Pedosphere 12(1): 73--80, 2002
ISSN 1002-0160/CN 32-1315/P
©2002 Soil Science Society of China
Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science Press
| A modified DRASTIC approach to shallow groundwater vulnerability in the West Lake watershed in Hangzhou, China |
| DONG Liang1, ZHU Yin-Mei1 and N. OGURA2 |
1 Department of Environmental Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029 (China);
2 The United Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509 (Japan) |
| ABSTRACT |
| The quality of shallow groundwater in the West Lake watershed was investigated from March to July 2000. Integrating with Blackland GRASS GIS system, the DRASTIC model was used to compile the groundwater vulnerability map. A land use factor was added to the DRASTIC model and the modified model (LDRASTIC) increased the accuracy of prediction from 26.9% to 51.3%. The vulnerability map showed that the lowly, moderately and highly susceptible area predicted occupied about 11.6%, 70.9% and 17.5% of the whole watershed, respectively. Compared with the observed values of nitrate and electric conductivity, the LDRASTIC index improved the Pearson correlation coefficients from -0.010 to 0.237 and 0.380 to 0.503; both the improved coefficients were significant at the 0.01 level. The modified DRASTIC analysis showed a great potential as a screening tool for policy decision-making in groundwater management. |
| Key Words: DRASTIC, GIS, land use factor, shallow groundwater, vulnerability to pollution |
| Citation: Dong, L., Zhu, Y. M. and Ogura, N. 2002. A modified DRASTIC approach to shallow groundwater vulnerability in the West Lake watershed in Hangzhou, China. Pedosphere. 12(1): 73-80. |
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