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AHP Based Site Suitability Analysis for Water Harvesting Structure Using Geospatial Technique

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Betul Chhindwara is undulating region experiences less water holding capacity due to hard rock terrain with maximum structural origin and high relief zone. Moreover, construction of major irrigation projects has limited scope due to topographical, social, financial, and environmental constraints. Hence, small structure like Check Dams, Percolation Tank, Bore Well, Nala bandh, and Farm Pond can be suitable structure for the water harvesting in various parts of Betul-Chhindwara region. The present study comprises of a four watersheds delineated in the region as Tapi River (WS 1), Kanhan river (WS 2), Pench River (WS 3), and Tawa River (WS 4) in Betul-Chhindwara district. The present study is carried out by GPS, Survey of India toposheet i.e., NF 43-8, NF 44-5, NF 43-12 and NF 44-9 on scale of 1:250,000, Aster DEM data for creation of DEM and satellite imagery of Sentinel-2. The criteria like third order stream, 2–5° slope of land, sandy-clay soil, Lineament zone, Physiography division is considered and various techniques of GIS and remote sensing are used for getting more suitable sites for rainwater harvesting. By applying above process, it was concluded that this area has limited scope of rainwater harvesting.

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  1. Department of Geoinformatics, School of Natural Resource Management, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, Jharkhand, 835205, India

    Chandra Shekhar Dwivedi, Raghib Raza & Arvind Chandra Pandey

  2. Department of Applied Geology, National Institute of Technology Raipur, Raipur, India

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Dwivedi, C.S., Raza, R., Pandey, A.C., Jhariya, D.C. (2022). AHP Based Site Suitability Analysis for Water Harvesting Structure Using Geospatial Technique. In: Kumar, P., Nigam, G.K., Sinha, M.K., Singh, A. (eds) Water Resources Management and Sustainability. Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6573-8_22

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