Assessment and map** of groundwater vulnerability to pollution: Current status and challenges

D Machiwal, MK Jha, VP Singh, C Mohan - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Increasing groundwater contamination across the globe triggered the concept of “aquifer
vulnerability”, which has been extensively used worldwide during past three to four decades …

A comprehensive review of groundwater vulnerability assessment using index-based, modelling, and coupling methods

D Goyal, AK Haritash, SK Singh - Journal of Environmental Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Groundwater has become increasingly vulnerable to quality degradation. An elaborate
understanding of its flow, draft, recharge and pollutant transport processes needs to be …

[HTML][HTML] Groundwater vulnerability assessment using GIS-based DRASTIC model in Nangasai River Basin, India with special emphasis on agricultural contamination

A Bera, BP Mukhopadhyay, P Chowdhury… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nangasai basin is a semi-arid watershed where agriculture is the main source of economy.
In present day, increasing population demands increase in food productivity which leads to …

Reverse ion exchange as a major process controlling the groundwater chemistry in an arid environment: a case study from northwestern Saudi Arabia

FK Zaidi, Y Nazzal, MK Jafri, M Naeem… - Environmental Monitoring …, 2015 - Springer
Assessment of groundwater quality is of utmost significance in arid regions like Saudi Arabia
where the lack of present-day recharge and high evaporation rates coupled with increasing …

[HTML][HTML] Groundwater vulnerability to contamination in the gulf cooperation council region: A review

F Baig, M Sherif, A Sefelnasr, MA Faiz - Groundwater for Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aquifer vulnerability arises from the degradation of groundwater quality due to a wide range
of contaminants and pollutants. The escalating concern regarding groundwater …

[HTML][HTML] A high-resolution nitrate vulnerability assessment of sandy aquifers (DRASTIC-N)

DD Voutchkova, J Schullehner, P Rasmussen… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Groundwater protection against agricultural diffuse nitrate pollution is of paramount
importance for safeguarding groundwater-dependent aquatic ecosystems and protecting …

A comparative study of groundwater vulnerability methods in a porous aquifer in Greece

MC Kirlas, DΚ Karpouzos, PE Georgiou… - Applied Water …, 2022 - Springer
Groundwater vulnerability assessment is critical for the effective groundwater management,
particularly in areas with significant anthropogenic activities, such as agriculture. In this …

A GIS-based DRASTIC model and an adjusted DRASTIC model (DRASTICA) for groundwater susceptibility assessment along the China–Pakistan economic corridor …

A Maqsoom, B Aslam, U Khalil… - … International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Land use types and anthropogenic activities represent considerable threats to groundwater
pollution. To effectively monitor the groundwater quality, it is vital to measure pollution levels …

Groundwater vulnerability assessment of an urban coastal phreatic aquifer in India using GIS-based DRASTIC model

AM Nair, KR Prasad, R Srinivas - Groundwater for Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
The groundwater pollution in shallow aquifers is usually an outcome of urbanisation
resulting from the discharge of industrial and domestic effluents. Maps of aquifer …

Identification of potential artificial groundwater recharge zones in Northwestern Saudi Arabia using GIS and Boolean logic

FK Zaidi, Y Nazzal, I Ahmed, M Naeem… - Journal of African Earth …, 2015 - Elsevier
Identifying potential groundwater recharge zones is a pre-requisite for any artificial recharge
project. The present study focuses on identifying the potential zones of Artificial Groundwater …