Assessment of groundwater potential zone using remote sensing, GIS and multi criteria decision analysis techniques

The sustainable development and management of groundwater resource needs quantitative assessment, based on scientific principle and recent techniques. In the present study, groundwater potential zone is being determined using remote sensing, Geographical Information System (GIS) and Multi-Criteria D...

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Published in:Journal of the Geological Society of India 2016-10, Vol.88 (4), p.481-492
Main Authors: Jhariya, D. C., Kumar, Tarun, Gobinath, M., Diwan, Prabhat, Kishore, Nawal
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assessments
Decision analysis
Drainage density
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Geographic information systems
Geology
Geomorphology
Groundwater
Groundwater potential
Hydrogeology
Land use
Management planning
Multiple criteria decision making
Remote sensing
Satellite navigation systems
Soil (material)
Soil depth
Soil texture
Sustainable development
Texture
Water resources
Water resources management
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Summary:The sustainable development and management of groundwater resource needs quantitative assessment, based on scientific principle and recent techniques. In the present study, groundwater potential zone is being determined using remote sensing, Geographical Information System (GIS) and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) techniques using various thematic layers viz. geomorphology, geology, drainage density, slope, rainfall, soil texture, groundwater depth, soil depth, lineament and land use/ land cover. The Analytic Hierarchy Approach (AHP) is used to determine the weights of various themes for identifying the groundwater potential zone based on weights assignment and normalization with respect to the relative contribution of the different themes to groundwater occurrence. Finally, obtained groundwater potential zones were classified into five categories, viz. low, medium, medium-high, high and very high potential zone. The result depicts the groundwater potential zone in the study area and found to be helpful in better development and management planning of groundwater resource.
ISSN:0016-7622
0974-6889
DOI:10.1007/s12594-016-0511-9