ASSESSMENT OF CONTAMINATION VULNERABILITY OF GROUNDWATER USING SUSCEPTIBILITY INDEX METHOD: SEMARANG CITY AS CASE STUDY

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EDITOR AND REVIEWER JESTEC CORRESPONDENCE C-1

Authors:

THOMAS T. PUTRANTO, ADETYA A. MARJUANTO Journal Identity:

Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Vol. 16, No. 1 (2021) 438 – 454

No. Item Date Page

1. Submission and Editor Confirmation

January 4, 2020 1-3 2. Revision related to the

references style and Turnitin Check

January 6, 2020 4-5

3. Paper Received and review process

January 28, 2020 6-8 4. Confirmation of minor

revision on paper review

May 17, 2020 9-10

5. Confirmation accepted August 17, 2020 11 6. Letter of Acceptance released August 20, 2020 12 7. Gallery Proof before publish February 21,

2021

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Thomas Putranto <[email protected]>

Your Manuscript ID OT19142 /New Submission, some issues found/

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Jestec <[email protected]> Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 7:30 PM

To: Thomas Putranto <[email protected]>

Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>

Dear Author,

Thank you for submitting your research paper to the Journal of Engineering Science and Technology (JESTEC).

Kindly note that we have received the paper entitled

ASSESSMENT OF GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY TO CONTAMINATION OF UNCONFINED AQUIFER IN ALLUVIAL PLAIN OF SEMARANG CITY USING SUSCEPTIBILITY INDEX METHOD

Your paper ID is OT19142 (Please quote the above manuscript ID in all future correspondence with us)

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Revision ID OT19142 and Turnitin Check

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Thomas Putranto <[email protected]>

Thomas Putranto <[email protected]> Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 8:46 AM

To: Jestec <[email protected]>

Dear JESTEC Editor,

Here on the attachment our revision paper related to the references style and Turnitin Check result.

Thank you for your attention and look forward to hearing from you.

Greetings, Thomas

Assoc. Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Thomas Triadi Putranto, S.T., M.Eng.

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Secretary of Geological Engineering Department Faculty of Engineering

Diponegoro University

Jl. Prof. H. Soedarto SH Tembalang Semarang 50275 Indonesia

Tlp. & Fax +62 24 76480787 Mobile +62 811 266 2013

On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 7:30 PM Jestec <[email protected]> wrote:

Dear Author,

Thank you for submitting your research paper to the Journal of Engineering Science and Technology (JESTEC).

Kindly note that we have received the paper entitled

ASSESSMENT OF GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY TO CONTAMINATION OF UNCONFINED AQUIFER IN ALLUVIAL PLAIN OF SEMARANG CITY USING SUSCEPTIBILITY INDEX METHOD

Your paper ID is OT19142 (Please quote the above manuscript ID in all future correspondence with us)

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1.

Prior to proceeding with the review process, the manuscript (.docx) should be formatted according to JESTEC Template (attached).

Please use this link to read the Guidelines for Submission of Contributions http://jestec.taylors.edu.my/instructions.html. Also take note please that our citation style and format of the references are unique. We do not follow any standard citation styles. Attached ﬁnd the instructions how to prepare the references in terms of the style and format. Kindly take note that we will not start the review process until the manuscript is correctly and completely formatted according to JESTEC template and there are no technical mistakes and/or missing part.

2.

Similarity index report is a must for submission. A complete plagiarism report should be generated from trusted and licensed software, such Turnitin. Please reminded that JESTEC only accepts your paper if the similarity index is no more than 20%.

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unfortunately we are unable to open the ﬁle of the similarity report. Kindly resend it again using diﬀerent email.

Please be reminded that upon the full acceptance of your paper, publication fee in amount of USD300 must be paid before the article is published in the journal website.

Thank you for cooperation.

Regards and greetings

JESTEC Editor

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Your paper is received

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Thomas Putranto <[email protected]>

Jestec <[email protected]> Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 9:55 AM

Dear Author

Thank you for your interest to publish in our journal, We confirmed that we received your email.

We will check your submission and will reply you soon.

Thank you for your patience.

Best Regards

JESTEC Editor

Jestec <[email protected]> Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 4:35 PM

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Journal of Engineering Science and Technology (JESTEC) REVIEW FORM

Title of paper:

ASSESSMENT OF GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY to CONTAMINATION of unconfined aquifer IN ALLUVIAL PLAIN OF SEMARANG CITY USING SUSCEPTIBILITY INDEX METHOD

For sections A & B, please tick a number from 0 to 5, where 0 = strongly disagree and 5 = strongly agree.

A. Technical aspects

1. The paper is within the scope of the Journal.  0  1  2  3  4  5

2. The paper is original.  0  1  2  3  4  5

3. The paper is free of technical errors.  0  1  2  3  4  5

B. Communications aspects

1. The paper is clearly readable.  0  1  2  3  4  5

2. The figures are clear & do clearly convey the intended message.  0  1  2  3  4  5

3. The length of the paper is appropriate.  0  1  2  3  4  5

C. Comments to the authors (You may use another sheet of paper.)

Dear authors

Research needs to make a real and scientific modification to upgrading the research with updating references. All comments are supported in the attached file.

D. Recommendation (Tick one)

1. Accepted without modifications. 

2. Accepted with minor corrections. 

3. Accepted with major modification. 

4. Rejected. 

E. Comments to the editors (These comments will not be sent to the authors)

Dear Sir

The research is a good attempt to benefit from all physical and chemical tests using mathematical modeling to assess

the quality of groundwater and indicate the most important pollutants so it is considered acceptable with minor

modifications.

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Journal of Engineering Science and Technology (JESTEC) REVIEW FORM

Title of paper: ASSESSMENT OF GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY to CONTAMINATION of unconfined aquifer IN ALLUVIAL PLAIN OF SEMARANG CITY USING SUSCEPTIBILITY INDEX METHOD

For sections A & B, please tick a number from 0 to 5, where 0 = strongly disagree and 5 = strongly agree.

A. Technical aspects

1. The paper is within the scope of the Journal.  0  1  2  3  4  5

2. The paper is original.  0  1  2  3  4  5

3. The paper is free of technical errors.  0  1  2  3  4  5

B. Communications aspects

1. The paper is clearly readable.  0  1  2  3  4  5

2. The figures are clear & do clearly convey the intended message.  0  1  2  3  4  5

3. The length of the paper is appropriate.  0  1  2  3  4  5

C. Comments to the authors (You may use another sheet of paper.) Please see the attached file

D. Recommendation (Tick one)

1. Accepted without modifications. 

2. Accepted with minor corrections. 

3. Accepted with major modification. 

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5/18/2020 Faculty of Engineering Diponegoro University Mail - Paper ID OT19142 /Review of a paper, First Round Result/

Thomas Putranto <[email protected]>

Paper ID OT19142 /Review of a paper, First Round Result/

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Jestec <[email protected]> Sun, May 17, 2020 at 5:50 PM

Dear Author

The ﬁrst round of the review process has been completed.

I am glad to advise that your paper has been conditionally accepted for publication with

□ modification

þ

Minor corrections

¨

Major modification.

Attached herewith, please ﬁnd

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þ 2 ¨ 3 ¨ 4 ¨ 5 ¨ 6 ¨ 7 ¨ 8 ¨ 9

reviewers’ reports.

Please notice the following:

1.Address all the concerns/recommendations of the reviewers

2.All amendments made are to be highlighted in red color in the revised paper.

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Please note that the ﬁnal acceptance of the pape r d e p e nd s on the ﬁna l d e cisi on of the Revi ew Pa ne l a nd a fte r the p a p e r

successfully passed all the review rounds.

Best Regards

JESTEC Editor

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8/21/2020 Faculty of Engineering Diponegoro University Mail - Paper ID (OT19142) Review process is completed

Thomas Putranto <[email protected]>

Paper ID (OT19142) Review process is completed

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Jestec <[email protected]> Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 5:57 PM

Dear Author

I am glad to advise that your paper has been accepted for publication without modification. The reviewers have no more comments and they are satisfied with the revised paper.

By this the review process is completed and we kindly ask you to check the format of the paper according to the instructions for authors and JESTEC template (attached).

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JESTEC Editor

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Thursday, August 20, 2020

Letter of Acceptance To Whom It May Concern:

This is to certify that

THOMAS T. PUTRANTO and ADETYA A. MARJUANTO

have submitted the paper entitled

ASSESSMENT OF CONTAMINATION VULNERABILITY OF GROUNDWATER USING SUSCEPTIBILITY INDEX METHOD: SEMARANG CITY AS CASE STUDY

The paper has been reviewed and accepted for publication tentatively in Volume 16, Issue 1 (February 2021).

Best regards

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2/21/2021 Faculty of Engineering Diponegoro University Mail - Volume 16 Issue 1 / for immediate action / Paper #31

Thomas Putranto <[email protected]>

Volume 16 Issue 1 / for immediate action / Paper #31

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Jestec <[email protected]> Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 6:13 PM

To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>

Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>

Dear Author,

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