Published in Scientific Papers. Series E. Land Reclamation, Earth Observation & Surveying, Environmental Engineering, Vol. V
Written by Oana CIUGULEA, Ioan BICA
Artificial groundwater recharge is of great importance in the sustainable and integrated management of water resources, particularly in the context in which our country shows a water deficit in certain areas, which is expected to increase over the next few years under the influence of climate change. Due to the fact that the artificial groundwater recharge systems are commonly designed with the aim of increasing the groundwater resources and/or improving their quality, implementing these systems may result in solving the issues relating to water resource management in the context of climate change. In this respect, this paper reviews a case study that describes how water discharges coming from an artificial canal infiltrate in order to provide the recharge rates needed for the safe operation of the drillings of Voronet capture zone, Suceava County. This canal poses two problems, namely the fact that it is not located parallel to the capture zone, and therefore the drillings located at greater distances do not capture sufficient water discharge and the second one, the fact that this canal might get silted. The results obtained from the analytical calculation of the wells discharges in the context of water infiltration from canal, have pointed out that the solution proposed leads to increase in water demand for that capture zone.
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