Analysis of exploitation control in typical groundwater over-exploited area in North China Plain. Issue 5 (4th April 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Kairan; Chen, Huawei; Fu, Shidong; Li, Fulin; Wu, Zhen; Xu, Dandan
• Is Part Of: Hydrological sciences journal. Volume 66:Issue 5(2021)
• Page Start: 851
• Page End: 861
• Publication Date: 2021-04-04
• Subjects: groundwater over-exploitation -- exploitation control -- water resources supply and demand balance (WRSDB) -- North China Plain (NCP); Hydrology -- Periodicals; 551.4805
• DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2021.1900575
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0262-6667

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Groundwater is exploited extensively, continuously and in a disorderly way in the North China Plain (NCP), which leads to severe problems of groundwater over-exploitation, making it the largest groundwater funnel zone in the world. Based on a comprehensive treatment of over-exploited groundwater in Shandong province, this paper analyses and forecasts the water demand, supply and savings in over-exploited areas, and puts forward a method to analyse the potential for groundwater exploitation control, which provides technical support for the comprehensive analysis of exploitation control in over-exploited areas. As a result, under a 50% guaranteed rate of water supply, the potential for groundwater exploitation control in Shandong province over-exploited areas in 2020 and 2030 is 408 × 10 6 and 638 × 10 6 m 3, respectively. This study can serve as a useful reference for the comprehensive management of groundwater over-exploitation in NCP and other over-exploited areas around the world.