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Artificial Groundwater Recharge Zones Mapping Using Remote Sensing and GIS: A Case Study in Indian Punjab

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Artificial groundwater recharge plays a vital role in sustainable management of groundwater resources. The present study was carried out to identify the artificial groundwater recharge zones in Bist Doab basin of Indian Punjab using remote sensing and geographical information system (GIS) for augmenting groundwater resources. The study area has been facing severe water scarcity due to intensive agriculture for the past few years. The thematic layers considered in the present study are: geomorphology (2004), geology (2004), land use/land cover (2008), drainage density, slope, soil texture (2000), aquifer transmissivity, and specific yield. Different themes and related features were assigned proper weights based on their relative contribution to groundwater recharge. Normalized weights were computed using the Saaty’s analytic hierarchy process. Thematic layers were integrated in ArcGIS for delineation of artificial groundwater recharge zones. The recharge map thus obtained was divided into four zones (poor, moderate, good, and very good) based on their influence to groundwater recharge. Results indicate that 15, 18, 37, and 30 % of the study area falls under “poor,” “moderate,” “good,” and “very good” groundwater recharge zones, respectively. The highest recharge potential area is located towards western and parts of middle region because of high infiltration rates caused due to the distribution of flood plains, alluvial plain, and agricultural land. The least effective recharge potential is in the eastern and middle parts of the study area due to low infiltration rate. The results of the study can be used to formulate an efficient groundwater management plan for sustainable utilization of limited groundwater resources.

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The authors are very grateful to Punjab Remote Sensing Centre, Ludhiana, National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning (NBSS–LUP), Nagpur, Geological Survey of India (GSI), Chandigarh, Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) for providing the necessary data.

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  1. School of Water Resources, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, 721302, West Bengal, India

    Amanpreet Singh, S. N. Panda & Chandra Shekhar Sharma

  2. Regional Remote Sensing Centre - West, National Remote Sensing Centre, ISRO, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

    Amanpreet Singh

  3. College of Agricultural Engineering, Bapatla, A. N. G. R Agricultural University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

    K. S. Kumar

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Singh, A., Panda, S.N., Kumar, K.S. et al. Artificial Groundwater Recharge Zones Mapping Using Remote Sensing and GIS: A Case Study in Indian Punjab. Environmental Management 52, 61–71 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-013-0101-1

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