Assessing the Impact of the Promising Technical Groundwater Intake Operation on the Usolka River Surface Runoff

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  • Perm State National Research University, Perm, Russian Federation; Limited Liability Company Research, Perm, Russian Federation
  • Limited Liability Company Research, Perm, Russian Federation
  • Perm State National Research University, Perm, Russian Federation
  • Perm National Research Polytechnic University, Perm, Russian Federation

Abstract

Groundwater production may be accompanied by negative impacts on the environment. The most significant environmental consequences of groundwater withdrawal, in addition to the depletion of its reserves, a decrease in its level and the formation of depression craters, is a change in the relationship between groundwater and surface runoff and, as a consequence, a decrease in the volume of river flow when aquifers are depleted. To eliminate the negative impact of groundwater extraction on natural ecosystems, it is necessary to take into account the natural resources of groundwater, their relationship with surface runoff, and provide predictive estimates of the water balance of the territory as a result of technogenic impact. The purpose was to study the distribution of natural groundwater resources within the study area and assess the impact of groundwater withdrawal on the surface runoff of the river Usolka when organizing industrial and technical water supply to oil production facilities. The objects of the study were the groundwater of the weakly aquiferous locally aquiferous Sheshminsky terrigenous complex confined to the river basins Malaya Alenka, Bolshaya Alenka, Bezymyanny stream, as well as the watercourses themselves, which are left-bank tributaries of the river Usolka. As a result, the minimum flows of various supply levels of the left bank tributaries of the river Usolka were determined: Bezymyanny stream, river Malaya Alenka, river Bolshaya Alenka. The most water-abundant zones were identified and the magnitude of natural groundwater resources of the weakly aquiferous, locally aquiferous Sheshminsky terrigenous complex was established. The possibility of organizing industrial and technical water supply using groundwater without affecting the river Usolka flow was proven.

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impact assessmentminimum runoffnatural resourcesgroundwaterSheshminsky terrigenous complexanalogue rivertechnical water supplyPerm Krai

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Published
30 March 2024
Issue date
30 March 2024
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Vol. 23, No. 4 (2023)
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