Urbanization has become one of the most important issues which define the human
relationship with the ecosystem. Measuring progress towards sustainable or unsustainable …

Increasing groundwater contamination across the globe triggered the concept of “aquifer
vulnerability”, which has been extensively used worldwide during past three to four decades …

Abstract Water Quality Index (WQI) is one of the most widely used concepts for
representation of the quality of a water resource. This concept has wide acceptance among …

Abstract In Punjab (Pakistan), the increasing population and expansion of land use for
agriculture have severely exploited the regional groundwater resources. Intensive pumping …

Groundwater is the main source of drinking and irrigation on earth because of its large
quantity and worldly distribution, albeit unequally. However, it is presently being threatened …

Accurate and effective assessment of groundwater vulnerability is very important for
ensuring a healthy groundwater ecosystem. We evaluate the vulnerability of shallow porous …

Adsorption, degradation, and movement are the key processes conditioning the behavior
and fate of pesticides in the soil. Six processes that can move pesticides are leaching …

Groundwater vulnerability studies are sources of essential information for the management
of water resources, aiming at the water quality preservation. Different methodologies for …

Groundwater has become increasingly vulnerable to quality degradation. An elaborate
understanding of its flow, draft, recharge and pollutant transport processes needs to be …

Over the last three to four decades, several methods for assessing groundwater vulnerability
to anthropogenic pollution have been developed. Researchers and policymakers have …