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An operational methodology for determining relevant DRASTIC factors and their relative weights in the assessment of aquifer vulnerability to contamination
Environmental Earth Sciences ( IF 2.8 ) Pub Date : 2021-03-27 , DOI: 10.1007/s12665-021-09575-w
Lamine Boumaiza , Julien Walter , Romain Chesnaux , Karthikeyan Brindha , Lakshmanan Elango , Alain Rouleau , Przemyslaw Wachniew , Christine Stumpp

The DRASTIC index used to assess the vulnerability of aquifers to contamination, has been subject to various adjustments to improve its reliability. These adjustments include adding and/or eliminating certain aquifer factors and modifying the factor weights. Nonetheless, there is no consensus about which factors, or their respective weights, are most important for assessing aquifer vulnerability. In the present study, we propose an operational methodology that: (1) identifies the relevant factors for assessing aquifer vulnerability to contamination; and (2) determines the relative importance of the selected factors. We applied this approach to a large data set of granular aquifers from a region in Canada, which includes information for DRASTIC factors, combined with groundwater quality and land-use data. We found that for our study region, topography (terrain-slope) is an irrelevant factor for assessing the vulnerability of aquifers to contamination. On the other hand, the relevant factors ranked according to their relative importance (from highest to lowest), are (1) water table depth; (2) hydraulic conductivity; (3) characteristics of vadose zone materials; and (4) recharge. Our approach can serve as an initial step for identifying the relevant aquifer factors when assessing aquifer vulnerability and determining the relative importance of the relevant factors to validate weights attributed to these factors. Our methodology can help adapt index-based methods of aquifer vulnerability assessment to a range of study regions.



中文翻译:

在评估含水层易受污染性时确定相关DRASTIC因素及其相对权重的操作方法

用于评估含水层对污染的脆弱性的DRASTIC指数已经过各种调整,以提高其可靠性。这些调整包括添加和/或消除某些含水层因子,以及修改因子权重。但是,对于评估含水层脆弱性最重要的因素或它们各自的权重,尚未达成共识。在本研究中,我们提出一种操作方法,该方法:(1)确定评估含水层易受污染性的相关因素;(2)确定所选因素的相对重要性。我们将此方法应用于来自加拿大某个地区的大型含水层的大型数据集,其中包括DRASTIC因子的信息以及地下水质量和土地利用数据。我们发现对于我们的研究区域,地形(地形-坡度)是评估含水层对污染的脆弱性的不相关因素。另一方面,根据其相对重要性(从最高到最低)排列的相关因素包括:(1)地下水位深度;(2)水力传导率;(3)渗流带物质的特征;(4)充电。当评估含水层脆弱性并确定相关因素的相对重要性以验证归因于这些因素的权重时,我们的方法可以用作识别相关含水层因素的第一步。我们的方法可以帮助使基于指数的含水层脆弱性评估方法适应各种研究区域。根据其相对重要性(从最高到最低)排列的相关因素是:(1)地下水位深度;(2)水力传导率;(3)渗流带物质的特征;(4)充电。当评估含水层脆弱性并确定相关因素的相对重要性以验证归因于这些因素的权重时,我们的方法可以用作识别相关含水层因素的第一步。我们的方法可以帮助使基于指数的含水层脆弱性评估方法适应各种研究区域。根据其相对重要性(从最高到最低)排列的相关因素是:(1)地下水位深度;(2)水力传导率;(3)渗流带物质的特征;(4)充电。当评估含水层脆弱性并确定相关因素的相对重要性以验证归因于这些因素的权重时,我们的方法可以用作识别相关含水层因素的第一步。我们的方法可以帮助使基于指数的含水层脆弱性评估方法适应各种研究区域。当评估含水层脆弱性并确定相关因素的相对重要性以验证归因于这些因素的权重时,我们的方法可以用作识别相关含水层因素的第一步。我们的方法可以帮助使基于指数的含水层脆弱性评估方法适应各种研究区域。当评估含水层脆弱性并确定相关因素的相对重要性以验证归因于这些因素的权重时,我们的方法可以用作识别相关含水层因素的第一步。我们的方法可以帮助使基于指数的含水层脆弱性评估方法适应各种研究区域。

更新日期:2021-03-27
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