Geomatics and Environmental Engineering, vol. 16, no. 1

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Identification of Potential Groundwater Recharge Sites in a Semi-arid Region of Pakistan Using Saaty´s Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP)

https://doi.org/10.7494/geom.2022.16.1.53
Muhammad Suliman
GIS and Space Application in Geosciences Lab (G-SAG), National Centre for GIS and Space Applications (NCGSA); University of Peshawar, National Centre of Excellence in Geology, Peshawar, Pakistan
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3476-7384
Samiullah
University of Peshawar, Department of Geography, Peshawar, Pakistan
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4993-6443
Muhammad Ali
GIS and Space Application in Geosciences Lab (G-SAG), National Centre for GIS and Space Applications (NCGSA); University of Peshawar, National Centre of Excellence in Geology, Peshawar, Pakistan
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2866-1623

Corresponding Author(s) : Muhammad Suliman

msuliman07@gmail.com

Geomatics and Environmental Engineering, Vol. 16 No. 1 (2022): Geomatics and Environmental Engineering

Abstract

Groundwater is a precious source of fresh water and a major component of the entire water supply. Both water quality and quantity could be satisfied by evaluating the groundwater potential sites (GWPS). This paper analyzes the ground-water potentials in a semi-arid region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It describes a standard methodology to identify and map GWPS using integrated Geographical Information System (GIS) and remote sensing (RS) methods. Eight parameters including elevation, slope, drainage density, lineaments density, soil, geology, land use/land cover and rainfall were integrated to explore areas with groundwater holding capability. GWPS were delineated through subjective weights assigned after coupling various thematic layers using Saaty´s Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP). The modelled GWPS were cross-checked with tube wells data. The result indicates that the central part of the study area has good potential for groundwater reserves/exploitation, where the factors i.e. moderate to high drainage density, sedimentary sequence of alluvial plain, low elevation etc. discern the central portion of the study area as a suitable site for groundwater. This study suggests that the applied method proves to be very significant and reliable tool for timely assessment of quality assured evaluation of groundwater resources. This study could be a systematic guide for future investigations for water related explorations, especially in semi-arid environments.

Keywords

Saaty’s Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) weighted overlay analysis semi-arid region groundwater potential sites GIS and remote sensing
Suliman, M., Samiullah, & Ali, M. (2021). Identification of Potential Groundwater Recharge Sites in a Semi-arid Region of Pakistan Using Saaty´s Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP). Geomatics and Environmental Engineering, 16(1), 53–70. https://doi.org/10.7494/geom.2022.16.1.53
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