Analysis of groundwater prospects in the study area of kalyandurg, brahmasamudram and setturu mandals of anantapur district, ap, india: using remote sensing and gis techniques

The present Study Area of Kalyandurg, Brahmasamudram and Setturu mandals are located worst drought prone area of Rayalaseema Region of Andhra Pradesh. The Groundwater Resources are not exploited properly. The present study was under taken to analysis the groundwater potential zones by using IRS - P6 LISS IV FMX (False Colour Composite).Remote Sensing and geographical information system (GIS) has become one of the leading tools in the field of groundwater research, which helps in assessing, monitoring, and conserving groundwater resources, thematic maps such as geology, geomorphology, soil hydrological group, land use / land cover and drainage map were prepared for the study area Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques by analyzing the IRS Multiband data of LISS IV and Merged data. From the analysis of the groundwater potential zones with excellent, very good, good, moderate and poor prospects are observed in the three mandals of the study area, it is observed that high potential zones are mainly located along lineaments and in the floodplain areas, pediment areas, Alluvial fills, valley fills are good potential zones, the geomorphic units like buried pediplains, peniplains and denundational hills are moderate to good groundwater prospective zones. Undulating upland and buried pediments with intermontane valley, mainly confined in undulating upland, Inselberg are the regions of poor groundwater prospecting zones.