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groundwater. The index weight and detailed scoring criterion were all based on
specialist marking methods, which is more effective for a specific site but may
not be applicable to other areas (Table 2).
Figure 1. The location of the study area (A) Linggi River, (B) Langat River and (C)
Muda River and the test wells and monitoring wells at the study area
Category of
evaluation
Index
Water
quantity
Water quality
Table 2. Evaluation index system and index weight
groundwater
surfacewater
groundwater
surfacewater
Evaluation
Index (X)
Hydraulic
conductivity
(K)
Aquifer thickness
(M)
Runoff in
cross section
(Q)
Status of
groundwater
(G)
Status of
surface water
quality (S)
Index Weight (W)
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.15
0.15
0.30
0.30
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