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

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Abstract

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.

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  1. Department of Applied Geology, National Institute of Technology Raipur, G.E. Road, Raipur, 492 010, India

    D. C. Jhariya & Prabhat Diwan

  2. Department of Applied Geology, National Institute of Technology Raipur, G.E.Road, Raipur, 492 010, Chhattisgarh, India

    Tarun Kumar

  3. Central Groundwater Board, NCCR, Raipur, 492 010, Chhattisgarh, India

    M. Gobinath

  4. Department of Mining Engineering, National Institute of Technology Raipur, G.E. Road, Raipur, 492 010, India

    Nawal Kishore

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Jhariya, D.C., Kumar, T., Gobinath, M. et al. Assessment of groundwater potential zone using remote sensing, GIS and multi criteria decision analysis techniques. J Geol Soc India 88, 481–492 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-016-0511-9

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