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HYDROGEOLOGY JOURNAL
Volume 8, Issue 3, Pages 337-345Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s100400000068
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vulnerability; karst; groundwater protection; sensitivity analysis; Belgium
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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.
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