The Visualization and Analytics of Groundwater Flow Direction using Program R Case Study: Amphoe Banna and Amphoe Muang in Nakhon-Nayok Province

Abstract

Groundwater has become an essential resource over the past few decades due to climate change, which highly increases the demand for using freshwater and agriculture. The assessment of an efficient groundwater area (EGA) for boring is then a significant criterion in matching water demand and supply. The main objective of this study is to apply the Program R for visualizing and analyzing groundwater flow direction and hydraulic gradient in case study of Amphoe Banna and Muang in Nakhon-Nayok province more efficiently for the assessment of EGA. The study indicates that the application of technology for data visualization and analytics can contribute to find the EGA where is effective for groundwater boring. In addition, the results of study show that the south part of Amphoe Banna and Amphoe Muang in Nakhon-Nayok Province is probably as a suitable area for groundwater boring due to groundwater flow direction and higher hydraulic gradient in the south part of the study area. Moreover, the tool of this study can be used for groundwater management in many sections such as searching an area for groundwater boing, planning the protection and treatment of contaminated groundwater in a waste and mining sites etc.