Assessment of vulnerability to groundwater pollution in Department of Odienné (North-West Côte d’Ivoire)

Assessment of Vulnerability to Groundwater Pollution in the Lobo Watershed at Nibéhibé (Central-West, Côte d’Ivoire)

“…These results are similar to those of [7] which underlined the importance of soil type, indicating that the presence of highly permeable soil associated with a shallow water table and high recharge would be a favorable condition to increase the vulnerability to the pollution of aquifers. The PaPRI method gave good results in this work as shown in the work of [8] [13] [18] but experienced some difficulties in developing the vulnerability maps. These difficulties essentially lie in the number of criteria to be taken into account and in the limits of the classes and ratings assigned to them [23].…”

“…The selection of this method meets three requirements: the method must be affordable in terms of cost, it must be technically feasible for hydrogeologists and other water-related organizations and finally it must use available data [17]. [18]. This is the soil layer, the alteration cover, which is called epikarst at the level of karst aquifers and the fractured zone, which constitutes the feeding zone for karst.…”

“…Prevention against these pollutants is essential for their better management in a sustainable way. Methods of vulnerability to pollution due to their performance in the delimitation of protective perimeters are the most appropriate methods [7] [8]. The objective of this study is to map the intrinsic vulnerability to groundwater pollution of the Lobo watershed in Nibéhibé.…”

“…Conceptual model presenting the stages of the development of the vulnerability map[18]. Journal of Water Resource and Protection…”

“…The current adaptation is linked to Journal of Water Resource and Protection the fact that at the level of basement aquifers, we find the same hydrogeological entities as at the level of karst[8] [13] …”