Delineation of regional groundwater vulnerability using DRASTIC model for agricultural application in Pakistan

In recent years, one of the major concerns is groundwater contamination by industrial wastewater. Consecutive monitoring/mapping of aquifer water quality is an expensive and hectic job in relatively large areas. Therefore, groundwater vulnerability maps are becoming more crucial to identify regional aquifer contamination potential. The present study area is focused to the largest industrial and metropolitan city of Pakistan, i.e. Faisalabad. The...