the irrigated perimeter of Tadla, Oum Errabia Basin, Morocco

Cited by 3 publications

References 25 publications

Analysis of Groundwater Overexploitation Based on Groundwater Regime Information

Analysis of Groundwater Overexploitation Based on Groundwater Regime Information

Assessment of inland salinity in a hard rock aquifer of south India

Assessing the Impact of Agricultural Practices and Urban Expansion on Drought Dynamics Using a Multi-Drought Index Application Implemented in Google Earth Engine: A Case Study of the Oum Er-Rbia Watershed, Morocco

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