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The present study has been carried out in the dry land Barind Tract, NW Bangladesh to delineate the potential zones for artificial recharge of groundwater and to assess scope for establishing sites for rainwater harvesting (RWH) and runoff water conservation to revert ever depleting groundwater resource through construction of check dam, managed aquifer recharge (MAR) model, percolation tanks, etc. using multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) approach in GIS environment to have a sustainable groundwater resource management plan. The Tract possesses dendritic drainage patterns which indicate scope for loss of major portion of runoff water with less infiltration to recharge the groundwater having its less potentiality for occurrence, but represents good category for surface water conservation. The semi-permeable or poor permeable surface soil lithology (Barind Clay) is less favorable for groundwater recharge, and here, lineament and slope are the most influencing factor for its recharge mechanisms. Here, about 65% of the area falls under ‘moderately suitable’, 1% area under ‘highly suitable’ and about 34% area has unsuitability for artificial recharge of groundwater. The artificial recharge structures like check dams have suggested only for the ‘moderately’ and ‘highly’ suitable zones, and that of artificial recharge through injection well by the MAR and percolation tanks are suggested as only option for the ‘unsuitable’ zone in this dry land. Finally, the present study provides a guideline to water managers, planners and decision maker in this dry land to ascertain availability of water resource that meet community demand through the Integrated Water Resource Management as lauded in the Bangladesh Water Act (2013).
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Hasan, M.T., Jahan, C.S., Rahaman, M.F. et al. Delineation of zones and sites for artificial recharge of groundwater in dry land Barind Tract, Bangladesh using MCDM technique in GIS environment. Sustain. Water Resour. Manag. 8, 147 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40899-022-00713-1
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