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Groundwater resource exploration in Salem district, Tamil Nadu using GIS and remote sensing

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Since last decade, the value per barrel of potable groundwater has outpaced the value of a barrel of oil in many areas of the world. Hence, proper assessment of groundwater potential and management practices are the needs of the day. Establishing relationship between remote sensing data and hydrologic phenomenon can maximize the efficiency of water resources development projects. Present study focuses on groundwater potential assessment in Salem district, Tamil Nadu to investigate groundwater resource potential. At the same, all thematic layers important from ground water occurrence and movement point of view were digitized and integrated in the GIS environment. The weights of different parameters/themes were computed using weighed index overlay analysis (WIOA), analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and fuzzy logic technique. Through this integrated GIS analysis, groundwater prospect map of the study area was prepared qualitatively. Field verification at observation wells was used to verify identified potential zones and depth of water measured at observation wells. Generated map from weighed overlay using AHP performed very well in predicting the groundwater surface and hence this methodology proves to be a promising tool for future.

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  1. VSA School of Management, NH-47, Main Road, Uthamasolapuram, Salem, 636 010, Tamil Nadu, India.

    G MAHESWARAN

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, K.S.R. College of Engineering, Tiruchencode, 637 215, Tamil Nadu, India.

    A GEETHA SELVARANI

  3. Department of Civil Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, 641 004, Tamil Nadu, India.

    K ELANGOVAN

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MAHESWARAN, G., SELVARANI, A.G. & ELANGOVAN, K. Groundwater resource exploration in Salem district, Tamil Nadu using GIS and remote sensing. J Earth Syst Sci 125, 311–328 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-016-0659-0

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