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Groundwater protection towards sustainable management of water supply for a northern BC indigenous community: insights from field observation, numerical modelling, laboratory experiments, and community engagement (Details of project)

YEAR: August 2024–Present

LOCATION: British Columbia, Canada

CLIENT: Lheidli T'enneh First Nation

AT: Environmental Engineering Program, School of Engineering, University of Northern British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada

ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: Drilling and developing two new monitoring wells, providing valuable insights into subsurface lithology and the hydraulic properties of the aquifer system; conducting slug tests on the monitoring wells to estimate hydraulic conductivity; developing three-dimensional models of stratigraphy, aquifer vulnerability, and supply well capture zones; performing groundwater and surface water quality analyses; developing the source water protection plan, including the delineation of supply well capture zones; and defining numerical model boundary conditions for groundwater flow simulations.

Impact of cumulative groundwater withdrawal on surface water and groundwater interaction in Stoney Creek Watershed (Details of project)

YEAR: January 2023-August 2024

LOCATION: British Columbia, Canada

CLIENT: Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy

AT: Environmental Engineering Program, School of Engineering, University of Northern British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada

ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: Developing monitoring plan and collection of GW and SW water level data from the piezometer monitoring network, developing the conceptual model and the 3-D numerical simulation, Incorporating various groundwater withdrawal scenarios, water balance assessment, assessing cumulative effects of groundwater withdrawals on the cone of depression and surface water bodies (Stoney Creek river) under various pumping scenarios including pumping rate

Monitoring status of hydro-political tensions within Iran’s river basins

YEAR: 2022-2023

LOCATION: Iran

CLIENT: Iran's National Elites Foundation and Iran National Science Foundation

AT: Water Engineering and Management Department, Tarbiat Modares University

ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: Investigation on the transboundary water resources factor for conflicts or cooperation, assessing the necessary components of the dynamic monitoring of the status conflicts or cooperation, developing a water evaluation and planning system model, developing a risk-based sustainability trend framework for water resources in the transboundary river basin

Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and its efficiency: Lessons for Iran

YEAR: 2021-2022

LOCATION: Iran

CLIENT: Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture

AT: Research Institute of Water Engineering and Management (RIWEM), Tarbiat Modares University

ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: Investigation on SGMA rule (2014), Collaborate in preparing the report

Identification and control of human effective factors on the groundwater recharge according to the restoration of the country's aquifers

YEAR: 2021-Present

LOCATION: Iran

CLIENT: Iran Water Resources Management Company

AT: Research Institute of Water Engineering and Management (RIWEM), Tarbiat Modares University

ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: Assessing the methodologies used in the world, simulating the human effective factors on the groundwater recharge, application on a real case study

Development of methodology and assessment of surface water and groundwater resources interaction

YEAR: 2021-present

LOCATION: Iran

CLIENT: Regional Water Company of Isfahan

AT: Research Institute of Water Engineering and Management (RIWEM), Tarbiat Modares University

ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: Preparing a guideline for estimation of surface water and groundwater resources using new methodologies used in the world

Risk-based groundwater modeling framework in coastal aquifers: A case study on Long Island, New York

YEAR: 2019-2020

LOCATION: New York, USA

CLIENT: -

AT: Deltares institute- Utrecht, Utrecht University-Netherlands; University of Tehran-Iran

ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: Overview on water balance, identification of uncertainty sources, Solution to error control, accurate methodology development for groundwater resources modeling, Risk analysis

Identification of uncertainties and errors in estimation of water balance components and providing the appropriate solutions

YEAR: 2019-2021

LOCATION: Alborz province, Iran

CLIENT: Regional Water Company of Alborz

AT: Water Engineering Research Institute (WERI), Tarbiat Modares University

ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: Overview on water balance studies, identification of uncertainty sources, Solution to error control, accurate methodology development for groundwater resources balance estimations, remote sensing (RS) techniques in this field, implementation to Hashtgerd plain, suggesting the groundwater management strategies, preparing a guideline based on the findings of the present study

Tehran Waste Management Master Plan

YEAR: 2021-2022

LOCATION: Tehran, Iran

CLIENT: Waste Management Organization of Tehran Municipality

AT: Sabzandish Payesh Consulting Engineers Co

ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: Review of related experiences at the international and national levels, comparative studies, and summarizing the teachings, review of water resources maps, review of groundwater resources studies in Tehran province, examining the existing approaches and strategies for collecting the special component of municipal waste and presenting an action plan in Tehran province

Water resources balance study in the Namak Lake basin area

YEAR: 2021-2022

LOCATION: Iran

CLIENT: Regional Water Company of Tehran

AT: Rey Ab Consulting Engineers

ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: Project Manager, Control of the boundaries of the plain and aquifer of the study area

Collaborate in preparing the water resources quality report, Collaborate in preparing the groundwater report

Redesign of 28 hydrometric stations in Hormozgan province

YEAR: 2021-2022

LOCATION: Hormozgan, Iran

CLIENT: Regional Water Company of Hormozgan

AT: Rey Ab Consulting Engineers

ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: Preparing the meteorological studies report (precipitation parameter) and hydrological studies (discharge parameter), collaboration in preparing the synthesis report.

Study for the accurate groundwater resources balance of Rafsanjan Plain

YEAR: 2017-2019

LOCATION: Kerman, Iran

CLIENT: Iranian Water Policy Research Institute

AT: Water Engineering Research Institute (WERI), Tarbiat Modares University

ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: Global and national studies of groundwater resources balance, Development of new and accurate methodology for groundwater resources balance estimations, accurate estimation of Rafsanjan Plain groundwater balance, suggesting the groundwater management strategies, Field investigation, talk with stakeholders, and developing a novel method to estimate the water balance of the studied area

Determination of environmental water demand for wetlands and rivers of Urmia Lake watershed (Estimation of wetland-aquifer exchanges - Urmia Lake watershed wetlands)

YEAR: 2015-2017

LOCATION: East and West Azerbaijan, Iran

CLIENT: Department of Environment

AT: Water Engineering Research Institute (WERI), Tarbiat Modares University

ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: Literature review, data collection, modeling for more than five wetlands around Urmia Lake

Studies Phase 1&2 of the 2000 River hydroelectric power plant

YEAR: 2014-2016

LOCATION: Mazandaran, Iran

CLIENT: Iran water and power resources development company