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Groundwater conceptual model for paddy irrigation
Ahmad Fikri Abdullah1, Wan Amirul Wan Mustapa2.
Hydrological modelling is representative of current, past or future hydrologic balance. It
has been used widely in water-related problem such as drought, flood, water
contamination and irrigation. Crops irrigation requires a lot of water to irrigate the root
zone layer especially for paddy crops. With the current issues of water such as drought and
pollution, an alternative source is needed to overcome the problem of water scarcity.
Generally Malaysia depends on the surface water to irrigate the crops with no aided of
groundwater. This study focuses on the availability of groundwater resources to irrigate the
paddy crops. Hence, a conceptual model of groundwater flow was developed to shows
the current situation of the groundwater flow at the study area. Several models were
developed to see if groundwater can be extracted using wells and be used as an
alternative source for irrigation. The study area is located at Sawah Sempadan, which is
one of Malaysia’s greeneries areas under Tanjung Karang Rice Irrigation Scheme (TAKRIS).
The conceptual model is built by using Visual MODFLOW 4.2. The conceptual model shows
the current water balance, water table elevation and equipotential head in the study
area. Simulations with pump wells have been done to shows the availability of
groundwater sources for paddy irrigation. The result shows that groundwater flows from
area of higher elevation towards the lower elevated area. It is also shows that
groundwater extraction could not be too excessive as it may dry up the aquifer storage.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
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