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Performance assessment of check dams to control discharge and sediment load over useful lifespan period (Case study: Kond watershed)

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  89-108

Abstract

 Background and Objectives: Assessment of performance of watershed management measures is always done by comparing watershed responses before and after operations. This process causes the effect of the operation to spread over time and not to see its true effect and consequently, the weakness of that series of operations will remain unknown over time. Therefore, considering the importance of Check dams in watershed management programs in Iran, the goal of this study is determination of real-time impact or life span of Check dams in controlling discharge and sediment load and assessing of their impacts in Kond watershed located in Tehran province. Materials and Methods: First, Useful Lifespan of Check dams has obtained based on precipitation-runoff Double-Mass Curve and field surveys. Then, the study period (1999-2015) is divided into three periods: before the construction of the Check dams (first period), the Useful Lifespan of the Check dams (second period) and the end of the Useful Lifespan of the Check dams (third period) and the discharge and sediment load changes at the outlet of watershed are investigated and compared with the common approach. Sedimentation rate curve methods were also used to estimate the sediment load in each period. Results: The time points of occurrence of slope fractures in double mass curves as well as field observations indicate that the duration of impact (Useful Lifespan) of Check dams in the Kond watershed was on average four years (from 1999 to early 2003). The results of impacts assessment of the Check dams in the study area indicate that despite the constant precipitation conditions, the outflow discharge and the maximum, average and minimum characteristic discharges in the second period, compared to the first period, has decreased by 43, 49. 66, 53. 28 and 100%, respectively. The amount of sediment load reduction in the second period is much more noticeable than the first period and is 92. 47%. However, at the end of the Useful Lifespan of Check dams (third period), the amount of discharge and sediment load has increased, returning to the level of the first period. Comparison of the results of this assessment approach (determining Useful Lifespan) with the common approach (before and after project implementation) also shows that in the common approach due to the distribution of the effect of operations over time, the performance of Check dams will be measured at half their actual performance. Conclusion: The results of this study show that considering the Useful Lifespan in the Evaluation process will provide more realistic results. In fact, the efficiency of Check dams in Kond watershed is considerable during their Useful Lifespan, but their short Useful Lifespan is a significant weakness of this type of watershed operation. In addition, relying on Check dams to stabilize watersheds has not been a successful approach and only prevents to exit sediment production from the watershed and, for this reason, in the third period, the watershed response has returned to the pre-operation conditions (temporary effect). Therefore, the benefits of watershed management measures in the Kond watershed were off-site impacts and the on-site impacts were limited to reducing the slope of the main stream. In fact, in order to increase the life span of Check dams, watershed management measures with on-site impacts should be prioritized, which this in itself requires erosion control at the source (i. e. the slopes).

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    ABBASI JONDANI, SH., NAZARI SAMANI, A.A., & Heshmatolvaezin, S.M.. (2020). Performance assessment of check dams to control discharge and sediment load over useful lifespan period (Case study: Kond watershed). JOURNAL OF WATER AND SOIL CONSERVATION (JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES), 27(2 ), 89-108. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/369733/en

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    ABBASI JONDANI SH., NAZARI SAMANI A.A., Heshmatolvaezin S.M.. Performance assessment of check dams to control discharge and sediment load over useful lifespan period (Case study: Kond watershed). JOURNAL OF WATER AND SOIL CONSERVATION (JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES)[Internet]. 2020;27(2 ):89-108. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/369733/en

    IEEE: Copy

    SH. ABBASI JONDANI, A.A. NAZARI SAMANI, and S.M. Heshmatolvaezin, “Performance assessment of check dams to control discharge and sediment load over useful lifespan period (Case study: Kond watershed),” JOURNAL OF WATER AND SOIL CONSERVATION (JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES), vol. 27, no. 2 , pp. 89–108, 2020, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/369733/en

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