Groundwater risk assessment model (GRAM): Groundwater risk assessment model for wellfield protection

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1419-1439

  Somaratne, Nara ^a   Zulfic, Hajrudin ^a   Ashman, Glyn ^a   Vial, Hayley ^a   Swaffer, Brooke ^a   Frizenschaf, Jacqueline ^a  

^a SA WATER   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquifer vulnerability; Risk assessment; Risk management; Town water supply

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IMPURITIES; LAND USE; OIL WELL DRILLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

AQUIFER VULNERABILITY; GEOPHYSICAL METHODS; GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY; HIGH-RISK SYSTEMS; OPERATIONAL PRACTICES; PATHWAY COMPONENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT MODELS; WELL CONSTRUCTIONS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

BIOINDICATOR; BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; RESIDENCE TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WELL WATER;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84885351524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w5031419     Document Type: Article

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