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ArticleScientific reports2024

Identification and mapping of groundwater recharge zones using multi influencing factor and analytical hierarchy process.

Fanxiao Meng, Muhammad Ismail Khan, Syed Ali Asad Naqvi, Abid Sarwar, Fakhrul Islam, Muhammad Ali, Aqil Tariq, Sajid Ullah, Walid Soufan, Turki Kh Faraj

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Fanxiao MengSouthern Biomedical Research Center, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350117, China.
Muhammad Ismail KhanGIS Lab, Directorate General Soil & Water Conservation, Peshawar, 25000, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Syed Ali Asad NaqviDepartment of Geography, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38000, Punjab, Pakistan.
Abid SarwarGIS Lab, Directorate General Soil & Water Conservation, Peshawar, 25000, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Fakhrul IslamDepartment of Geology, Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak, 27200, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Muhammad AliNational Centre of Excellence in Geology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, 25000, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Aqil TariqDepartment of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, College of Forest Resources, Mississippi State University, 775 Stone Boulevard, Mississippi State, MS, 39762-9690, USA. at2139@msstate.edu.
Sajid UllahDepartment of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, Nangarhar University, Jalalabad, Nangarhar, 2600, Afghanistan. Sajidjalwan@gmail.com.
Walid SoufanPlant Production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Turki Kh FarajDepartment of Soil Science, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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Abstract

The management of groundwater systems is essential for nations that rely on groundwater as the principal source of communal water supply (e.g., Mohmand District of Pakistan). The work employed Remote Sensing and GIS datasets to ascertain the groundwater recharge zones (GWRZ) in the Mohmand District of Pakistan. Subsequently, a sensitivity analysis was conducted to examine the impact of geology and hydrologic factors on the variability of the GWRZ. The GWRZ was determined by employing weighted overlay analysis on thematic maps derived from datasets about drainage density, slope, geology, rainfall, lineament density, land use/land cover, and soil types. The use of multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) involves the utilization of the multi-influencing factor (MIF) and analytical hierarchy procedure (AHP) to allocate weights to the selected influencing factors. The MIF data found that very high groundwater recharge spanned 1.20%, high zones covered 40.44%, moderate zones covered 50.81%, and low zones covered 7.54%. In comparison, the AHP technique results suggest that 1.81% of the whole area is very high, 33.26 is high, 55.01% is moderate, and 9.92% has low groundwater potential. The geospatial-assisted multi-influencing factor approach helps increase conceptual knowledge of groundwater resources and evaluate possible groundwater zones.

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Analytical hierarchy procedureGroundwater recharge zonesMulti influencing factorRemote Sensing and GISSensitivity analysis

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PMCPMC11335863

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