Assessment and Estimating Groundwater Vulnerability to Pollution Using a Modified DRASTIC and GODS Models (Case Study: Malayer Plain of Iran)

Assessing the groundwater vulnerability to pollution using DRASTIC and SINTACS models, case study: Evan Plain, south west of Iran

Assessment of Social Vulnerability to the adverse effects of air pollution: A case study: Sistan Plain

Background & Aim: The Sistan region with over 320 dry days is one of the focal points of the rainstorms, and every year the number of days with dust increases, which results in socio-economic consequences for more than 400,000 people in the region. This study investigated the social vulnerability of the population to air pollution with a different perspective. Methods: The present study is a d...

Qualitative Assessment of the Coastal Plain of Talesh using the Modified DRASTIC Vulnerability Method

Given the fact that the DRASTIC index is ineffective in addressing the saltwater uprising issue in coastal plains, in the present study, three factors including land use, distance to shoreline, and differences between groundwater and sea level were added to the DRASTIC index. The proposed modification to DRASTIC was validated using the measured electrical conductivity (EC) data gathered from gr...

Optimization of DRASTIC method by artificial neural network, nitrate vulnerability index, and composite DRASTIC models to assess groundwater vulnerability for unconfined aquifer of Shiraz Plain, Iran

BACKGROUND Extensive human activities and unplanned land uses have put groundwater resources of Shiraz plain at a high risk of nitrate pollution, causing several environmental and human health issues. To address these issues, water resources managers utilize groundwater vulnerability assessment and determination of protection. This study aimed to prepare the vulnerability maps of Shiraz aquifer...

investigation of nitrate concentrations in groundwater resources of marand plain and groundwater vulnerability assessment using avi and gods methods

introduction more than 90% of drinking water in cities around the world and about 40% of the agricultural water supply from groundwater resources.,thus, groundwater quality consideration issue is inevitable . one of the most important parameter which can show the quality of drinking water is nitrate concentration. nitrate enters the groundwater and surface water through the decomposition of hum...