Identification of an optimal groundwater management strategy in a contaminated aquifer
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Abstract
A groundwater hydraulic management model is used to identify the optimal strategy for allocating limited fresh-water supplies and containing wastes in a hypothetical aquifer affected by brine contamination from surface disposal ponds. The present cost of pumping from a network of potential supply and interception wells is minimized over a five-year planning period, subject to a set of hydraulic, institutional, and legal constraints. Hydraulic constraints are formulated using linear systems theory to describe drawdown and velocity variables as linear functions of supply and interception well discharge decision variables. Successful validation of the optimal management strategy suggests that the model formulation can feasibly be applied to define management options for locally contaminated aquifer systems which are used to fulfill fresh-water demands.
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Colarullo, S., Heidari, M., and Maddock, T., 1984, Identification of an optimal groundwater management strategy in a contaminated aquifer: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, v. 20, no. 5, p. 747-760, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-1688.1984.tb04758.x.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Identification of an optimal groundwater management strategy in a contaminated aquifer |
| Series title | Journal of the American Water Resources Association |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1984.tb04758.x |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Publication Date | June 08, 2007 |
| Year Published | 1984 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Description | 14 p. |
| First page | 747 |
| Last page | 760 |