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Application of a GIS-/remote sensing-based approach for predicting groundwater potential zones using a multi-criteria data mining methodology

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This study integrates the application of Dempster–Shafer-driven evidential belief function (DS-EBF) methodology with remote sensing and geographic information system techniques to analyze surface and subsurface data sets for the spatial prediction of groundwater potential in Perak Province, Malaysia. The study used additional data obtained from the records of the groundwater yield rate of approximately 28 bore well locations. The processed surface and subsurface data produced sets of groundwater potential conditioning factors (GPCFs) from which multiple surface hydrologic and subsurface hydrogeologic parameter thematic maps were generated. The bore well location inventories were partitioned randomly into a ratio of 70% (19 wells) for model training to 30% (9 wells) for model testing. Application results of the DS-EBF relationship model algorithms of the surface- and subsurface-based GPCF thematic maps and the bore well locations produced two groundwater potential prediction (GPP) maps based on surface hydrologic and subsurface hydrogeologic characteristics which established that more than 60% of the study area falling within the moderate–high groundwater potential zones and less than 35% falling within the low potential zones. The estimated uncertainty values within the range of 0 to 17% for the predicted potential zones were quantified using the uncertainty algorithm of the model. The validation results of the GPP maps using relative operating characteristic curve method yielded 80 and 68% success rates and 89 and 53% prediction rates for the subsurface hydrogeologic factor (SUHF)- and surface hydrologic factor (SHF)-based GPP maps, respectively. The study results revealed that the SUHF-based GPP map accurately delineated groundwater potential zones better than the SHF-based GPP map. However, significant information on the low degree of uncertainty of the predicted potential zones established the suitability of the two GPP maps for future development of groundwater resources in the area. The overall results proved the efficacy of the data mining model and the geospatial technology in groundwater potential mapping.

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This project was conducted using the financial support from RUI (Investigation of the impacts of summertime monsoon circulation to aerosol transportation and distribution in Southeast Asia, which can lead to global climate change, 1001/PFIZIK/811228). The authors are also grateful to Universiti Sains Malaysia for providing a 1-year, post-doctoral fellowship to Dr. Kehinde Anthony Mogaji (BW001607). Special appreciation also goes to the Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria, for granting the author a study leave to utilize the fellowship for research study.

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Mogaji, K.A., Lim, H.S. Application of a GIS-/remote sensing-based approach for predicting groundwater potential zones using a multi-criteria data mining methodology. Environ Monit Assess 189, 321 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-017-5990-7

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