Identification of Groundwater Potential Zone in Vaippar Basin, Tamil Nadu through Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques

Authors

  • M.Venkatesan  UGC-BSR Research Scholar, Department of Geography, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India
  • K. Kumaraswamy  UGC- BSR Faculty Fellow, Department of Geography, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India
  • S. Balaselvakumar  Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Periyar E.V.R. College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India

Keywords:

Groundwater Potential Zones, Geographical Information System, Remote Sensing, Weightage and Ranking.

Abstract

The study aims to delineate the Groundwater Potential Zones (GPZ) of Vaippar Basin. Groundwater potential zone identification can be done using advanced as well as recently developed geospatial technology such as Remote Sensing and GIS. The groundwater potential zone analysis done by using spatial layers like geology, geomorphology, rainfall, lineament, land use/land cover, drainage density, soil texture, soil depth etc. Suitable weightage and ranks are assigned to these layers based on its influence on groundwater occurrence. The weighted layers are integrated in GIS Environment and which demarcates the actual zones of groundwater potential zones. These results can be helpful for identifying intensity of groundwater potential zone. Groundwater Potential Zone Index (GWPI) in this index calculated the area of all these using thematic layers. This index mentioned about the spatial layer coverage area and percentages area in sq.km of Vaippar basin. Groundwater potential zones are divided into four zones such as very high, high, low, and very low.

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M.Venkatesan, K. Kumaraswamy, S. Balaselvakumar, " Identification of Groundwater Potential Zone in Vaippar Basin, Tamil Nadu through Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 3, Issue 7, pp.824-843, September-October-2017.