Geospatial and Analytical Hierarchical Process approach for potential sites of water harvesting in lower Kulsi basin, India

Abstract Water crisis issues are common in rural and urban areas, which can be tackled honestly by planning managing existing water resources. The site suitability map is the principal footstep of practice for a region’s sustainable surface groundwater resource development. paper aims to delineate suggest suitable sites harvesting development taking lower Kulsi watershed as study area. Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) Geographical Information System (GIS) techniques used multi-criteria decision-making process identify structures like percolation tanks, check dams, farm ponds on basin specific key factor each design. About one hundred ninety-six detected from most category based particular criteria suggestions conservation