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Article

Sustainability of Groundwater Potential Zones in Coastal Areas of Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, South India Using Integrated Approach of Remote Sensing, GIS and AHP Techniques

by
Mahenthiran Sathiyamoorthy
1,*,
Uma Shankar Masilamani
1,
Aaron Anil Chadee
2,*,
Sreelakhmi Devi Golla
3,
Mohammed Aldagheiri
4,
Parveen Sihag
5,
Upaka Rathnayake
6,
Jyotendra Patidar
1,
Shivansh Shukla
1,
Aryan Kumar Singh
1,
Bimlesh Kumar
7 and
Hector Martin
8
1
School of Civil Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, India
2
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of West Indies, St. Augustine 331310, Trinidad and Tobago
3
Department of Civil Engineering, Vignana Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad 501301, Telangana, India
4
Geography Department, Qassim University, Qassim 52571, Saudi Arabia
5
Department of Civil Engineering, Chandigarh University, Mohali 140413, Punjab, India
6
Department of Civil Engineering and Construction, Faculty of Engineering and Design, Atlantic Technological University, F91 YW50 Sligo, Ireland
7
Department of Civil engineering, IIT, Guwahathi 600036, Assam, India
8
Civil Engineering Department, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sustainability 2023, 15(6), 5339; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15065339
Submission received: 16 December 2022 / Revised: 2 January 2023 / Accepted: 1 February 2023 / Published: 17 March 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Remote Sensing of Watershed Ecology and Pollution)
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Abstract

This paper aims to identify the groundwater-potential zones in coastal zones of the Cuddalore district by integrating remote sensing, Geographic Information System (GIS), and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) techniques. The thematic layers such as geomorphology, landuse/land cover, lineament density, geology, soil, drainage density, rainfall, and slope are considered for the identification of groundwater-potential zones. The groundwater-potential zones are categorized into five zones as ‘very good’, ‘good’, ‘moderate’, ‘poor’, and ‘very poor’. From the study, it is observed that the rainwater/surface water infiltration to the aquifer is high in the eastern region due to flat topography, and thus, these zones possess ‘very good’ and ‘good’ groundwater-potential zones. The groundwater potential in the central region of the study area possesses moderate infiltration capacity, which is suitable for agricultural practices. Moreover, it is also observed that the groundwater potential is ‘poor’ and ‘very poor’ in the northwest region due to steep slopes in which suitable recharge structures should be constructed in these zones to harvest the rainwater. Eventually, the obtained results are validated with existing bore wells in the study area, and it reveals that a GIS-based integrated method is an effective tool for the exploration of groundwater resources with high accuracy.
Keywords: remote sensing; GIS; analytical hierarchy process; groundwater-potential zones remote sensing; GIS; analytical hierarchy process; groundwater-potential zones

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Sathiyamoorthy, M.; Masilamani, U.S.; Chadee, A.A.; Golla, S.D.; Aldagheiri, M.; Sihag, P.; Rathnayake, U.; Patidar, J.; Shukla, S.; Singh, A.K.; et al. Sustainability of Groundwater Potential Zones in Coastal Areas of Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, South India Using Integrated Approach of Remote Sensing, GIS and AHP Techniques. Sustainability 2023, 15, 5339. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15065339

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Sathiyamoorthy M, Masilamani US, Chadee AA, Golla SD, Aldagheiri M, Sihag P, Rathnayake U, Patidar J, Shukla S, Singh AK, et al. Sustainability of Groundwater Potential Zones in Coastal Areas of Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, South India Using Integrated Approach of Remote Sensing, GIS and AHP Techniques. Sustainability. 2023; 15(6):5339. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15065339

Chicago/Turabian Style

Sathiyamoorthy, Mahenthiran, Uma Shankar Masilamani, Aaron Anil Chadee, Sreelakhmi Devi Golla, Mohammed Aldagheiri, Parveen Sihag, Upaka Rathnayake, Jyotendra Patidar, Shivansh Shukla, Aryan Kumar Singh, and et al. 2023. "Sustainability of Groundwater Potential Zones in Coastal Areas of Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, South India Using Integrated Approach of Remote Sensing, GIS and AHP Techniques" Sustainability 15, no. 6: 5339. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15065339

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Sathiyamoorthy, M., Masilamani, U. S., Chadee, A. A., Golla, S. D., Aldagheiri, M., Sihag, P., Rathnayake, U., Patidar, J., Shukla, S., Singh, A. K., Kumar, B., & Martin, H. (2023). Sustainability of Groundwater Potential Zones in Coastal Areas of Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, South India Using Integrated Approach of Remote Sensing, GIS and AHP Techniques. Sustainability, 15(6), 5339. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15065339

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