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G. P. Panagopoulos, A. K. Antonakos and N. J. Lambrakis, “Optimization of the DRASTIC Method for Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment via the Use of Simple Statistical Methods and GIS,” Hydrogeology Journal, Vol. 14, No. 6, 2006, pp. 894-911.

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• TITLE: Aquifer Vulnerability Assessment Methods: The Non-Independence of Parameters Problem

  AUTHORS: Daniela Ducci

  KEYWORDS: Aquifer Pollution Vulnerability, GIS, Sensitivity Analysis, Southern Italy

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Water Resource and Protection, Vol.2 No.4, May 4, 2010

  ABSTRACT: This paper investigates the relationship between the two parameters, aquifer media and hydraulic conductiv-ity, and assesses their reliability for aquifer vulnerability assessment. To evaluate the possible non-inde-pendence of the parameters in question, sensitivity analysis procedure was used in a GIS environment. The procedure was tested in three areas where aquifer vulnerability was assessed, corresponding to three different hydrogeological settings. The applications demonstrate that non-independence is confirmed and is more evident in alluvial and volcano-pyroclastic aquifers.