Estimating groundwater vulnerability to pollution using a modified DRASTIC model in the Kerman agricultural area, Iran

A Neshat, B Pradhan, S Pirasteh… - Environmental earth …, 2014 - Springer
Groundwater contamination from intensive fertilizer application affects conservation areas in
a plain. The DRASTIC model can be applied in the evaluation of groundwater vulnerability …

A review of groundwater contamination in West Bank, Palestine: quality, sources, risks, and management

A Zohud, L Alam - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
The contamination and shortages of drinking water in the West Bank are among the most
important challenges facing the Palestinian National Authority (PA) and the population …

Mapping the groundwater vulnerability for pollution at the pan African scale

I Ouedraogo, P Defourny, M Vanclooster - Science of the Total Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
We estimated vulnerability and pollution risk of groundwater at the pan-African scale. We
therefore compiled the most recent continental scale information on soil, land use, geology …

Groundwater susceptibility assessment using the GIS based DRASTIC-LU model in the Noyyal river area of South India

M Shanmugamoorthy, A Subbaiyan, L Elango… - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Various human activities have the potential to contaminate groundwater. The characteristics
of an aquifer, as well as those of the rocks and soils above it, as well as its thickness in the …

Risk assessment framework for nitrate contamination in groundwater for regional management

YG Teng, R Zuo, Y Xiong, J Wu, YZ Zhai, J Su - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nitrate pollution in groundwater is now one of the most important environmental problems all
over the world. For this purpose, a new framework for risk screening and assessment of …

Cross comparison of five popular groundwater pollution vulnerability index approaches

K Brindha, L Elango - Journal of Hydrology, 2015 - Elsevier
Identification of a suitable overlay and index method to map vulnerable zones for pollution in
weathered rock aquifers was carried out in this study. DRASTIC and four models derived …

Evaluation of groundwater vulnerability to pollution using DRASTIC framework and GIS

A Neshat, B Pradhan - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2017 - Springer
Groundwater management has a prominent role in the world especially in arid and semi-arid
areas which have a shortage of water, and due to this serious problem, many researchers …

Evolution of a hybrid approach for groundwater vulnerability assessment using hierarchical fuzzy-DRASTIC models in the Cuddalore Region, India

T Saranya, S Saravanan - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2021 - Springer
Uncertainty in the supply and demand and a lack of available freshwater resources require a
better management plan for sustainable development in agriculturally dependent …

Unlocking sustainable groundwater governance in secondary cities: Lessons from the assessment of groundwater vulnerability in a Coastal City of India

A Navaneeth, P Sreeda, TMV Maya, U Surendran… - Urban Climate, 2024 - Elsevier
Groundwater contamination and vulnerability in urbanised areas have emerged as pressing
environmental concerns that require urgent and sustained attention. Certain land use …

A GIS-based comparative groundwater vulnerability assessment using modified-DRASTIC, modified-SINTACS and NV index in a porous aquifer, Greece

MC Kirlas, DK Karpouzos, PE Georgiou… - Environments, 2023 - mdpi.com
Groundwater vulnerability assessment is of pivotal importance for the sustainable
management of groundwater resources, particularly in regions with intense agricultural …