A Water Footprint Based Hydro-Economic Model for Minimizing the Blue Water to Green Water Ratio in the Zarrinehrud River-Basin in Iran
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Proposed Methodology and Model Structure
2.1. Evapotranspiration Model (Water Demand Modeling)
2.2. Water Footprint Module
2.3. Economic Module
2.4. Optimizing Module
3. Case Study
4. Results and Discussion
4.1. Model Setup
4.2. WF and Agricultural Benefits for the Existing Condition
4.3. Crop Pattern
4.3.1. Dry Year Scenario
4.3.2. Moderate Year Scenario
4.3.3. Wet Year Scenario
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Scenarios | Rainfall Data |
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Dry year | The average of monthly rainfall data of years during the 30-year period in which their SPI is less than or equal to −1 |
Moderate year | The average of monthly rainfall data of years during the 30-year period in which their SPI is between −1 and 1 |
Wet year | The average of monthly rainfall data of years during the 30-year period in which their SPI is more than or equal to 1 |
Agricultural Gross Profit (Tooman/Ha) | Cost of Crop Production (Tooman/Kg) | |||||
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Crops | Azerbaijan Gharbi | Azerbaijan Sharghi | Kurdistan | Azerbaijan Gharbi | Azerbaijan Sharghi | Kurdistan |
Wheat | 720,937 | 661,843 | 718,257 | 1200 | 1300 | 1155 |
Barley | 804,350 | 532,382 | 614,530 | 1250 | 1300 | 920 |
Alfalfa | 1,378,845 | 775,492 | 1,394,939 | 550 | 700 | 518 |
Onion | 3,467,196 | 3,348,287 | 1,832,148 | 1800 | 1500 | 2400 |
Sugar beet | 2,674,087 | 2,674,087 | 2,674,087 | 270 | 250 | 300 |
Tomato | 2,470,183 | 2,460,549 | 2,174,020 | 500 | 600 | 578 |
Maize | 977,061 | 944,719 | 777,667 | 900 | 800 | 960 |
Potato | 4,298,140 | 1,087,735 | 3,973,447 | 400 | 350 | 285 |
Cucumber | 3,506,146 | 1,481,580 | 2,406,674 | 1200 | 1500 | 1320 |
Grapes | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 2500 | 2000 | 2170 |
Apple | 6,500,000 | 6,500,000 | 6,500,000 | 1500 | 1800 | 1420 |
Peach | 3,500,000 | 3,500,000 | 3,500,000 | 2200 | 2000 | 2000 |
Agricultural Sites | WF Consumption for Crop Production (MCM) | Agricultural Profit (Billion Tooman) |
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Ajorloo | 3.2 | 5.8 |
Baroogh | 6.5 | 11 |
Zarrinehrud | 71.4 | 140.1 |
Legzi | 2.0 | 2.8 |
Saroogh | 4.9 | 8.3 |
Zarrinehrud Irr & Dr Network | 2.7 | 3.7 |
Malekan | 12.7 | 18 |
Cheraghveis | 4.5 | 7.6 |
Sonate | 9.5 | 16.3 |
Sum | 117.4 | 213.6 |
Scenarios | S2 (WF View) | S1 (WF-Economic View) |
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dry-year | −8% | −3.9% |
moderate-year | −8.2% | −4% |
wet-year | −5.4% | −1.2% |
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Saed, B.; Afshar, A.; Jalali, M.R.; Ghoreishi, M.; Aminpour Mohammadabadi, P. A Water Footprint Based Hydro-Economic Model for Minimizing the Blue Water to Green Water Ratio in the Zarrinehrud River-Basin in Iran. AgriEngineering 2019, 1, 58-74. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriengineering1010005
Saed B, Afshar A, Jalali MR, Ghoreishi M, Aminpour Mohammadabadi P. A Water Footprint Based Hydro-Economic Model for Minimizing the Blue Water to Green Water Ratio in the Zarrinehrud River-Basin in Iran. AgriEngineering. 2019; 1(1):58-74. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriengineering1010005
Chicago/Turabian StyleSaed, Behdad, Abbas Afshar, Mohammad Reza Jalali, Mohammad Ghoreishi, and Payam Aminpour Mohammadabadi. 2019. "A Water Footprint Based Hydro-Economic Model for Minimizing the Blue Water to Green Water Ratio in the Zarrinehrud River-Basin in Iran" AgriEngineering 1, no. 1: 58-74. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriengineering1010005