Study of Sediments Water Resources System of Zayanderud Dam through Area increment and Area reduction Methods, Isfahan Province, Iran.

Abstract

Zayandehrud dam's lake with the capacity of 1.6* 109 CM is located 115 Km from Isfahan city at the center of Iran. The dam adopts water resources from Zayandehrud River which originates from western hill slopes of Isfahan Province. The purpose of the dam is to provide drinking water to Isfahan Province, water for agriculture and industry in that province and conservation of historical buildings on the river such as old bridges. At the present time, dam is also used for different tourism purposes. However, the occurrence of drought in recent years reduced the capacity to 150 MCM and had harmful impacts on the different water resources system of the area such as dryness of Gavkhooni swamp, reduction of agricultural and industrial water availability. In this study, the different aspects of Zayandehrud dam's lake utilization and the Investigation of Sediments Water Resources System of Zayanderud Dam through Area increment and Area reduction Methods are evaluated.