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LONG‐TERM GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT BY A MODFLOW BASED DYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION TOOL 1
Author(s) -
Sun Min,
Zheng Chunmiao
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1999.tb05455.x
Subject(s) - modflow , term (time) , groundwater , environmental science , water resource management , hydrology (agriculture) , groundwater flow , aquifer , geology , physics , geotechnical engineering , quantum mechanics
This paper describes a computer‐aided tool for selecting optimal management policies involving groundwater hydraulics over a large number of management periods. The tool, referred to as DOMODF, uses a dynamic optimization algorithm linked to an existing popular groundwater flow simulation code MODFLOW. It combines the expert knowledge of management policies with the effectiveness of optimization oriented search technique. Due to the dynamic nature of the search technique implemented in DOMODF, it is effective in dealing with long‐term decision making problems. DOMODF can be used as a guidance tool for finding desirable policies to achieve various groundwater management objectives, leading to considerable savings in management costs over those predicted by currently available policies that are fed into the tool as input. The preliminary test results show the promising potential of DOMODF as an effective long‐term groundwater management tool.