Abstract
Groundwater is an important natural resource and has a significant role in the economy of any nation. The Dang district situated in the south-eastern part of the Gujarat state, Western India faces potable water problems in almost every summer season though the region receives heavy rainfall during monsoon months. The region has steep slopes causing heavy runoff during monsoon. The people of the district mainly rely on agriculture and the major source of the surface water is the perennial flows in Ambika, Purna and Khapri rivers that criss-crosses the district. In this study, we have employed an integrated approach to find out the groundwater potential regions in the Waghai Taluka based on geology, geomorphology, tectonic set-up, present wells’ static ground water level and slope length of the region. The field observations were also considered for the verification of our final inputs. The thematic maps are prepared with the use of remote sensing and GIS tools. The groundwater potential zones are classified into potential and non-potential zones based on integrated results and verified with existing well sites in study region. It was found that about 11% of the area comes under non-potential zones has least prospect of finding groundwater, while 89% of the region has more probability of finding groundwater under the potential zones.
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