Applied Sciences (Mar 2021)

Analysis of Flooding Adaptation and Groundwater Recharge After Adopting JW Ecological Technology in a Highly Developed Urbanization Area

  • Kuo-Chen Ma,
  • Mo-Hsiung Chuang,
  • Tze-Yi Chan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062662
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 6
p. 2662

Abstract

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The relationship between Taiwan’s groundwater resources recharge strategy and flood disasters is significant. The adaptation strategies of traditional urbanization areas simulate the spatial distribution of permeable pavements under different rainfall intensities that affect surface runoff and infiltration. Since there are many parameters of the Stormwater Management Model set in different low-impact development modules, this study refers to transform the inundation to groundwater recharge. In this study, we simulated the spatial distribution multi-advantages of the JW ecological technology under short-duration intense rainfall events. The results show that the application of JW ecological technology can effectively increase groundwater resources by 64.1% through infiltration and reduce economic losses by about NTD 1.25 million under the rainfall event of 112 mm/1 h. The infiltration replenishment amount was about 61%, which could reduce the economic loss of NTD 4.4 million under the rainfall event of 350 mm/6 h. Thus, applying JW ecological technology in a highly developed urbanization area can effectively reduce surface runoff and economic losses. At the same time, the issue of water resources was adapted by the groundwater recharge.

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