Standardization of vulnerability maps |
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Authors: | Christoph Neukum Heinz Hötzl |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Applied Geology, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany |
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Abstract: | Groundwater vulnerability assessment schemes are used for the estimation of potential groundwater contamination at different
scales and on different administrative levels. However, the term vulnerability is not standardized and the available methods
are not able to give a unique assessment of vulnerability creating thus uncertainty in the interpretation and in further application
concerning decision creation processes. To judge the information of vulnerability maps certainly and to value the general
trends of vulnerability assessment of different methods, four different vulnerability methods of the parametric system group
have been applied on a karst area in southwestern Germany to perform a comparative assessment and correlation of these vulnerability
assessment methods, namely DRASTIC, PI, EPIK, and GLA. It is shown that by means of simple statistical considerations the
first highly different vulnerability maps could be made more coherent after reclassification. The reclassified vulnerability
assessments show a more consistent vulnerability distribution pattern and provide the possibility of area-wide validation
of the maps as the chosen vulnerability classification is theoretically connected to the mean transit time of percolation
water and is largely independent of the applied vulnerability assessment method. |
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Keywords: | Vulnerability Groundwater management Karst Groundwater protection Germany |
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