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Design of Ground‐Water Monitoring Networks Using the Monitoring Efficiency Model (MEMO)
Author(s) -
Wilson Charles R.,
Einberger Carl M.,
Jackson Ronald L.,
Mercer Richard B.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
groundwater
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1745-6584
pISSN - 0017-467X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1992.tb01580.x
Subject(s) - computer science , environmental science , remote sensing , real time computing , geology
An analytical Monitoring Efficiency Model (MEMO) has been developed to assist in the design of monitoring well networks. The method simulates the migration of hypothetical contaminant plumes from a site and quantifies the efficiency of alternative well network designs in detecting the plumes. The computed detection efficiency provides a basis for optimizing the design. Maps of the site showing areas from which releases would or would not be detected by a given well network are produced, providing insight into the benefits of adding, deleting, or moving specific wells.