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Increasing urbanization and growth of population have increased the demand for various water resources especially the groundwater resources in Sagar Island, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India. Thus Groundwater resources should be managed properly with the application of various scientific propositions and modern techniques. In this research, identification of groundwater potential zonation (GWPZ) has been done using remote sensing–geographic information system (RS–GIS) technology and Fuzzy-AHP approach on a single platform. The main objective of the research is to use the Fuzzy-AHP approach to demarcate GWPZs utilizing 10 geo-environmental parameters. The study successfully identifies the GWPZs within the area of interest and categorizes GWPZs has been classified into five different classes following the groundwater availability that is very high potential 6.84%), high (36.23%), medium (27.68%), low (17.53%) and very low (11.72%). The originated GWPZ map has been verified using geophysical data collected from the field survey to test the model's performance. The validation results demonstrated that the applied technique yields considerably reliable findings that can aid in long-term planning and management for sustainable use of groundwater resources in different coastal tracts.
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The authors are thankful to Natural Resources Data Management System, Department of Science & Technology for the financial support and also thankful to the United State Geological Survey, European Space Agency for providing satellite data to pursue this study. The authors are also thankful to the School of Water Resources Engineering, Jadavpur University for providing the logistic and other facilities to conduct the study.
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All the authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by SK Mohinuddin and Saurabh Kumar Basak. The first draft of the manuscript was written by SK Mohinuddin, Saurabh Kumar Basak and Sudipa Halder. Pankaj Kumar Roy, Malabika Biswas Roy supervise the work. All the authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All the authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Roy, P.K., Basak, S.K., Mohinuddin, S. et al. Modelling groundwater potential zone using fuzzy logic and geospatial technology of an deltaic island. Model. Earth Syst. Environ. 8, 5565–5584 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-022-01392-9
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