Original scientific paper

Impact of the future multipurpose Danube-Sava Canal on groundwater dynamics

Ivan Mustać orcid.org/0009-0002-9859-1226 ; Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Goran Gjetvaj ; Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb, Kačićeva 26, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Dragutin Petošić ; Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Franjo Tomić ; Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The main research goal was to assess the potential impact of the future Multipurpose Danube-Sava Canal (MDSC) on the groundwater level in agricultural soils spread in the immediate hinterland on both sides of the canal, in the lower part of its course. To observe the impact of the canal envisaged by the project on potential changes of the groundwater level, a series of piezometer boreholes were drilled along the canal course. Geological and hydropedological characteristics of the covering layer were determined in all boreholes and groundwater levels were continually monitored over a six-year period (2001 to 2006). The obtained indicators were used to design a numerical model of groundwater flow. The model indicated that MDSC would primarily have a draining role in the largest part of the studied area. Only in a smaller part of the studied area with the lowest terrain elevation will the MDSC feed adjacent agricultural soils with water.

Keywords

groundwater; multipurpose Danube-Sava Canal; numerical model

Hrčak ID:

69586

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/69586

Publication date:

27.6.2011.

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