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- Title
Multi-criteria decision approach for evaluation, ranking, and selection of remediation options: case of polluted groundwater, Kuwait.
- Authors
Al-Weshah, Radwan A.; Yihdego, Yohannes
- Abstract
Freshwater groundwater resources at north Kuwait were contaminated by infiltrated oil as well as sea water that was used to fight the oil-well fires during the liberation of Kuwait in 1991. This paper investigates the feasibility of five remediation options to restore the polluted aquifers. These options include: (i) pump and treat of contaminated groundwater; (ii) cleaning the aquifer formation; (iii) construction of additional desalination plant; (iv) constructing additional storage tanks, and (v) development of artificial aquifer recharge schemes. The basis for this assessment study is to supply minimum basic drinking water to Kuwait City at a total rate of 50,000 m3/day in an emergency for up to one year based on essential basic need of 32 liters per capita per day. To compare these options, a decision matrix to select suitable remediation options using Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) approach is developed. The cost was given a relative weight of 20 whereas other criteria are given weight of 10. Based on these MCDA scores, it was found that option 3, namely, establishing an additional water desalination plant, is the most feasible option followed by option 5, artificial recharge of aquifers.
- Subjects
KUWAIT; WATER pollution remediation; GROUNDWATER pollution; GROUNDWATER recharge; SALINE water conversion; AQUIFERS; WATER table
- Publication
Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 2018, Vol 25, Issue 36, p36039
- ISSN
0944-1344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11356-018-3723-2