《Fuzzy pattern recognition method for assessing groundwater vulnerability to pollution in the Zhangji area》.pdfVIP

Mao et al. / J Zhejiang Univ SCIENCE A 2006 7(11):1917-1922 1917 Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE A ISSN 1009-3095 (Print); ISSN 1862-1775 (Online) /jzus; E-mail: jzus@ Fuzzy pattern recognition method for assessing groundwater vulnerability to pollution in the Zhangji area †1,2 3 1 MAO Yuan-yuan , ZHANG Xue-gang , WANG Lian-sheng 1 ( School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China) (2 Water Resources Planning Bureau of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210029, China) (3School of Water Resources and Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China) †E-mail: myy_1119@ Received Feb. 13, 2006; revision accepted July 3, 2006 Abstract: Based on the widely used DRASTIC method, a fuzzy pattern recognition and optimization method was proposed and applied to the fissured-karstic aquifer of Zhangji area for assessing groundwater vulnerability to pollution. The result is compared with DRASTIC method. It is shown that by taking the fuzziness into consideration, the fuzzy pattern recognition and optimization method reflects more efficiently the fuzzy nature of the groundwater vulnerability to pollution and is more applicable in reality. Key words: Fuzzy sets recognition and optimization method, Groundwater vulnerability to pollution, DRASTIC doi:10.1631/jzus.2006.A1917 Document code: A CLC number: TU984 INTRODUCTION