Marine Nalbandyan, The center for Ecological-noosphere studies, Minimg and urban environmental geochemistry, marinen3@yahoo.com
Abstract
Investigation of transboundary aquifers is a relatively new direction of regional hydroecology. Academic research has begun to focus on this issue. Over recent years the problem of water utilization has got a special urgency for countries of South Caucasus. For example, as a result of anthropogenic activity, Ararat ground artesian basins ( transboundary with Turkey) in Armenia have serious changes. Most of the artesian water is used for drinking purposes. There are many wells in this area. These wells were mainly for irrigation. However, they were not equipped respectively and could not be operated. Water has been leaking out of the wells very easily for years, causing damage and creating marshes in the valley. Observed processes are also associated with changes in the seasonal dynamics of the groundwater basin. On the other hand climate change impacts on the underground water in this region is not studied. For sustainable development of groundwater in the region it is necessary to improve the management system. This requires solving a number of tasks designed to assess the quantity and quality of groundwater within the border as well as in transboundary aquifers.
Keywords: groundwater, management, monitoring