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Assessment of Runoff Potential for Identification of Suitable Sites for Rainwater Harvesting Structures in Jhal Watershed of Bemetara District

Author(s) Prof. Dr. Mahendra Prasad Tripathi, Ms. Divyanshu Ganjir, Dr. Pramod Tiwary
Country India
Abstract The present investigation deals with the use of geospatial techniques for assessment of runoff potential based on SCS-CN model and identification of suitable sites for rain water harvesting structures in Jhal watershed of Bemetara district in Chhattisgarh. The total area of watershed is 3250 ha which receives 1200-1500 mm average annual rainfall. Various maps like watershed boundary, digital Elevation Model (DEM), aspect, contour, slope, Hydrological soil group (HSG), Curve Number (CN), drainage and land use/cove were generated in the environment of ArcGIS. The majority of watershed area has very gently sloping (0-3%) lands. More than 80% area of the watershed is under agricultural (2698 ha) and paddy is cultivated as a major kharif crop. More than 75% area of the watershed (2510 ha) has very deep clayey soils occurring on the very gentle to gentle sloping land (< 5% slope) with low permeability or infiltration rate. Maximum watershed area (2510 ha) have C and D Hydrological Soil Groups.

Results revealed that for the period of 2014-2018, the year 2018 had the highest annual rainfall of 1398.8 mm with coefficient of variance of 112.2 % for the monthly rainfall. The runoff potential of the watershed was estimated by using SCS-CN method and geospatial techniques for the period of 2014-2018. The year of 2018 was a rainfall excess (15%) year whereas the year of 2015 was a deficit year as it received rainfall less than 75% of normal rainfall. The year of 2018 contributed the highest runoff volume of 28.27 Mm3 and the year of 2015 contributed the lowest runoff volume of 15.39 Mm3.

Thematic layers, viz., land use/cover, slope, HSG, soil texture and soil depth were considered for identification of appropriate places for conservation measures. Weights were also considered which has been determined by using AHP and Satty’s criteria along with weighted linear combination 0.41, 0.25, 0.16, 0.13 and 0.05 were assigned to each layers, such as land use/cover, slope, HSG, soil texture and soil depth, respectively. The assignment of relative ranking was found to be consistent as CR is 6%, which is less than 10%. The entire area of the Jhal watershed was delineated into four suitability classes for rainwater harvesting structures. It was observed that the maximum area of watershed belongs to highly suitable class (8.0-9.0) for rainwater harvesting with an area about 2311 ha.

Based on the Integrated Mission for Sustainable Development (IMSD) guidelines, two types of rainwater harvesting structures namely check dam and farm ponds has been proposed other than existing structures. Total 6 sites for check dam and 30 sites for farm ponds were identified for the Jhal watershed. On the basis of this study, it can be concluded that the excess runoff from a watershed can be utilized more effectively by providing water harvesting structures.
Keywords GIS, Rainwater Harvesting, Remote Sensing, Runoff Potential, Suitable Site, Thematic Maps, Watershed
Field Engineering
Published In Volume 7, Issue 6, November-December 2025
Published On 2025-11-05
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i06.59543
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