Vol. 337 No. 4 (2026)
DOI https://doi.org/10.18799/24131830/2026/4/5362
Hydrological and hydrogeological analysis of water use conditions in the city of Tomsk and Tomsk region (Russian Federation, Western Siberia)
Relevance. The need for a more in-depth analysis of the interactions between surface and groundwater as a condition for increasing the effectiveness of decisions in the field of use and protection of water resources. Aim. To develop and implement a methodology for constructing a single field of the water surface of a complex of surface and underground water bodies using the example of the Tomsk agro-industrial agglomeration (Russian Federation, Western Siberia). Methods. Mathematical modeling, statistical methods. Results and conclusions. The authors have developed and tested a model of a single field of river and groundwater in the Tomsk agro-industrial agglomeration (Russian Federation, Siberian Federal District). Within the framework of the model, the authors developed the methods for approximation and interpolation of river and groundwater levels and conjugation of river and groundwater levels using conjugation points of intersecting profiles of different directions. With a minimum of initial hydrogeological information, the model makes it possible to obtain a groundwater surface, the analysis of which can be the basis for a long-term forecast of changes in water bodies when developing urban development plans and specific architectural and design solutions. The paper demonstrates the following directly for the study area with its application: 1) the temporal variability and amplitude of groundwater level fluctuations are maximum in the valley of a large river with unregulated runoff (maximum – in the Tom River valley), which, taking into account the water regime of the river, determines the degree of flooding of the valley up to "severe"; 2) the boundaries of the surface and underground watersheds of the rivers do not coincide, which, due to the unforeseen water inflow, on the one hand, reduces the effectiveness of engineering protection measures in the Lagerny Sad microdistrict, and on the other hand, the inflow of underground water from the Ob River compensates for the impact of the Tomsk underground water intake on the state of the Poros River.
For citation: Savichev O.G., Nadeeva A.M. Hydrological and hydrogeological analysis of water use conditions in the city of Tomsk and Tomsk region (Russian Federation, Western Siberia). Bulletin of the Tomsk Polytechnic University. Geo Assets Engineering, 2026, vol. 337, no. 4, pp. 127-138.
Keywords:
hydrological and hydrogeological analysis, water use conditions, interaction of river and groundwater, Tomsk agglomeration, Russian Federation
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