Sensitivity Analysis for the Epik Method of Vulnerability Assessment in a Small Karstic Aquifer, Southern Belgium
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Hydrogeology Journal
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Publication Date
10-1-2002
Volume Number
8
Abstract
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.
Keywords
vulnerability, karst, groundwater protection, sensitivity analysis, Belgium
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Article
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s100400050019
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Gogu, Radu Constantin and Dassargues, Alain, "Sensitivity Analysis for the Epik Method of Vulnerability Assessment in a Small Karstic Aquifer, Southern Belgium" (2002). KIP Articles. 6084.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/6084
