Finding the Potential of Underground Water Resources of Saghez City using Fuzzy Hierarchical Analysis Process (FAHP) in GIS

Document Type : Research

Authors

• Arash Khodakarami ¹
• Mahmoud Hooshyar ²
• Abbas Javid ³
• Seyed Asaad Hosseini ⁴

¹ BSc. in Mapping Engineering, Jundishapur University of Technology, Dezful, Iran

² Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

³ MA in Hydrology and Director of Saghez Water Resources Affairs, Saghez, Iran

⁴ Meteorology Expert, Kurdistan Province Meteorological Office, Sanandaj, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22067/jgrd.2023.77871.1180

Abstract

Such issues as increase of population, industrial development, illegal harvesting, increase in cultivated areas, and drought have increased the use of underground water resources in recent years and the level of underground water is decreasing  every day. Therefore, the identification of underground water resources, its optimal use and its management will result in sustainable use of the precious resources. Weighted overlap analysis using multi-criteria decision-making techniques (MCDM), fuzzy hierarchical analytical process (FAHP), GIS, and remote sensing knowledge were used to find the potential of underground water resources in Saqqez city watershed. The data of 740 wells and 14 geological, meteorological, topographical, hydrological and environmental parameters were prepared and processed by GIS to produce a potential map of underground water resources. By using the system performance curve (ROC) for verifying, the potential map of underground water resources was estimated. By analyzing the distribution of existing open wells, the value of AUC = 83.7% shows that the model has successfully predicted groundwater. Statistical analysis showed that 8.74% and 18.48% of the total area of Saghez city are in very good and good potential area, and 31.48% and 34.25% are in the medium and poor potential area, respectively, and 7.05% are in the area with very poor potential. The findings will help policy makers and managers in planning and sustainable managing of groundwater resources.

Keywords

• Groundwater Resource Potential (GWPZ)
• Fuzzy Hierarchical Analysis Process (FAHP)
• Saghez
• Fuzzy Logic

Main Subjects

• Natural geography and environmental planning

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