A GIS-based susceptibility indexing method for irrigation and drinking water management planning: Application to Chebba-Mellouleche Aquifer, Tunisia

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1683-1690

  Saidi, Salwa ^a   Bouri, Salem ^a   Ben Dhia, Hamed ^a   Anselme, Brice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Chebba Mellouleche Aquifer; DRASTIC; Susceptibility index; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; CHEBBA-MELLOULECHE AQUIFER; CLASSIFICATION ,; DATA SETS; DRASTIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; HIGH QUALITY; HYDROCHEMICAL DATA; HYDROCHEMICALS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; HYDROGEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; INDEXING METHODS; IRRIGATION WATER QUALITY; MANAGEMENT PLANNING; QUALITY INDICES; SEMI-ARID REGION; SUSCEPTIBILITY INDEX; TUNISIA; VULNERABILITY INDEX;

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); IRRIGATION; PLANNING; POTABLE WATER; QUALITY ASSURANCE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; CLASSIFICATION; DRINKING WATER; GIS; IRRIGATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY;

AFRICA; MAHDIA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

EID: 70349180164     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2009.07.005     Document Type: Review

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