Deposition of corpses in the ground is most common burial practice, which can allow interactions between polluting compounds and soil, groundwater, surface water, may afterwards lead to negative environmental impacts risks public health. The risk cemeteries contaminating groundwater related their location, quantity clothes, metals adornments buried, geographical, geological, hydrogeological, cl...

This paper presents the results of a detailed field investigation that was performed for studying groundwater recharge processes and solute downward migration mechanisms prevailing in the unsaturated zone overlying a chalk aquifer in Belgium. Various laboratory measurements were performed on core samples collected during the drilling of boreholes in the experimental site. In the field, experime...

Aquifers can be defined as complex ecological systems. Their description is closely influenced by geometrical and geological parameters, which portray the hydrogeological behaviour of underground This paper reports a contribution to assessing groundwater contamination risk in particular Sicily sector, where deterministic approaches have methodically assessed mapped vulnerability quality gr...

Groundwater vulnerability assessment has become a useful tool for groundwater pollution prevention. maps provide data protecting resources. Identification of agricultural patterns is an important issue optimized land management. The watershed the Tagus River backbone this study. Naturtejo UNESCO Global Geopark, in central interior Portugal, corresponds to rural area. Intensive practices showed ...

The estimated health impact of naturally occurring fluoride is considered to be more widespread than arsenic (WHO, 2004). From the known global distribution of endemic fluorosis, the most affected regions are in arid to semi-arid climatic zones. Fluoride (F) in its most common form is found in several geological environments including igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks and leaching of F...

This special issue delivers a platform in which researchers expose intersections between algorithm design, software platforms, and hardware architectures to deal with emerging challenges the scientific field of management water water-dependent resources. Since call for papers was announced June 2019, this has received 10 manuscripts. After rigorous review process, 6 have been finally accepted p...