Water leakage paths in the Doosti Dam,Turkmenistan and Iran |
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| Authors: | Morteza Mozafari Ezzatollah Raeisi Mohammad Zare |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Geological Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran |
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| Abstract: | The Doosti Dam, with a reservoir capacity of 1,250 million cubic meters, was constructed on the Harirood River at the border
of Turkmenistan and Iran. The reservoir is in direct contact with permeable formations on the right abutment of the dam including
the Neyzar Sandstone, the Kalat Limestone and the Pesteleigh alternative layers of marlstone and sandstone. After the reservoir
impoundment, several new springs and seepages emerged from these formations and the alluvium. The amount of leakage increased
with the rise in reservoir water level. Fifteen kilograms of sodium fluorescein were injected into a 113-m deep borehole intersecting
three permeable sandstone layers of the Pesteleigh formation. Dye was detected downstream of the grout curtain in boreholes
and springs that were in direct contact with parts of the Pesteleigh formation having the same sandstone layers as the injection
borehole. The dye velocity was in the range of diffuse flow, confirming the good performance of the grout curtain in the Pesteleigh
formation. No dye was detected in the other formations because the injection borehole was not in direct contact with these
formations. The hydraulic relation of the other formations with the reservoir was determined by considering direct contact
of the formations with the reservoir, emergence of new springs and seepages after reservoir impoundment, correlation of time
variations of the springs discharge and the borehole’s water level with the reservoir water level, and in some cases the hydrochemistry
of the water. The results show that the Kalat and Neyzar formations are hydraulically connected to the reservoir, but the
small amounts of leakage from these formations at a hydraulic gradient of 24% indicates good performance of the built grout
curtain. The total reservoir leakage at maximum reservoir water level was 100 l/s which is insignificant compared with the
15 m3/s average annual release of the reservoir. |
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