[en] Applying the EPIK parametric method, a vulnerability assessment has been made for a small karstic groundwater system in southern Belgium. The aquifer is a karstified limestone of Devonian age. A map of intrinsic vulnerability of the aquifer and of the local water-supply system shows three vulnerability areas. A parameter-balance study and a sensitivity analysis were performed to evaluate the influence of single parameters on aquifer-vulnerability assessment using the EPIK method. This approach provides a methodology for the evaluation of vulnerability mapping and for more reliable interpretation of vulnerability indices for karst groundwater resources.
Disciplines :
Geological, petroleum & mining engineering
Author, co-author :
Gogu, Radu Constantin; Université de Liège - ULiège > Géologie Appliquée > Laboratoires de Géologie de l'Ingénieur, d'Hydrogéologie et de Prospection Géophysique
Dassargues, Alain ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département Argenco : Secteur GEO3 > Hydrogéologie & Géologie de l'environnement
Language :
English
Title :
Sensitivity analysis for the EPIK vulnerability assessment in a local karstic aquifer
Publication date :
2000
Journal title :
Hydrogeology Journal
ISSN :
1431-2174
eISSN :
1435-0157
Publisher :
Springer Science & Business Media B.V., New York, United States - New York
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