Agricultural water-saving and sustainable groundwater management in Shijiazhuang Irrigation District, North China Plain

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 393, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 219-232

  Hu, Yukun ^a,b   Moiwo, Juana Paul ^a   Yang, Yonghui ^a   Han, Shumin ^a   Yang, Yanmin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural water saving; Crop water use; Equilibrium groundwater model; Shijiazhuang Irrigation District; Sustainable water management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; AGRICULTURAL WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; EQUILIBRIUM GROUNDWATER MODEL; FLOOD-PLAINS; GRAIN YIELD; GROUNDWATER DEPLETION; GROUNDWATER DRAWDOWN; GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION; GROUNDWATER MODELS; GROUNDWATER USE; HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; IRRIGATION DISTRICTS; IRRIGATION PRACTICES; IRRIGATION SCHEMES; MODEL RESULTS; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; SHIJIAZHUANG IRRIGATION DISTRICT; STUDY AREAS; SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT; URBAN WATER SUPPLY; WATER SHORTAGES; WATER USE; WATER-SAVING;

CROPS; ECOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; LANDFORMS; RECOVERY; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER LEVELS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; HEBEI; SHIJIAZHUANG;

EID: 77957861995     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.08.017     Document Type: Article

References (62)

1. Abdulai, A., Glauben, T., Herzfeld, T., Zhou, S., 2005. Water saving technology in Chinese Rice production - evidence from survey data. Contributed Poster, XI EAAE Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2. Arnold J.G., Muttiah R.S., Srinivasan R., Allen P.M. Regional estimation of base flow and groundwater recharge in the Upper Mississippi river basin. J. Hydrol. 2000, 227(1-4):21-40.
3. Arora V.K., Gajri P.R. Evaluation of a crop growth-water balance model for analyzing wheat response to climate- and water-limited environment. Field Crops Res. 1998, 59:213-224.
4. Arora V.K., Prihar S.S., Gajri P.R. Synthesis of a simplified water use simulation model for predicting wheat yields. Water Resour. Res. 1987, 23:903-910.
5. Barone, V.A., 2000. Modeling the impacts of land use activities on the subsurface flow regime of the upper Roanoke River Watershed. Masters thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA.
6. Batelaan O., De Smedt F. WetSpass: a flexible, GIS based distributed recharge methodology for regional groundwater modelling. Impact of Human Activity on Groundwater Dynamics 2001, 11-17. IAHS Press, Wallingford, United Kingdom. H. Gehrels, J. Peters, E. Hoehn, K. Jensen, C. Leibundgut, J. Griffioen, B. Webb, W.-J. Zaadnoordijk (Eds.).
7. Batelaan O., De Smedt F., Triest L. Regional groundwater discharge: phreatophyte mapping, groundwater modelling and impact analysis of land-use change. J. Hydrol. 2003, 275:86-108.
8. Berkoff J. China: the south-north water transfer project - is it justified?. Water Policy 2003, 5:1-28.
9. Blanke A., Rozelle S., Lohmar B., Wang J., Huang J. Water saving technology and saving water in China. Agri. Water Manage. 2007, 87:139-150.
10. Brown H.N., Chen Z., Hu C. Groundwater recharge estimation using the GIS-Tool, PRO-GRADE in Ma Keng iron mining area, China. Environ. Res. J. 2009, 3(4):120-126.
11. Brown L., Halweil B. China's water shortage could shake world food security. Worldwatch 1998, 11(2):10-18.
12. Cai, X., 2008. Water stress, water transfer and social equity in Northern China - implications for policy reforms. doi:. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.12.046.
13. CNS Bureau, 1999. Statistics Yearbook of China. China Statistics Publishing House, Beijing.
14. Chen J., Tang C., Sakura Y., Kondoh A., Shen Y.J. Groundwater flow and geochemistry in the lower reaches of the Yellow River: a case study in Shandong Province. China Hydrogeol. J. 2002, 10:587-599.
15. Chen J., Tang C., Sakura Y., Yu J., Fukushima Y. Nitrate pollution from agriculture in different hydrogeological zones of the regional groundwater flow system in the North China Plain. Hydrogeol. J. 2005, 13:481-492.
16. Demissie Y.K., Valocchi A.J., Minsker B.S., Bailey B.A. Integrating a calibrated groundwater flow model with error-correcting data-driven models to improve predictions. J. Hydrol. 2009, 364(2009):257-271.
17. Fan, J., Tian, F., Yang, Y., Han, S., Qiu, G., in press. Quantifying the magnitude of climate and human effect on runoff decline in Mian River Basin via SWAT model. Water Sci. Technol. - Water Supply.
18. Fan J., Yang Y., Zhang W. A study of the changes in runoff resulting from climate and land cover changes in the Yehe Catchment. Acta Agri. Boreali-Sanica 2007, 22:175-179.
19. Foster S., Garduño H., Evans R., Olson D., Tian Y., Zhang W., Han Z. Quaternary aquifer of the North China Plain - assessing and achieving groundwater resource sustainability. Hydrogeol. J. 2004, 12:81-93.
20. Foster S.S.D., Perry C.J. Improving groundwater resource accounting in irrigated areas: a prerequisite for promoting sustainable use. Hydrogeol. J. 2010, 18:291-294.
21. Geological Memoirs, 1998. Comprehensive hydrogeologic evaluation of the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain. Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources, People's Republic of China. Geological Publishing House, Beijing, Series 8 No. 11.
22. Han S., Yang Y., Lei Y., Tang C., Moiwo J.P. Seasonal groundwater storage anomaly and vadose zone soil moisture as indicators for precipitation recharge in the piedmont region of Taihang Mountain, North China Plain. Hydrol. Res. 2008, 39(5-1):479-495.
23. Harbaugh, A.W., 2005. MODFLOW-2005: The U.S. Geological Survey Modular Ground-Water Model - the Ground-Water Flow Process, US Geological Survey Techniques and Methods 6-A16, variously p.
24. Harbaugh, A.W., Banta, E.R., Hilly, M.C., McDonald, M.G., 2000. MODFLOW-2000, The US Geological Survey Modular Ground-water Model - User guide to modularization concepts and the ground-water flow process. US Geological Survey Open-File Report 92.
25. Hoogenboom G., Tsuji G.Y., Pickering N.B., Curry R.B., Jones J.W., Singh U. Decision support system to study climate change impacts on crop production. Climate Change and Agriculture: Analysis of Potential International Impacts 1995, vol. 59:51-75. ASA Special Publication, ASA, Madison, USA.
26. Jones J.W., Hoogenboom G., Porter C.H., Boote K.J., Batchelor W.D., Hunt L.A. The DSSAT cropping system model. Eur. J. Agro. 2003, 18(3):235-265.
27. Kendy E., Zhang Y., Liu C., Wang J., Steenhuis T. Groundwater recharge from irrigated cropland in the North China Plain: a case study of Luancheng County, Hebei Province, 1949-2000. Hydrol. Process. 2004, 18:2289-2302.
28. Leak, S.A., Lilly, M.R., 1997. Documentation of a computer program (FHB1) for assignment of transient specified-flow and specified-head boundaries in applications of the modular finite-difference ground-water flow model (MODFLOW). US Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-157.
29. Li F., Zhang L. Combined effects of water quality and furrow gradient on runoff and soil erosion in North China. Pedosphere 2010, 20(1):35-42.
30. Liu J., Wan J. Environmental Impact of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project in China. ASCE 2001, 10.1061/40569(2001)330.
31. Lu F., Ji S., Zhao S. Effect of irrigation times and schedule on yield of winter-wheat. Henan Agri. Sci. Technol. 2000, 10:5-6.
32. Luzio M.D., Arnold J.G. Formulation of a hybrid calibration approach for a physically based distributed model with NEXRAD data input. J. Hydrol. 2004, 298(1-4):136-154.
33. Moiwo J.P., Lu W., Zhao Y., Yang Y., Yang Y. Impact of land use on distributed hydrological processes in the semi-arid wetland ecosystem of Western Jilin. Hydrol. Process. 2009, 24(4):492-503. 10.1002/hyp.7503.
34. Moiwo J.P., Yang Y., Li H., Han S., Hu Y. Comparison of GRACE with in situ hydrological measurement data shows storage depletion in Hai River Basin, Northern China. Water SA 2009, 35(5):663-670.
35. Moiwo J.P., Yang Y., Li H., Han S., Yang Y. Impact of water resource exploitation on the hydrology and water storage in Baiyangdian Lake. Hydrol. Process. 2010, 10.1002/hyp.7716.
36. Moiwo, J.P., Yang, Y., Yang, Y., Yan, N., Wu, B., in preparation. A method for estimating soil moisture storage in regions under water-stress and storage-depletion conditions. Hydrol. Process.
37. Nakayama T., Yang Y., Watanabe M., Zhang X. Simulation of groundwater dynamics in the North China Plain by coupled hydrology and agricultural models. Hydrol. Process. 2006, 20(16):3441-3466.
38. Neitsch, S.L., Arnold, J.G., Kiniry, J.R., Williams, J.R., 2005. Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT), Theoretical Documentation: Blackland Research Center, Grassland, Soil and water Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service Temple, TX.
39. Priestley C.H.B., Taylor R.J. On the assessment of surface heat flux and evaporation using large-scale parameters. Mon. Weather Rev. 1972, 100(2):81-92.
40. Rewis, D.L., Christensen, A.H., Jonathan, M., Joseph, A.H., Nishikawa, T., Peter, M., 2006. Geology, Ground-water Hydrology, Geochemistry, and Ground-water Simulation of the Beaumont and Banning storage Units. San Francisco, USA.
41. Rodell M., Velicogna I., Famiglietti J.S. Satellite-based estimates of groundwater depletion in India. Nature 2009, 460:999-1002.
42. Rumelhart D.E., Hinton G.E., Williams R.J. Learning internal representation by error back-propagation. Parallel Distributed Processing 1986, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. D.E. Rumelhart, J.L. McClelland (Eds.).
43. Sarwar A., Bastiaanssen W.G.M. Long-term effects of irrigation water conservation on crop production and environment in semi-arid areas. J. Irrig. Drain. Eng. 2001, 127(6):331-338.
44. Sthiannopkao S., Takizawa S., Wirojanagud W. Effects of soil erosion on water quality and water uses in the upper Phong Watershed. Water Sci. Technol. 2006, 53(2):45-52.
45. Tamanyu S., Muraoka H., Ishii T. Geological interpretation of groundwater level lowering in the North China Plain. Bull. Geol. Surv. Jpn 2009, 60(1/2):105-115.
46. Tian F., Yang Y., Han S. Using runoff slope-break to determine dominant factors of runoff decline in Hutuo River Basin, North China. Water Sci. Technol. - Water Supply 2009, 60(8):2135-2144.
47. van Dam, J.C., Huygen, J., Wesseling, J.G., Feddes, R.A., Kabat, P., van Walsum, P.E.V., Groenendijk, P., van Diepen, C.A., 1997. Theory of SWAP version 2.0. user's manual, DLO Winand Staring Centre, Wageningen. The Netherlands.
48. Wang S., Song X., Wang G., Xiao G., Liu C., Liu J. Shallow groundwater dynamics in North China Plain. J. Geol. Sci. 2009, 19:175-188.
49. Williams J.R., Renard K.G., Dyke P.T. EPIC erosion-productivity impact calculator: a new method for assessing erosion's effect on soil productivity. J. Soil Water Conserv. 1983, 38(1983):381-383.
50. Yang H., Zehnder A.J.B. The South-North water transfer project in China an analysis of water demand uncertainty and environmental objective in decision making. IWRA Water Int. 2005, 30(3):1-36.
51. Yang Y., Tian F. Abrupt change of runoff and its major driving factors in Haihe River Catchment, China. J. Hydrol. 2009, 374(2009):373-383.
52. Yang Y., Watanabe M., Zhang X., Hao X., Zhang J. Estimation of groundwater use by crop production simulated by DSSAT-wheat and DSSAT-maize models in the piedmont region of the North China Plain. Hydrol. Process. 2006, 20(15):2787-2802.
53. Yang Y., Watanabe M., Zhang X., Zhang J., Wang Q., Hayashi S. Optimizing irrigation management for wheat to reduce groundwater depletion in the piedmont region of the Taihang Mountains in the North China Plain. Agri. Water Manage. 2006, 82(1-2):25-44.
54. Yang Y., Watanabe M., Sakura Y., Tang C., Hayashi Y. Groundwater table and recharge changes in piedmont region of Taihang Mountain in North China Plain and its relation to agricultural water use. Water SA 2002, 28(2):171-178.
55. Yang Y., Yang Y., Moiwo J.P., Hu Y. Estimation of irrigation requirement for sustainable water resources reallocation in North China. Agri. Water Manage. 2010, 97(11):1711-1721.
56. Yang Y., Zhao N., Hao X., Li C. Decreasing trend in sunshine hours and related driving forces in North China. Theor. Appl. Clim. 2009, 97:91-98.
57. Yang Z., Lu W., Long Y., Li P. Application and comparison of two prediction models for groundwater levels: a case study in Western Jilin Province, China. J. Arid Environ. 2009, 73(2009):487-492.
58. Zhang X., You M., Wang X. Effects of water deficits on winter-wheat yield during its different development stage. Acta Agri. Boreali-Sinica 1999, 14(2):79-83.
59. Zhang X., Pei D., You M. Field studies of optimum irrigation scheduling for winter-wheat in the piedmont of Taihang Mountain. J. Hydraul. Eng. 2001, 2001(1):90-95.
60. Zhang X., Pei D., Hu C. Conserving groundwater for irrigation in the North China Plain. Irrig. Sci. 2003, 21:159-166.
61. Zhang Z., Yu G. Effect of irrigation scheduling on development and water use efficiency in winter-wheat. J. Irrig. Drain. 2003, 22(2):1-4.
62. Zhu C., Shao X., Peng S., Yu S., Hao S. Effect of water deficit on yield of winter-wheat and irrigation index system. China Agri. Elect. Water Conserv. 2003, 11:22-24.