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Groundwater Potentiality Mapping in Viruthachalam Taluk, Tamil Nadu, India: AHP and GIS Approaches

Hydrospatial Analysis

5 (2021)

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Remote Sensing , Potential Area , IDW , Groundwater , GIS , AHP

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Groundwater is the most valuable treasury commodity in the world, yet it is depleted on a daily basis. Hand arrangement is crucial in assembly for delineating a potential groundwater zones. Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) data with Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) approach have proven critical for micro level analysis of groundwater potentials. This exploration was authorized in order to locate a prospective groundwater area in the Virutachalam Taluk of Southern India. The Inverse Distance Weightage (IDW) technique was used to determine the groundwater potential precinct by thematic layers of drainage, drainage density, geology, lineament, lineament density, geomorphology, soil, and slopes. Overall, the prospective groundwater zone in the study area was classified as excellent (20.66 %), good (60.29 %), moderate (16.38 %) and poor (2.73 %). This optional analysis offers an excellent possible groundwater zone for patches in the northern and central sections of Kotteri and Kammapuram in Virudhachalam Taluk. The survey revealed that the approach of inverse distance weighting provides an operating mechanism for suggesting groundwater potential zones for clear expansion and groundwater control in not the same hydro-geological settings.

GIS and Remote sensing technology with AHP approach was used to locate a prospective groundwater areas.

Inverse Distance Weightage (IDW) technique was used to determine the groundwater potential precinct.

An excellent possible groundwater zone for patches in the northern and central sections of Kotteri and Kammapuram in Virudhachalam Taluk.

The mechanism is suggesting groundwater potential zones for expansion and groundwater control.

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