Integrated Hydrogeochemical Characterization, Drinking Water Quality Assessment, and Spatial Analysis of Groundwater Using GIS and Multivariate Statistics: A Case Study of Fars Province, Iran
Groundwater quality in semi-arid regions is influenced by interacting geological, climatic, and human factors. This study integrated hydrochemical analysis, ionic relationships, multivariate statistics, Water Quality Index (WQI), and GIS-based spatial analysis to evaluate groundwater quality in Fars Province, southern...