Groundwater vulnerability assessment in shallow aquifer of Kathmandu Valley using GIS-based DRASTIC model

Environmental Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1569-1578

  Pathak, Dhundi Raj ^a   Hiratsuka, Akira ^a   Awata, Isao ^a   Chen, Luonan ^a  

^a OSAKA SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DRASTIC; GIS; Groundwater vulnerability; Nepal; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER VULNERABILITY; DIGITAL DATA; DRASTIC; DRASTIC MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOLOGICAL FACTORS; GIS; GROUND WATER LEVEL; GROUNDWATER AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER SOURCES; GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY; INDUSTRIAL USE; KATHMANDU; LAND SURFACE; NEPAL; OVEREXPLOITATION; POLLUTED RIVERS; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SINGLE PARAMETER;

AQUIFERS; COMPETITION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LANDFORMS; PLANNING; RIVER POLLUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GIS; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFILTRATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY; WATER LEVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; KATHMANDU VALLEY; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67650088889     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1432-8     Document Type: Article

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