January 2010

Determination of appropriate hydraulic conditions to decrease the negative impacts of Dez dam flushing operation on the

  The Dez dam is located in the Southwest Iran and was constructed in 1963, with a height of 203 m and an underground powerhouse of 520 MW, because of the high rate reservoir sedimentation, in recent years, therefore, performing flushing operations through the three irrigation gates of the dam has received great attention. Due to the release of high concentrations of sediments, on the other hand, performing...

Author(s): H. Samadi-Boroujeni, A. H. Haghiabi and E. Ardalan

January 2010

The use of saline water for irrigation in medicinal and aromatic plants farming

  Nowadays we are all more conscious of the need to preserve fresh water. With the always increasing requirement for water by growing populations worldwide, it is understandable to try to find more uses for the plentiful saline water supplies that exist, mostly in the oceans. The poor quality irrigation water is an important problem in arid and semiarid regions of the world which include one third of the earth....

Author(s): Hossein Hassanpour Darvishi and Hossein Aliabadi Farahani