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Techniques and Methods 6–A36

Documentation for the State Variables Package for the Groundwater-Management Process of MODFLOW-2005 (GWM-2005)

By David P. Ahlfeld,1 Paul M. Barlow,2 and Kristine M. Baker1

1University of Massachusetts
2U.S. Geological Survey

ABSTRACT

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Many groundwater-management problems are concerned with the control of one or more variables that reflect the state of a groundwater-flow system or a coupled groundwater/surface-water system. These system state variables include the distribution of heads within an aquifer, streamflow rates within a hydraulically connected stream, and flow rates into or out of aquifer storage. This report documents the new State Variables Package for the Groundwater-Management Process of MODFLOW-2005 (GWM-2005). The new package provides a means to explicitly represent heads, streamflows, and changes in aquifer storage as state variables in a GWM-2005 simulation. The availability of these state variables makes it possible to include system state in the objective function and enhances existing capabilities for constructing constraint sets for a groundwater-management formulation. The new package can be used to address groundwater-management problems such as the determination of withdrawal strategies that meet water-supply demands while simultaneously maximizing heads or streamflows, or minimizing changes in aquifer storage. Four sample problems are provided to demonstrate use of the new package for typical groundwater-management applications.

First posted March 7, 2011

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Ahlfeld, D.P., Barlow, P.M., and Baker, K.M., 2011, Documentation for the State Variables Package for the Groundwater-Management Process of MODFLOW-2005 (GWM-2005): U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods 6-A36, 45 p., at https://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/tm6-a36/.



Contents

Preface

Abstract

Introduction

Description of the State Variables Package

Definition of State Variables

State Variables in a GWM Formulation

Implementation of State Variables in GWM

Additional Extensions to GWM-2005 Necessary for the State Variables Package

Extended Definitions of External Variables

Extended Definitions of Objective-Function Types

Sample Problems

DEWATER-SV: Minimize Cost of Lowering Groundwater Levels

Groundwater-Management Problem

Selected Input and Output Files

MAXIMIN: Maximize the Minimum Hydraulic Head

Maximin and Minimax Formulations in Groundwater Management

Groundwater-Management Problem

Selected Input and Output Files

STREAMFLOW: Maximize Summer Streamflow

Groundwater-Management Problem

Selected Input and Output Files

STORAGE: Control Changes in Aquifer Storage

Groundwater-Management Problem

Selected Input and Output Files

Acknowledgments

References Cited

Appendix 1. Data-Input Instructions and Output Files

Appendix 2. Programmers' Guide to Implementation of State Variables in GWM-2005


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