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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</journal-id>
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<journal-title>The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2194-9034</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-8-347-2014</article-id>
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<article-title>Groundwater suitability recharge zones modelling  &amp;ndash; A GIS application</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Dabral</surname>
<given-names>S.</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Bhatt</surname>
<given-names>B.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Joshi</surname>
<given-names>J.P.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Sharma</surname>
<given-names>N.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>NHPC Ltd., Tawang Hydro-Electric Project Stage I, Nehru Market, Distt.: Tawang 790104, Arunachal Pradesh, India</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff2">
<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara 390 002, Gujarat, India</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff3">
<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara 390 002, Gujarat, India</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>28</day>
<month>11</month>
<year>2014</year>
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<volume>XL-8</volume>
<fpage>347</fpage>
<lpage>353</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2014 S. Dabral et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2014</copyright-year>
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<p>Groundwater quality in Gujarat state is highly variable and due to multiplicity of factors viz. influenced by direct sea water
encroachment, inherent sediment salinity, water logging, overexploitation leading to overall deterioration in ground water quality,
coupled with domestic and industrial pollution etc. The groundwater scenario in the state is not very encouraging due to imbalance
between recharge and groundwater exploitation. Further, the demand for water has increased manifold owing to agricultural,
industrial and domestic requirement and this has led to water scarcity in many parts of the state, which is likely to become more
severe in coming future due to both natural and manmade factors. Therefore, sustainable development of groundwater resource
requires precise quantitative assessment based on reasonably valid scientific principles. Hence, delineation of groundwater potential
zones (GWPZ), has acquired great significance.
&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
The present study focuses on the integrated Geospatial and Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) techniques to determine the
most important contributing factors that affect the groundwater resources and also to delineate the potential zones for groundwater
recharge. The multiple thematic layers of influencing parameters viz. geology, geomorphology, soil, slope, drainage density and land
use, weightages were assigned to the each factor according to their relative importance as per subject experts opinion owing to the
natural setup of the region. The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was applied to these factors and potential recharge zones were
identified. The study area for the assessment of groundwater recharge potential zones is Mahi-Narmada inter-stream region of
Gujarat state. The study shows that around 28 % region has the excellent suitability of the ground water recharge.</p>
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