Development of DRASTIC Method Considering Land Use to Analyze the Potential of Aquifer Pollution in Semi-Arid Regions

Eftekhari, Mobin; Akbari, Mohammad

doi:10.22034/jewe.2020.236463.1374

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Mobin Eftekhari ¹
Mohammad Akbari ²

¹ M.Sc. Alumni, Department of Civil Engineering, and Young Researchers and Elite Club, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran

² Assist. Professor. Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22034/jewe.2020.236463.1374

Abstract

Groundwater vulnerability assessment is important in order to prioritize these resources from the perspective of exploitation, management and control of pollution in different areas. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the qualitative vulnerability of Birjand plain aquifer using DRASTIC-LU model. In this research, the DRASTIC base model with the land use parameter of the developed lands was used. In this method, the basic model parameters including groundwater depth, net nutrition, aquifer environment, soil type, topography, unsaturated area constituents, and hydraulic guidance were analyzed in GIS environment along with land use variable as a model development based on standard weights and the vulnerability zoning map was prepared. Vulnerability zoning map of DRASTIC-LU model showed that 62.27, 25.07, 17.17, and 2.38% of the area have low to medium, medium to high, low and high vulnerability, respectively. In addition, the sensitivity analysis of the model used to evaluate the assigned weights was performed. To validate the model, the correlation of the model with the nitrate concentration was performed; the obtained correlation of 86% indicated the appropriate correlation of this model with the nitrate concentration as an indicator of groundwater pollution.

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water resource management

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Environment and Water Engineering

Development of DRASTIC Method Considering Land Use to Analyze the Potential of Aquifer Pollution in Semi-Arid Regions

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Volume 6, Issue 4
December 2020
Pages 345-359

Development of DRASTIC Method Considering Land Use to Analyze the Potential of Aquifer Pollution in Semi-Arid Regions

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Volume 6, Issue 4December 2020Pages 345-359

Volume 6, Issue 4
December 2020
Pages 345-359