INTEGRATED AQUIFER VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT OF NITRATE CONTAMINATION IN CENTRAL INDIANA

Groundwater is not easily contaminated, but it is difficult to restore once contaminated. Therefore, groundwater management is important to prevent pollutants from reaching groundwater. A common step in developing groundwater management plans is assessment of aquifer risk using computational models. Groundwater modeling with a geographic information system (GIS) for efficient groundwater management can provide maps of regions where groundwater is contaminated or may be vulnerable and also can help select the optimal number of groundwater monitoring locations.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Year

2016

Author dc:creator

• Jang, Won Seok

Contributors dc:contributor

• Bernard A. Engel
• Jon Harbor
• Indrajeet Chaubey
• Venkatesh Merwade

• Aquifer vulnerability assessment
• DRASTIC
• Groundwater management
• Machine learning
• Optimization
• SWAT

Repository record dc:identifier

https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/1217

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:open_access_dissertations-2433