scholarly journals Spatial mapping for Groundwater Vulnerability to Pollution Risk Assessment Using DRASTIC Model in Ponnaiyar River Basin, South India

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 355-364
Author(s):  
Ingershal G. Ravindranath ◽  
Venugopal Thirukumaran
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Groundwater Contamination ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Groundwater Pollution ◽  
Risk Index ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Drastic Model ◽  
Pollution Risk ◽  
Contamination Risk ◽  
Ponnaiyar River

Groundwater is the principle source of drinking water and protection of groundwater quality is an important issue meets out the increasing population and agricultural practices. The present research an attempt made to develop DRASTIC model to understand the groundwater contamination risk in Ponnaiyar River Basin (PRB), Tamil Nadu, India using geographical information system (GIS). GIS have been shown to be useful tools for assessing groundwater pollution hazard. According to Central Ground Water Board reports the PRB categorized by semi-critical groundwater development. In view of the extensive reliance on this basin, contamination of PRB groundwater became an alarming issue. To assess groundwater contamination risk in the PRB the parameters such as Groundwater depth, Net recharge, Aquifer media, Soil media, Topography, Impact of vadose zone and Hydraulic conductivity were selected. Based on the importance of groundwater contamination all the parameters were assigned to rank and weights. Then all the themes were integrated and classified into five categories such as very low (9.33%), low (26.54%), moderate (34.77%), high (22.38%) and very high (6.98) risk. To validate the DRASTIC model, nitrate concentration was selected and found that it is 81.53% accurate which reflects that, DRASTIC model is appropriate to understand groundwater pollution risk assessment. In the GSB groundwater is contaminated mainly due to extensive use of groundwater extraction for agriculture purpose. Groundwater risk index assessment is an effective tool for groundwater management in the PRB.

Groundwater Pollution Risk Assessment in the Quanzhou Area

2013 ◽  
Vol 807-809 ◽  
pp. 1469-1472
Author(s):  
Li Tang Hu ◽  
Tong Gao ◽  
Jing Rui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Groundwater Pollution ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Risk Index ◽  
Expert Evaluation ◽  
Pollution Load ◽  
Drastic Model ◽  
Multi Index ◽  
Pollution Risk ◽  
Index Evaluation ◽  
Expert Evaluation Method

Groundwater pollution under the intense of human activities in the Quanzhou coastal area strongly threatens the supply safety of groundwater sources. Based on hydrogeological conditions and the pollution load in this field, the multi-index evaluation method of pollution sources and improved DRASTIC model were employed to assess groundwater pollution risk. The rating and weights of each important factor were determined by expert evaluation method and three-level groundwater pollution risk index were obtained using ARCGIS software. The results show that groundwater pollution risk at the industrial-intensive areas are dominant. So it is necessary for government to control the emmision of pollutant from inducstry in the Quanzhou area.

scholarly journals Using intrinsic vulnerability and anthropogenic impacts to evaluate and compare groundwater risk potential at northwestern and western coastal aquifers of Sri Lanka through coupling DRASTIC and GIS approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ratha Phok ◽  
Nandalal Kosgallana Duwage Wasantha ◽  
Weerakoon Sumana Bandara ◽  
Pitawala Herath Mudiyanselage Thalapitiye Ge ◽  
Dharmagunawardhane Hingure Arachchilage
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Groundwater Contamination ◽  
Anthropogenic Impacts ◽  
Shallow Groundwater ◽  
Monitoring Network ◽  
Groundwater Vulnerability ◽  
Moderate Risk ◽  
Pollution Risk ◽  
Intrinsic Vulnerability ◽  
Contamination Risk

AbstractGroundwater vulnerability assessment has become a crucial step in successfully protecting groundwater against pollution. An attempt of this study has been made to evaluate groundwater contamination risk using intrinsic vulnerability and land-uses in Vanathavillu, Kalpitiya and Katana area in Sri Lanka, using coupled DRASTIC with GIS as feasible methodology. The findings reveal that the groundwater in the areas under study falls under very low to high contamination risk. The higher risk of contamination has been identified in most of the Kalpitiya (about 82%) with the moderate along the beach in the west and next to Puttalam lagoon in the northeast and southeast. This is mainly due to pollution risk inherent with intense vegetable cultivation, over pumping, shallow groundwater tables and permeable sandy soil. Vanathavillu is under very low to moderate contamination risk, in which the moderate risk (about 13%) has especially been found the center, central southwest and west of the area. The relative less deep groundwater tables, possible seepage from the underlying limestone aquifer and less permeable red earth soil could be cause for the moderate risk in the area. Furthermore, results show that the Katana has low to moderately high groundwater contamination risk. Nitrate has a good agreement with the different pollution risk classes and that nitrate can be used as an indicator of aquifer degradation inherent with land-use activities in the coastal areas. Groundwater quality monitoring network should be set up to minimize the anthropogenic acts, particularly in high and moderate contamination risk zones.

scholarly journals Probabilistic indicators for soil and groundwater contamination risk assessment

2020 ◽  
Vol 115 ◽  
pp. 106424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniele la Cecilia ◽  
Giovanni M. Porta ◽  
Fiona H.M. Tang ◽  
Monica Riva ◽  
Federico Maggi
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Groundwater Contamination ◽  
Contamination Risk
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