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For Protected Areas, the vulnerability of groundwater maps are highly desired as management tools, because they help in delimiting protection zones, in classifying their importance, and thus show where most management attention is required. From karst terrains, due to their high hydrogeological complexity, several methods that take into account their intrinsic properties have been developed. Recently, and as a logical evolution of EPIK, PaPRIKa method has been developed from the definition of protection criteria in karst aquifers in France. In the present paper, the PaPRIKa method is applied to aquifers in a tropical karst mountain – Santo Tomás watershed – west of Viñales National Park, Cuba. Due to the flexibility of this multi-criteria method, four resultant maps based on different weighting systems, defined different scenarios of vulnerability. In the karst reservoir the variability is more noticeable; however, the statistical comparison analysis shows that high and very high vulnerability are common. The variation in the result is more evident in the moderate and low vulnerability. For the validation of each vulnerability resultant maps and to determine the best approach, a multi-tracer test is necessary.
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The results were achieved due to the activities supported by the Viñales National Park Management Plan, especially the investigation programs: “Hydrogeology and vulnerability of karst aquifers in the Viñales National Park”.
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Farfán-González, H., Plagnes, V. (2013). First Outcomes in the Application of PaPRIKa Method to Assess Aquifer Vulnerability in Tropical Karst Mountain: Santo Tomás Watershed: Viñales National Park, Cuba. In: Farfán González, H., Corvea Porras, J., de Bustamente Gutiérrez, I., LaMoreaux, J. (eds) Management of Water Resources in Protected Areas. Environmental Earth Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16330-2_11
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