Weighted Overlay Analysis Essay

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CHAPTER-6 DEMARCATION OF GROUNDWATER POTENTIAL ZONES
6.1 GENERAL Groundwater potential is the rate of water that can be abstracted from an aquifer in sustainable rate without any adverse impact on the whole environment. But in many parts of the world, groundwater abstraction has exceeded the safe yield, resulting in overexploitation and overstressing of the aquifer. Therefore quantum of available groundwater resource has to be assessed accurately for its optimum extraction and utilization. Groundwater crisis has been caused by human actions and demand for water in domestic , agriculture and industry use. Weighted overlay technique is used in demarcating the groundwater potential of the study area.
6.2 WEIGHTED OVERLAY ANALYSIS The occurrence and movement of groundwater in area is controlled by various factors. The influence of all factors need not to be the same in the study area. Therefore, each parameters in assigned a weightage depending upon the influence on the movement and storage of groundwater. This is called weighted overlay analysis. Various thematic maps are reclassified on the basis of weightage assigned and brought into the “Raster calculator” function of spatial analyst tool for integration. The result of weighted overlay analysis gives …show more content…

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