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Identifying Potential Rainwater Harvesting Sites of a Semi-arid, Basaltic Region of Western India, Using SCS-CN Method

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Upper Karha watershed from semi-arid part of Deccan Volcanic Province, India was investigated to identify the potential sites to construct rainwater harvesting structures with the help of remote sensing and geographical information system. Attempt was made to understand the basaltic terrain in spatial context to find out the rainwater harvesting structures like farm ponds, percolation tank, check dams and gully plugs deriving from thematic layers, such as landuse/landcover, slope, soil, drainage and runoff from Landsat Thematic Mapper imagery and other collateral data. Subsequently, these layers were processed to derive runoff from Soil Conservation Service Curve Number (SCS-CN) method using Arc-CN runoff tool. The SCS-CN method shows that the high runoff potential is from water-body, agriculture land (including harvested land) and followed by settlement, open scrub, dense scrub and low for the open forest, dense forest area. Parameters like hydro-geomorphology, geology were considered as per Integrated Mission for Sustainable Development specifications for identification of the structures. The thematic layers overlaid using intersection based on these specifications. Derived sites were investigated for its suitability and implementation by ground truth field verification. In conclusion, the method adopted in present study deciphers the more precise, accurate and ability to process large catchment area than other methods.

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The authors are thankful to Head, Department of Geography, University of Pune for extending help to use the department laboratory for computing facilities. We thankfully acknowledge Mr. Swapnil Kodre for his assistance in field campaign and valuable suggestion by Mr. Sharad Shingade and Mr. Tasadooq Hussain Jaweed. Authors are also thankfully acknowledged the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments to improve quality of manuscript.

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  1. Geoinformatics, Department of Geography, University of Pune, Pune, 411 007, India

    Ajaykumar K. Kadam & Nagesh N. Pande

  2. Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Pune, Pune, 411 007, India

    Sanjay S. Kale

  3. Department of Geology, University of Pune, Pune, 411 007, India

    N. J. Pawar

  4. National Water Academy, Khadakwasala, Pune, 411 024, India

    R. N. Sankhua

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Kadam, A.K., Kale, S.S., Pande, N.N. et al. Identifying Potential Rainwater Harvesting Sites of a Semi-arid, Basaltic Region of Western India, Using SCS-CN Method. Water Resour Manage 26, 2537–2554 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-012-0031-3

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