Improved DRASTIC method for assessment of groundwater vulnerability to generic aqueous-phase contaminants

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 92, Issue , 2006, Pages 393-402

  Jovanovic, N Z ^a   Adams, S ^a   Thomas, A ^a   Fey, M ^b   Beekman, H E ^c   Campbell, R ^c   Saayman, I ^c   Conrad, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^d GEOSS   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Decay; DRASTIC; Groundwater vulnerability; Hydraulic conductivity; Preferential flow; Recharge; Sorption; Travel time; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; TRAVEL TIME; VADOSE ZONE; VULNERABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 36148963647     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/WM060421     Document Type: Article

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