The main impacts of a managed aquifer recharge using AHP-weighted overlay analysis based on GIS in the eastern Wasit province, Iraq
The management of groundwater recharge success and sustainability depends on many site characteristics. It is essential to integrate the maps of site’s suitability and characteristics to identify suitable areas. The purpose of this study is to use a geographic information system (GIS) to find potent...
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| author | Jassim Fardous N. Humood Shaimaa H. Malik Hawraa S. Alshareef Thatalula Q. |
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| description | The management of groundwater recharge success and sustainability depends on many site characteristics. It is essential to integrate the maps of site’s suitability and characteristics to identify suitable areas. The purpose of this study is to use a geographic information system (GIS) to find potential places for a project using managed aquifer recharge (MAR) in the eastern Wasit province, Iraq. Data for four effective criteria, terrain slope, Soil type/texture, drainage density, and hydrogeological efficiency, were collected, and a categorization map for each GIS criterion was subsequently created. The four steps are performed to identify this site: defining the problem, screening for the suitable areas, after the suitability map, and after the screening; the suitability mapping is divided into two zones: suitable zone and unsuitable zone. The results indicate that the site suitability for conducting aquifer recharge was classified into five categories, i.e., very high, high, moderate, low, and very low potentiality. These areas cover 26.83, 34.71, 24.98, 11.56, and 1.79%, respectively. GIS is widely acknowledged as an efficient approach for choosing MAR sites. This approach gives a better reference for analyzing suitable sites and the potential implications of applying MAR in an aquifer in similar water-stressed areas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0333d2a43df043adb45c3fef66c598512024-01-16T07:18:14ZengDe GruyterOpen Engineering2391-54392023-12-01131p. 1072410.1515/eng-2022-0484The main impacts of a managed aquifer recharge using AHP-weighted overlay analysis based on GIS in the eastern Wasit province, IraqJassim Fardous N.0Humood Shaimaa H.1Malik Hawraa S.2Alshareef Thatalula Q.3Civil Engineering Department, Wasit University, Wasit, IraqVocational Education General Directorate Education of Wasit, Wasit, IraqCollege of Engineering, University of AL-Qadisiyah, Al Diwaniyah, IraqRemote Sensing and GIS Department, University Putra Malaysiam, Seri Kembangan, MalaysiaThe management of groundwater recharge success and sustainability depends on many site characteristics. It is essential to integrate the maps of site’s suitability and characteristics to identify suitable areas. The purpose of this study is to use a geographic information system (GIS) to find potential places for a project using managed aquifer recharge (MAR) in the eastern Wasit province, Iraq. Data for four effective criteria, terrain slope, Soil type/texture, drainage density, and hydrogeological efficiency, were collected, and a categorization map for each GIS criterion was subsequently created. The four steps are performed to identify this site: defining the problem, screening for the suitable areas, after the suitability map, and after the screening; the suitability mapping is divided into two zones: suitable zone and unsuitable zone. The results indicate that the site suitability for conducting aquifer recharge was classified into five categories, i.e., very high, high, moderate, low, and very low potentiality. These areas cover 26.83, 34.71, 24.98, 11.56, and 1.79%, respectively. GIS is widely acknowledged as an efficient approach for choosing MAR sites. This approach gives a better reference for analyzing suitable sites and the potential implications of applying MAR in an aquifer in similar water-stressed areas.https://doi.org/10.1515/eng-2022-0484gismargroundwater recharge |
| spellingShingle | Jassim Fardous N. Humood Shaimaa H. Malik Hawraa S. Alshareef Thatalula Q. The main impacts of a managed aquifer recharge using AHP-weighted overlay analysis based on GIS in the eastern Wasit province, Iraq Open Engineering gis mar groundwater recharge |
| title | The main impacts of a managed aquifer recharge using AHP-weighted overlay analysis based on GIS in the eastern Wasit province, Iraq |
| title_full | The main impacts of a managed aquifer recharge using AHP-weighted overlay analysis based on GIS in the eastern Wasit province, Iraq |
| title_fullStr | The main impacts of a managed aquifer recharge using AHP-weighted overlay analysis based on GIS in the eastern Wasit province, Iraq |
| title_full_unstemmed | The main impacts of a managed aquifer recharge using AHP-weighted overlay analysis based on GIS in the eastern Wasit province, Iraq |
| title_short | The main impacts of a managed aquifer recharge using AHP-weighted overlay analysis based on GIS in the eastern Wasit province, Iraq |
| title_sort | main impacts of a managed aquifer recharge using ahp weighted overlay analysis based on gis in the eastern wasit province iraq |
| topic | gis mar groundwater recharge |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/eng-2022-0484 |
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