Remote Sensing and GIS Based Groundwater Potential Zone Mapping in Ariyalur District, Tamil Nadu

Gopalakrishnan, Gnanachandrasamy; Zhou, Yongzhang; Bagyaraj, Murugesan; Senapathi, Venkatramanan; Ramkumar, T.; Wang, Shugong

doi:10.1007/s12594-018-1046-z

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“…Geomorphological units, physical features of the earth's surface and the near-surface underground, represent significant aspects in hydrogeological investigations, evaluation of topography, and delineation of groundwater resources [119]. Previous studies e.g., [64,68,70,76,105,120] have incorporated geomorphology features as a significant parameter for demarcating GWPZ. The geomorphic features in the current study were georeferenced and digitized from images.…”

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Identification of Groundwater Potential Zones Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques: A Case Study of the Shatt Al-Arab Basin

2020

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Rapid population growth has raised the groundwater resources demand for socio-economic development in the Shatt Al-Arab basin. The sustainable management of groundwater resources requires precise quantitative evaluation, which can be achieved by applying scientific principles and modern techniques. An integrated concept has been used in the current study to identify the groundwater potential zones (GWPZs) in the Shatt Al-Arab basin using remote sensing (RS), geographic information system (GIS), and analytic hierarchy process (AHP). For this purpose, nine groundwater occurrence and movement controlling parameters (i.e., lithology, rainfall, geomorphology, slope, drainage density, soil, land use/land cover, distance to river, and lineament density) were prepared and transformed into raster data using ArcGIS software. These nine parameters (thematic layers) were allocated weights proportional to their importance. Furthermore, the hierarchical ranking was conducted using a pairwise comparison matrix of the AHP in order to estimate the final normalized weights of these layers. We used the overlay weighted sum technique to integrate the layers for the creation of the GWPZs map of the study area. The map has been categorized into five zones (viz., very good, good, moderate, poor, and very poor) representing 4, 51, 35, 9, and 1% of the study area, respectively. Finally, for assessing the effectiveness of the model, the GWPZs map was validated using depth to groundwater data for 99 wells distributed over the basin. The validation results confirm that the applied approach provides significantly solid results that can help in perspective planning and sustainable utilization of the groundwater resources in this water-stressed region.

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Identification of Groundwater Potential Zones Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques: A Case Study of the Shatt Al-Arab Basin

2020

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“…Hence, assessing and constructing groundwater potential mapping is very much indispensable for better improvement of groundwater resources and techniques for its investigation. [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] In the Abay basin, groundwater is a source of domestic water in urban and rural areas. [23] According to ref [23] inadequate public water supply is being a serious problem for the community in Muga watershed due to population growth.…”

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Groundwater Potential Zone Mapping Using Analytical Hierarchy Process and GIS in Muga Watershed, Abay Basin, Ethiopia

Melese

Belay

2021

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regions across the world. [1][2][3][4] Groundwater is an important resource contributing significantly to total annual supply. [5,6] Uncontaminated and groundwater is a crucial to sustain life on earth, particularly at the present time when water scarcity is becoming central issue in many nations across the globe. [7] The tropical and subtropical regions are severely affected with the problems related to groundwater. [8] The groundwater resources potential of Ethiopia is estimated to be about 40 billion cubic meters. [9] According to ref, [10] groundwater provides more than 90% of the water for domestic and industrial supply in Ethiopia, but a very small percentage of water is used for irrigation, which mostly generate from surface water. However, Ethiopia has also suffered frequent devastating droughts with severe ramifications comprising famine, augmented poverty, and civil unrest. [10] Overexploitation has exhausted groundwater availability noticeably and also led to land subsidence at some places. [11] To control land degradation, long-term sustainable utilization of water resources, new methods for the controlling of land and water resources are increasing in the present day. Hence, assessing and constructing groundwater potential mapping is very much indispensable for better improvement of groundwater resources and techniques for its investigation. [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] In the Abay basin, groundwater is a source of domestic water in urban and rural areas. [23] According to ref [23] inadequate public water supply is being a serious problem for the community in Muga watershed due to population growth. The practical development of the groundwater resources will have a significant effect on the improvement of the community's livelihood. Generating a groundwater potential map has a significant effect to enhance the sustainable management of groundwater resources in the study area. Thus, the present study is critical for quick identification of groundwater potential for better utility in the study watershed.Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer based system that can be used capture, store, manipulate, analyze and present geospatial data to solve several complex and complicated problem in the environment. [24] Recently, the application of GIS is being powerful and applied to deciphering the potential areas of groundwater occurrence with cost effective Groundwater is an important resource that contributes significantly to the total annual water supply. The purpose of the present study is to assess and delineate the groundwater recharge zone using geospatial technology through an analytical hierarchal process (AHP) method in to the Muga watershed, Abay Basin. Remote sensing satellite images and the corresponding data are used for the preparation of thematic layers, viz., geology, rainfall, slope, soil, curvature, topography wetness index, elevation, drainage density, land use land cover, and lineament density of the study watershed. All thematic layers are integrated with a multicr...

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“…Despite the many methods used in MCDM applications, the most common is AHP. In the selection of the appropriate areas, considering the relative impact of the various criteria in relation to each other [67] gives useful results in groundwater-discharge assessment [68][69][70][71]. The model used in this study allowed us to identify areas with high, medium, and low potential for groundwater charging zones.…”

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Evaluation of Groundwater Potential by GIS-Based Multicriteria Decision Making as a Spatial Prediction Tool: Case Study in the Tigris River Batman-Hasankeyf Sub-Basin, Turkey

Çelik

2019

Water

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The Tigris River Batman-Hasankeyf region sub-basin drainage area is in the Upper Tigris basin and lies between the area where the Batman stream joins the river and the Yanarsu stream flows into the river. Intensive agricultural activities are carried out in this region, and irrigation is generally obtained from groundwater just as it moves away from the riverfront. The study area is a valuable basin for both Turkey and the Middle East. In this study, the effectiveness of the Geographic Information System (GIS)-based multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) analytic hierarchy process (AHP) as a spatial prediction tool was utilized in exploring the groundwater potential of the drainage area. In the analysis, eight hydrological and hydrogeological criteria were considered as influencing factors, namely, geomorphology, geology, rainfall, drainage density, slope, lineament density, land use, and soil properties. The weights of these criteria were determined through the AHP method; the Arc GIS 10.2.2 program and its submodules were used. The major findings of the study were that groundwater-potential index values of the basin were derived. Groundwater-potential-zone evaluation of the basin was obtained as follows: very poor (19%), poor (17%), moderate (34%), good (17%), very good (13%); and groundwater potential zone (GWPZ) maps of the sub-basin were created. 2 of 16 model [8]. Most of these methods are based on multivariate statistical techniques [9]. In contrast, the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) is considered to be a simple, effective, transparent, and reliable technique [10]. The AHP method is easy to identify in a useful way by integrating geographic information system (GIS) and remote sensing (RS) data. Groundwater parameters such as precipitation, aquifers, land use, and soil type can easily be defined as spatial data in a GIS environment. Thus, the method is very useful for identifying potential groundwater areas and is well-suited for the useful identification of groundwater-potential regions [11][12][13]. AHP is an approach that was developed by Thomas L. Saaty in the early 1980s [14]. It was developed with planned criteria according to a certain stage, evaluating the weights of these criteria, and comparing the criteria with other similar studies [15,16]. It is possible and preferable to determine hydrological and hydrogeological parameters that influence groundwater formation and their effects on groundwater formation and generate potential groundwater maps with GIS-based Multicriteria Decision-Making (MCDM) techniques. GIS-based multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) has been extensively used in the field of hydrological and water resources [16,17]. It has gained popularity in the last decade as it provides GIS-based mapping [18].Most current studies [19][20][21][22] widely applied RS-and GIS-based AHP-MCDM techniques for the assessment of Groundwater Potential Zones (GWPZs) with effective results. When these studies were examined, it was found that land use (LU), geomorphology (GM), geology (G), recharge...

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Remote Sensing and GIS Based Groundwater Potential Zone Mapping in Ariyalur District, Tamil Nadu

Cited by 88 publications

References 34 publications

Identification of Groundwater Potential Zones Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques: A Case Study of the Shatt Al-Arab Basin

Identification of Groundwater Potential Zones Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques: A Case Study of the Shatt Al-Arab Basin

Groundwater Potential Zone Mapping Using Analytical Hierarchy Process and GIS in Muga Watershed, Abay Basin, Ethiopia

Evaluation of Groundwater Potential by GIS-Based Multicriteria Decision Making as a Spatial Prediction Tool: Case Study in the Tigris River Batman-Hasankeyf Sub-Basin, Turkey

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