Groundwater Modeling

Conversion to Transient

Particle Tracking

Transient Simulation

• Time dependent variables

– Recharge (e.g. winter vs. summer)

– Abstraction (daily or monthly schedule)

– Observation ( time series of water level or concentration)

• Calibration ( comparing the time series..)

• Used for prediction

• Solution considers ∆S/ ∆t ≠ 0

# of time steps

Particle Tracking

• Used for tracking contaminates/particle or tracers from sources to destination at different time steps.

• Examine the effectiveness of recovery schemes in their ability to capture all the contaminants

• Examine the extent where the contaminants can travel

• Calculate the travel time and distance