Spatial Analysis to Determine Groundwater Recharge Area in Purworejo Regency, Central Java Province/Indonesia

The impact of land use change will lead to a reduction of the land that is supposed to be for the groundwater recharge area. The area which is previously as a protected area, becoming a cultivated area. Determination of groundwater recharge areas is needed to ensure the availability of groundwater in Purworejo regency. The objective of this study is at determining the suitability of land use for groundwater recharge areas. The method was developed by using spatial analysis tool based on rating and weighting value of some parameters, i.e. rock permeability, rainfall, land use, soil type, slope, and depth of groundwater depth. Results conduct that the groundwater recharge area covers around 42,192 ha. Most of the groundwater recharge areas are located in the protected area, but there are several occupied by cultivated areas.


Introducing
Space is the place that includes land space, sea space, and airspace, including space in the earth as a unity of territory, where humans and other living creatures, perform activities and maintain its survival. Space utilisation is an effort to realise space structure and spatial pattern by the spatial plan through the preparation and implementation of the program and its financing [1].
In general, the spatial plan of an area is more likely to consider the economic values than the environmental values. As a result of these trends, much of the land that should be a protected area (including groundwater recharge areas), is not functioning correctly. Sometimes even diverted its function into industrial areas, settlements, trade, offices, and others [2]. Therefore, the expected sustainable spatial planning should consider the limitations of the quantity and quality of water resources. As economic entities, water resources must be managed as economic goods through the principles of sustainable resource management [3].
Groundwater recharge refers to the entry of water from the unsaturated zone into the saturated zone below the water table surface, together with the associated flow away from the water table within the saturated zone [2]. Recharge occurs when water flows past the groundwater level and infiltrates into the saturated zone. It is an essential water component of the circulation cycle in nature [4].
Sustainable groundwater management is essential for the conservation of groundwater in groundwater discharge areas. Purworejo Regency argued notably in how they express sustainable energy and low-carbon goals. The growth of development in Purworejo Regency has contributed to the conversion of land which resulted in the reduction of the area for groundwater infiltration. The reduced groundwater recharge area causes groundwater filling to be disrupted and results in a decrease in groundwater availability [5]. This decrease in groundwater availability can disrupt the development process and the social problems of the community [5].
Land use is characterized by the arrangements, activities and inputs people undertake in a specific land cover type to produce, change or maintain it. It is a series of operations on land, carried out by man, with the intention to obtain products and/or benefits from using land resources [6].
Land use change is defined as a change in a type of land use to other uses. Land conversion may be permanently and may also be temporary. If the agricultural irrigated agricultural land is transformed into housing or industry, then the transfer of this land function is permanent. Land conversion is a mechanism that brings demand and supply to land and produces new land with different production system characteristics. The phenomenon of land conversion is part of the journey of transformation of the national economic structure [7].
The Remote Sensing and GIS tools have opened new paths in water resources studies. Remote sensing provides multi-spectral, multi-temporal and multi-sensor data of the earth's surface. One of the most considerable advantages of using remote sensing and GIS for hydrological investigations and monitoring is its ability to generate information in the spatial and temporal domain which is very crucial for successful analysis, prediction and validation [8]. With the development of remote-sensing technology and its spatially accurate performance in georeference processes, the factors influential to groundwater prospect zonation can be more easily identified on a broad scale [9]. Geospatial technologies have become a vital tool in water studies due to their capability in developing spatiotemporal information and effectiveness in spatial data analysis and prediction [10]. Various studies have been carried out throughout the world to identify the groundwater recharge potential zones by employing remote sensing and GIS techniques [11][12][13][14][15].

Study Area
Geographically Purworejo Regency is located on the coast of the Indian Ocean, in the southern part of Java Island at coordinates 7° 32 ' to 7° 54' South Latitue and 109° 47'28 " to 110° 8'20" East Longitude (Fig. 1

Collecting Data
A field campaign conducted primary data collection by a hydrogeological mapping. Measuring the water table of an unconfined aquifer, collecting water sample to analyse electrical conductivity value and pH, as well as rock type data, were the main activities in the hydrogeological mapping. Secondary data is obtained by a survey to the Regional Public Works Office of Purworejo Regency, and the Energy and Mineral Resources Agency in Central Java Province. Secondary data were used such as rainfall data from 2013 to 2017, soil type, land use, slope, and regional geological and hydrogeological map data.

Data Analysis
Geographic Information System (GIS) and data scoring to identify the potential groundwater recharge area were used in spatial data analysis. The analysis was then continued to assess the Spatial Planning of Purworejo regency based on the result of the groundwater recharge area.

Weighting
Determination of the groundwater recharge area map was developed by using weighting method and parameter scoring based on previously applied [18] with the modification of parameter classification, i.e. rock permeability, rainfall, land use, soil cover, slope and groundwater depth. Each parameter influences for developing groundwater recharge was differentiated by the weight value as shown in Table 1. The parameter that has the highest weight was the ability of infiltration of groundwater while the lowest was groundwater depth. The details class of each parameter were listed in Table 2.
According to [18], for defining the groundwater recharge area was carried out in the following stages: 1) Provide weight value of each parameter.
2) Specify the class rating of each parameter.
3) Summing the results of the multiplication between weight and rating values on each parameter. 4) Classify the groundwater recharge area based on the value of recharge, which is summing the multiplication between weight and rating values on each parameter with the formula in the equation 1.  Classification of total value for defining groundwater recharge area was shown in Table 3. After obtaining the map of recharge and discharge areas of groundwater in Purworejo regency, the analysis was then continued by overlying the map to the spatial planning map of Purworejo regency in the year 2010-2030 for assessing recommendation of the function of the spatial area.

Determination of Groundwater Recharge area
The groundwater recharge area is obtained through spatial analysis of several parameters that influence the groundwater infiltration, i.e. Rocks permeability, Rainfall, Land Use, Type of soil, Slope, and Groundwater depth of the unconfined aquifer. The final result of the weighting of the geospatial analysis shows the location of the groundwater recharge area.

Rocks permeability
Parameter coefficient of permeability is the highest value for assessing groundwater recharge with weight 6. The coefficient of permeability is associated with how easily a liquid move through a permeable layer. The fracture systems such as joins, dykes and porosity have influenced the capacity and specific storage of groundwater among the various rock types [22]. Rocks permeability is obtained from the type of rocks in the study site. The types of rocks in the study sites are breccia, sandstone, andesite rock, limestone, marl and tuff. According to [23], breccia rocks have a hydraulic conductivity value of 270 m/day; sandstone is around 3.1 m/day; limestone and andesite are 0.94 m/day and 0.0002 m/day, respectively. From the mapping, the coefficient of permeability is around 10 1 -10 3 m/day spread over an area of 14,064.78 ha; Rocks permeability 10 -2 -10 1 m/day covers 726,5072 ha. The rocks permeability which is around 10 -4 -10 -2 covering 65,797.59 ha while less than 10 -4 spreads over 27,391.67 ha. Thus, the rating of rock permeability is ranging from 1 to 5. The highest rating indicates the highest level of rock permeability.

Rainfall
The parameter of rainfall becomes the next most influential factor with the weight 5. The higher the rainfall rate in a region, the possibility to infiltrate into the ground is getting higher. The number of rain stations taken in the study area is 27 sites. In the study area, the rainfall < 3,000 mm/year area occurs in an area of 60,531.16 ha; rainfall rate is in the range 3,000 -4,000 mm/year covers 35,759.02 ha; and rainfall more than 4,000 mm/year spreads around 11,690.5 ha. The highest rainfall rate indicates the highest rating to determine the groundwater recharge area Land use becomes the next determining factor for groundwater infiltration. The settlements area will be difficult for groundwater to infiltrate into the soil, and vice versa for land use forest, it will more easily infiltrate water into the soil.

Land Use
The centre areas are dominantly by rice field and housing while the forest, garden, brush and empty land are located to the north. In the south, which is located the nearby the Indian Ocean, is mainly dominated by swamp, garden and rarely housing.

Type of soil
On the type of soil map at the study site consists of 4 types, namely regosol, latosol, latosol and alluvial soils. Alluvial and latosol have a better ability to absorb groundwater than regosol. The total area of regosol is 5,433,598 ha while alluvial is up to 29,466.75 ha and Latosol is around 10,235.91 ha.

Slope
The slope is a factor that affects the water infiltration, the higher the level of the slope, then the potential to absorb water is more significant. The slope of the research area shows that the flat areas are located in the south and the centre while the gentle to steep slopes are mainly in the north. These areas have a range of slope from 10° to above 40°.

Groundwater depth
The survey point of groundwater level of the unconfined aquifer was performed on 64 sample points. The groundwater depth of the unconfined aquifer is ranging from 1 to 15 meters. It is classified into 5 categories that comprises a depth of <2.5 meters covering 35,316.69 ha; 2.5 -5 meters covering 38,026.77 ha; depth 5 -7,5 meters covering 27,673.8 ha; depth of 7.5 -10 meters covering 6,616.138 ha; and depth > 10 meters area of 347,278 ha.

Recharge and Discharge Area of Groundwater
The result of a map of recharge and discharge areas based on the six parameters performed by weighting using spatial analysis (Fig. 2). The recharge areas are spreading in the northern area which is in a hilly area with an area of 42,192.14 hectares and a groundwater discharge area spread over an area of 65,788.53 ha in the centre and the south.

Suitability with Spatial Planning Map
The groundwater recharge area that has been obtained, it was then overlaid to the Spatial Planning map of Purworejo Regency to highlight the level of compliance with the use of the area. From the result of the spatial analysis of groundwater recharge potential areas, it is found that most of the groundwater recharge areas are located in the protected area (Fig. 3). However, there are several uses of the cultivated area located in the groundwater recharge area.
Groundwater recharge areas which are converted as cultivation areas include production forest around 6,587.746 ha, dryland farming area of 7,781.1 ha, wetland farming area of 3,338.387 ha, and settlement area of 627.351 ha.

Conclusion
The recharge area is a protected area that should be used to protect other cultivated activities. Based on the spatial analysis of groundwater recharge area, there is a potential area of groundwater recharge area of 42,192.14 ha. Assessing the groundwater recharge area which is overlaying to the Spatial Planning map in Purworejo regency, there is still some land use that should be used for protected areas (as groundwater recharge) however it is utilized as the cultivation area. It should be concerned to the regional government in the revision of the spatial plan for the protected area (groundwater recharge) so that it can be the environmental carrying capacity of protected areas and cultivation areas.