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Groundwater Flow and Solute-Transport Modeling

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Arid Lands Water Evaluation and Management

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Numerical modeling has become an integral component of most water-resources investigations. The primary objective of groundwater modeling is the prediction of aquifer responses to current and future groundwater use and other hydrologic changes. An additional benefit of groundwater modeling is that it can provide insights on the properties of hydrologic systems through the calibration process. Two basic types of modeling have wide applications for groundwater resources modeling: flow and solute transport. Groundwater flow models simulate the hydraulic behavior of the aquifer such as the flow of water, changes in volume of water in storage, and changes in aquifer water levels or heads (pressure). Solute-transport models simulate the fate and transport of dissolved constituents in groundwater, which include salts and contaminants. Additional common types of modeling include heat-flow and integrated surface water-groundwater interactions.

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Maliva, R., Missimer, T. (2012). Groundwater Flow and Solute-Transport Modeling. In: Arid Lands Water Evaluation and Management. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29104-3_20

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