Studying the Requirement of Water Police to Control Groundwater Resources in the Villages Iij, Jovin and Soufiabad of Sorkheh - Semnan

Depletion of groundwater is one of the main challenges in Iran especially in the arid and semi-arid lands. The aim of this study is to identify the factors that affect the reduction of groundwater levels and provide a water police strategy for a better management and groundwater monitoring in Sorkheh city of Semnan province. The statistical population in the quantitative part of the research includes villagers living in Iij, Jouin and Sufi Abad. The sample size was determined 160 using Cochran's formula, and factor analyses were used for the data. In the qualitative section of the councils, the regional water company and village administrators were used to analyze the data, the design of mental mapping and content analysis. According to the factor analysis results, water police factor can determine 87.4 of variance compared with other factors which had a high influence on the finding. Based on the results of multi-criteria analysis, the most important reason for the reduction of groundwater aquifers in these villages is the overexploitation and drilling of unauthorized wells. Besides, farm cultivation with high water need can increase water consumption causing stress on the water resources in the study area. According to the conducted survey, the water police can be considered as an approach to monitor and control unconventional exploitation of groundwater resources. On the other hand, to achieve this goal knowledge and preparing the necessary equipment can play a key role in this section. Thus, it needs necessary plans to establish it in the related organization.