Hydrogeological vulnerability and pollution risk mapping of the Saq and overlying aquifers using the DRASTIC model and GIS techniques, NW Saudi Arabia

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1303-1318

  Ahmed, Izrar ^a,b   Nazzal, Yousef ^c,d   Zaidi, Faisal K ^c   Al Arifi, Nassir S N ^c   Ghrefat, Habes ^c   Naeem, Muhammad ^c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Arriyadh Development Authority   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d ABU DHABI UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Aquifer vulnerability; Arid region; Groundwater pollution; Recharge potential; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND USE; POLLUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

AQUIFER VULNERABILITY; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; QUALITY DETERIORATIONS; RECHARGE POTENTIAL; SAUDI ARABIA; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARID REGION; GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; RECHARGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBANIZATION; VULNERABILITY; WATER SUPPLY;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84932194886     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4120-5     Document Type: Article

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