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DOI	10.1007/s40808-021-01339-6
	Groundwater vulnerability, water quality, and risk assessment in a semi-arid region: a case study from the Dier al-Balah Governorate, Gaza Strip
	El Baba, Moustafa; Kayastha, Prabin
通讯作者	El Baba, M (corresponding author)，Vrije Univ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. ; El Baba, M (corresponding author)，Green Innovat & Smart Educ Consultancy Grp, Brussels, Belgium.
来源期刊	MODELING EARTH SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENT
ISSN	2363-6203
EISSN	2363-6211
出版年	2022-01
英文摘要	Groundwater pollution threatens human health in the Gaza Strip as most of the residents use groundwater as drinking water in the Gaza Strip; hence, groundwater is one of the most precious natural resources in the Gaza Strip. The quantity and quality of available groundwater vary spatially and temporally and are influenced by multifaceted natural and anthropogenic factors, including climate, hydrogeology, management practices, pollution, etc. In this study, the groundwater vulnerability to contamination is derived by applying the DRASTIC methodology in the Dier al-Balah Governorate. Almost 85% of the study area is moderately vulnerable to contamination. Moreover, we investigated the groundwater quality in the Dier al-Balah Governorate. Water samples were collected from 19 municipal wells in April 2014 and analysed for physicochemical parameters (pH, TDS, Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, K+, Cl-, SO42-, HCO3-, and NO3-). The results depict that all water samples are very saline due to the intrusion of the Mediterranean seawater in the coastal aquifer. More than 52% of the study area has water that is unfit for human consumption, with the rest of the study area with poor and very poor water quality. This research also produces a risk estimate of groundwater contamination based on the study area's vulnerability and water quality class using qualitative-risk assessment. More than 93% of the groundwater in the study area is at high to extreme risk. Hence, groundwater managers, engineers, planners, policymakers, and the concerned authorities can use the outputs of this study to make better-informed judgments to minimise the risk to groundwater.
英文关键词	DRASTIC Water quality index (WQI) Groundwater vulnerability Groundwater quality Groundwater risk Dier al-Balah
类型	Article ; Early Access
语种	英语
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000745576900003
WOS关键词	AQUIFER VULNERABILITY ; DRASTIC MODEL ; SHALLOW AQUIFER ; GIS ; CONTAMINATION ; BASIN ; PLAIN
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/377207
作者单位	[El Baba, Moustafa; Kayastha, Prabin] Vrije Univ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium; [El Baba, Moustafa] Green Innovat & Smart Educ Consultancy Grp, Brussels, Belgium; [Kayastha, Prabin] Shellharbour City Council, Shellharbour, NSW, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	El Baba, Moustafa,Kayastha, Prabin. Groundwater vulnerability, water quality, and risk assessment in a semi-arid region: a case study from the Dier al-Balah Governorate, Gaza Strip[J],2022.
APA	El Baba, Moustafa,&Kayastha, Prabin.(2022).Groundwater vulnerability, water quality, and risk assessment in a semi-arid region: a case study from the Dier al-Balah Governorate, Gaza Strip.MODELING EARTH SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENT.
MLA	El Baba, Moustafa,et al."Groundwater vulnerability, water quality, and risk assessment in a semi-arid region: a case study from the Dier al-Balah Governorate, Gaza Strip".MODELING EARTH SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENT (2022).