• Mr. Prashant Nawale
• Mr. Akshay Kulkarni
• Mr. Niraj Jadhav
• Mrs.Kamini Bagad

Due to the changing climate, uneven rainfall, varying topographical conditions, rapid growth of population and increase in water demand has led to a scarcity of water. The problem is much serious in rural areas where lack of infrastructure has made water a topmost priority issue. The rural part of India is directly dependent on groundwater as no adequate provisions are being made for a sustainable supply of water. Excessive utilization of groundwater has led to a decrease in the groundwater levels. Most of the year open wells, farm ponds, tanks, are found to be empty due to low groundwater level, less infiltration and haphazard use of groundwater. For improving the groundwater level, percolation is an important factor. Percolation is dependant on various parameters such as the slope of the terrain, nature of the soil, temperature, humidity, the rate of evaporation, vegetation, rate and intensity of rainfall, etc. The objective of this paper is to prioritize and categorize water scarcity zones using global weather and soil data with the help of QGIS software. These water scarcity zones will be divided on the basis of groundwater availability which then, will be divided into high, medium and low scarcity zones. These zones will be helpful for providing remedial measures to improve groundwater level in the study area.

"IDENTIFICATION AND CATEGORIZATION OF WATER SCARCITY ZONES IN PURANDHAR TALUKA IN PUNE DISTRICT BY USING ‘QGIS’", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.364-367, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBO06069.pdf

"IDENTIFICATION AND CATEGORIZATION OF WATER SCARCITY ZONES IN PURANDHAR TALUKA IN PUNE DISTRICT BY USING ‘QGIS’", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp364-367, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBO06069.pdf