Assessment of Pollution Risk Mapping Methods in an Eastern Mediterranean Catchment

• Autorzy: Michalopoulos D. , Dimitriou E.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.12911/22998993/79646

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The protection and preservation of good groundwater quality is of critical importance worldwide, nowadays. Increasing urbanization, economic development and agricultural activities, combined with limited precipitation contribute to the quantitative and qualitative degradation of groundwater resources, especially in the eastern Mediterranean region. For this purpose, a series of actions are implemented including groundwater vulnerability mapping that can depict prone to pollution aquifers which need protection and/or restoration measures. In this study, the efficiency of two well-known methodologies (COP and DRASTIC) for groundwater vulnerability and pollution risk mapping was assessed in the Sperchios river basin. The vulnerability and pollution risk maps of the two methodologies were spatially compared to each other and the observed similarities and differences were discussed and explained. The output of the study shows that in the particular geoenvironmental conditions DRASTIC method performs better than the COP, particularly in the lowland, porous media aquifer.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

vulnerability mapping; pollution risk mapping; groundwater pollution; COP; DRASTIC

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Inżynierii Ekologicznej ; Lublin University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Journal of Ecological Engineering
• Rocznik: 2018
• Tom: Vol. 19, nr 1
• Strony: 55--68
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 29 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Michalopoulos D.

• Hellenic Open University, School of Science and Technology, Patras, Greece

autor

Dimitriou E.

• Hellenic Open University, School of Science and Technology, Patras, Greece
• Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Inland Waters, Anavissos, Attika, Greece

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2018).