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Identification of Groundwater Potential Zones using AHP and Geospatial


Techniques in Western Part of Cuddapah Basin, Andhra Pradesh, India

Article · February 2020


DOI: 10.21523/gcj3.19030202

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Hydrospatial Analysis, 3(2), 60-71, 2019. Ramachandra M.et al.

Original Research Paper

Identification of Groundwater Potential Zones using


AHP and Geospatial Techniques in Western Part of
Cuddapah Basin, Andhra Pradesh, India
Ramachandra M., Raghu Babu K.*, Rajasekhar M. , Pradeep Kumar B.
Department of Geology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa-516003, Andhra Pradesh (India).

Abstract Article history


Present study is carried out for delineation of Groundwater Potential Zones (GWPZ) in Received: 24 November 2019
Western part of Cuddapah basin, Southern India using Remote Sensing (RS), Revised: 27 January 2020
Geographical Information System (GIS) and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). Various Accepted: 28 January 2020
categorized thematic maps: geology, geomorphology (GM), slope, soils, lineament density
(LD), drainage density (DD) and gorundwater levels fluctuations (GWLF) were used for Keywords
mapping and delineation of GWPZs. Suitable and normalized weights were assigned based AHP;
on AHP to identify GWPZ. The GWPZ map was categorized into five GWPZs types: very GIS;
poor, poor, moderate, good and very good. About 1.48% (6.05 km2) area is classified in Groundwater Potential Zone;
106.07 km2 192.53 km2 Cuddapah Basin;
(90.38 km2 km2 category. The acquired Groundwater;
outcomes were validated with water levels fluctuations in pre- and post-monsoon seasons. Remote Sensing.
GIS-based multi-criteria decision making approach is useful for preparation of precise and
reliable data. The AHP approach, with the aptitudes of the geospatial data, various data Editor(s)
bases can be combined to create conceptual model for identification and estimation of P. S. Hire
GWPZs.
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1 INTRODUCTION

Nowadays, around 34% of the world s water resources efficient and savvy instrument for the synoptic study and
are groundwater and a significant basis of drinking analysis (Prasad et al., 2008; Deepika et al., 2013). As a
water is urban and rural areas. Andhra Pradesh is an arid device, remote sensing and GIS uses satellite
and semi-arid region with actual flighty rain; so the representation for systematic study of height models,
average rainfall is less than a third of the global average soil thickness, slant of the region, topography,
rainfall (Zeinolabedinia and Esmaeily, 2015). geomorphology, precipitation, dissemination of
Sustainable improvement of groundwater asset requires groundwater, etc. The feasible improvement of
exact quantitative appraisal with the advent of powerful groundwater asset requires exact quantitative appraisal.
and high speed computers, the techniques for Profoundly escalated improvement of groundwater in
groundwater management of progressed, of which RS specific zones of the nation has experienced over-use,
and GIS are of great importance (Chowdhury et al., prompting decrease in groundwater levels (Rajasekhar et
2009). Understanding of RS and GIS has demonstrated al., 2018c, 2019).
to be a powerful apparatus in the study of groundwater In addition, GIS gives an outstanding methodology
considerations (Krishnamurthy et al., 1996). GIS is for resourcefully management of huge and compound
defined as system for gathering, arranging, recovering, spatial data for the management of groundwater
managing and showing spatial information into (Machiwal et al., 2011; Rajasekhar et al., 2018c). AHP
improved structure. In any case, contrasted with these approach introduced by Saaty (1980) wherein a pair-
strategies, remote detecting can be utilized as an wise comparison of various influencing parameters
* Author address for correspondence
Department of Geology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa-516003, Andhra Pradesh (India).
Tel.: +91 9440673734
E-mails: ramachandramesa@gmail.com (Ramachandra M.); dr.kraghu@gmail.com (Raghu Babu K. -Corresponding author);
sekhar.raja042@gmail.com (Rajasekhar M.); badapallipradeep@gmail.com (Pradeep Kumar B.).
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