PMID- 32852715
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210107
LR  - 20210107
IS  - 1614-7499 (Electronic)
IS  - 0944-1344 (Linking)
VI  - 28
IP  - 2
DP  - 2021 Jan
TI  - Planning rainwater conservation measures using geospatial and multi-criteria 
      decision making tools.
PG  - 1734-1751
LID - 10.1007/s11356-020-10227-y [doi]
AB  - The assessment of rainwater-harvesting demand (RWHD) map and the identification 
      of appropriate priority-based locations for rainwater-harvesting (RWH) and 
      groundwater recharge structures are very crucial for the water managers, 
      particularly in irrigation commands. This study addresses this challenge by using 
      multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) and geospatial techniques to present a 
      novel and robust approach for generating RWHD map and identifying sites/zones for 
      distinct RWH and groundwater recharge on a priority basis. Primary thematic 
      layers such as existing irrigation water supply, irrigation demand, and 
      groundwater potential were considered in this study for delineating RWHD zones. 
      Further, sites suitable for RWH and groundwater recharge were identified using 
      soil, slope, drainage network, and lineament thematic layers of the study area 
      and they were prioritized. Four zones of rainwater demand were identified for the 
      prioritization of RWH and groundwater structures: (a) "low" rainwater-harvesting 
      demand zone (covering 3% of the total study area), (b) "moderate" 
      rainwater-harvesting demand zone (40%), (c) "high" rainwater-harvesting demand 
      zone (42%), and (d) "very high" rainwater-harvesting demand zone (15%). Moreover, 
      46 sites for check dams and 145 suitable sites for percolation tanks were 
      identified, together with 253 ha area for groundwater recharge based on the 
      priority of rainwater-harvesting demand. Integration of geospatial and MCDM 
      techniques in conjunction with suitable thematic layers provides a helpful and 
      realistic tool for large-scale planning and management of rainwater conservation 
      measures.
FAU - Singh, Laishram Kanta
AU  - Singh LK
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4340-9768
AD  - AgFE Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West 
      Bengal, 721302, India. kanta_lai@yahoo.co.in.
FAU - Jha, Madan Kumar
AU  - Jha MK
AD  - AgFE Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West 
      Bengal, 721302, India.
FAU - Chowdary, V M
AU  - Chowdary VM
AD  - Regional Remote Sensing Centre-North, NRSC, Delhi, 110049, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200827
PL  - Germany
TA  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
JT  - Environmental science and pollution research international
JID - 9441769
RN  - 0 (Soil)
SB  - IM
MH  - Conservation of Natural Resources
MH  - Decision Making
MH  - *Groundwater
MH  - *Rain
MH  - Soil
MH  - Water Supply
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Boolean logic
OT  - Geospatial techniques
OT  - Multi-criteria decision making (MCDM)
OT  - Rainwater conservation
OT  - Site prioritization
EDAT- 2020/08/28 06:00
MHDA- 2021/01/08 06:00
CRDT- 2020/08/28 06:00
PHST- 2019/10/11 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/07/20 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/08/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/01/08 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/08/28 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-020-10227-y [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-020-10227-y [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2021 Jan;28(2):1734-1751. doi: 
      10.1007/s11356-020-10227-y. Epub 2020 Aug 27.