Groundwater vulnerability assessment using a composite model combining DRASTIC with extensive agricultural land use in Israel's Sharon region

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-57

  Secunda, S ^a   Collin, M L ^b   Melloul, A J ^b  

^a Israel Ministry of the Environmental Protection   (Israel)

^b Hydrological Service of Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

Composite DRASTIC model; DRASTIC; GIS; Groundwater vunerability; Land use pollution

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; AQUIFER MEDIUM; COMPOSITE DRASTIC MODEL; COMPOSITE MODELLING; DRASTIC; DRASTIC MODEL; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; GROUNDWATER VUNERABILITY; LAND USE POLLUTION; VUNERABILITY;

LAND USE;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GIS; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; METHODOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; ISRAEL; LAND USE; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; RISK; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ISRAEL; SHARON;

EID: 0032170141     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.1998.0221     Document Type: Article

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