Remote Sensing and GIS in Identification of Groundwater Potential Zones: A Study at Thirumullaivasal Village, Nagapattinam District, Tamilnadu, India

2012 ◽  
Vol 170-173 ◽  
pp. 2776-2779
Author(s):  
V. Rajesh Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Rapid Determination ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Groundwater Potential ◽  
Remote Sensing And Gis ◽  
Water Levels ◽  
Groundwater Potential Zones ◽  
Thematic Maps ◽  
Suitability Index ◽  
Industrial Needs

The demand for need of groundwater goes with descending powers, when compared with the available natural resources to meet the expectations of Agricultural, Municipal and Industrial needs. Consequently, groundwater is being withdrawn from storage and water levels are declining resulting in crop failures, seawater intrusion in coastal aquifers, land subsidence etc. This urges the need of artificial recharge of groundwater by augmenting the natural infiltration of precipitation into subsurface formation by some suitable methods of recharge. This inturns expects the quantitative availability of groundwater in the area, at the earliest, to follow suitable recharge methods. This rapid determination is found possible only when Remote Sensing and GIS approaches are applied in addition to conventional methods, where time frame is lagging. In this study, Remote Sensing and GIS approaches were used to identify groundwater potential zones in Thirumullaivasal village of Nagapattinam district of Tamilnadu. Various thematic maps were prepared for the factors that influence groundwater such as rainfall, soil type, land use, slope and geology using satellite imageries, toposheets and data from Government and other organizations. Ranks and Weightages were assigned for different categories by devising criterion table and Cumulative Suitability Index (CSI) values were found out using Multi-criterion analysis of the prepared thematic maps through GIS. Based on CSI values, the area was prioritized into different groundwater potential zones for future investigation.

scholarly journals Application of Remote Sensing, GIS and Hydrogeophysics to Groundwater Exploration in parts of Lagos Metropolis: A case study of Oshodi/Isolo LGA

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. E. Epuh ◽  
K. A. Sanni ◽  
M. J. Orji
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
Groundwater Potential ◽  
Remote Sensing And Gis ◽  
Groundwater Potential Zone ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Potential Zone ◽  
Groundwater Potential Zones ◽  
Thematic Maps ◽  
Groundwater Availability

Productivity through groundwater is quite high as compared to surface water, but groundwater resources have not yet been properly exploited. The present study is used to delineate various groundwater potential zones for the assessment of groundwater availability in Lagos metropolis using remote sensing and GIS and hydrogeophysics techniques. Landsat 8, SRTM, geological, soil, and rainfall data were used in the study to prepare various thematic maps, viz., geomorphological, slope, soil, lineament density, rainfall and land use maps. On the basis of relative contribution of each of these maps towards groundwater potential, the weight of each thematic map have been selected and assigned to each map. Hydrogeophysics investigation using Vertical Electric Sounding (VES) was applied to validate the remote sensing and GIS results. All the thematic maps have been registered with one another through ground control points and integrated using the weighted overlay method in GIS for computing groundwater potential index. Based on the methological approach, the ground water potential zones were delineated. The results showed that there are five categories of groundwater potential zones within the study area in which percentage values were contained in each of the categories thereby making major portion of the study area “high” and “moderate” prospect while a few scattered areas have “low” prospect. The very high potential areas are mainly concentrated along the River Alluvium while the “very low” prospect are majorly where there is sand and clay. The best groundwater potential zone is in the southern part due to the presence of fractures, swamp soils which have high infiltration ability and the presence of waterbody which is chiefly accountable for the groundwater recharge in any area. The VES data showed the depth of the aquifer for good water and the polluted aquifer within the study area.

scholarly journals Modeling Groundwater Potential Zones for Sustainable Water Resource Management in Khyrasol Block, Birbhum District West Bengal India Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sujit Das ◽  
Soumen Chatterjee
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
Groundwater Potential ◽  
Remote Sensing And Gis ◽  
Groundwater Potential Zone ◽  
Groundwater Potential Zones ◽  
Thematic Maps ◽  
Gis Techniques ◽  
Birbhum District

Remote sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS) have played an important role in exploration and management of groundwater resources. In this study, we present modeling of groundwater potential zone in Khoyrasol block in Birbhum district, West Bengal by using remote sensing and GIS techniques. The objective of the study is to explore groundwater as well as surface water availability in different geomorphic units. Different thematic maps of geology, hydro-geomorphology, lineament, slope, land use/land cover (LULC), depth to water level and soil maps are prepared and groundwater potential zones are obtained by overlaying all thematic maps in terms of Weightage Index Overlay (WIO) method. All the thematic map classes have been assigned weightage according to their role in groundwater occurrence. Finally, groundwater potential zones are classified into four categories viz., excellent, good to medium, medium to poor and poor. The outcome of the present research work will help the local farmers, decision-maker, researchers and planners for exploration, monitoring, and management of groundwater resources for this study area.

Mapping of Groundwater potential zones in Lingasugur Taluk in North-eastern part of Karnataka, India using Remote Sensing, GIS and multi-criteria data analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 13-22
Author(s):  
Ajgaonkar Swanand ◽  
S. Manjunatha
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
Drainage Density ◽  
Groundwater Potential ◽  
Groundwater Exploration ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Groundwater Potential Zones ◽  
Thematic Maps ◽  
North Eastern

Groundwater research has evolved tremendously as presently it is the need of society. Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographical Information System (GIS) are the main methods in finding the potential zones for the groundwater. They help in assessing, exploring, monitoring and conserving groundwater resources. A case study was conducted to find the groundwater potential zones in Lingasugur taluk, Raichur District, Karnataka State, India. Ten thematic maps were prepared for the study area such as geology, hydrogeomorphology, land use/ land cover, soil type, NDVI, NDWI, slope map, lineament density, rainfall and drainage density. A weighted overlay superimposed method was used after converting all the thematic maps in raster format. Thus from analysis, the classes in groundwater potential were made as very good, moderate, poor and very poor zones covering an area of 10.1 sq.km., 169.25 sq.km., 1732.31 sq.km. and 53.66 sq.km. respectively. By taking the present study into consideration, the future plans for urbanization, recharge structures and groundwater exploration sites can be decided.

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