Applied Ground Water Modeling Homework 1

y=600 m well 1 k=10m/day

Due: 5:00PM, March 25, 2010.

well 1

recharge=0.008m/day well 2 k=20m/day y=0 x=0 Layer 1 x=350 m Layer 2

Problem 1 (50): For a two-layer model (Shown above), the boundary and discretization is shown in the figure. The following information is given:

There is a constant head boundary at the first row (at y=0) of the first layer with a constant head of 55 m. The first layer is an unconfined aquifer whereas the second layer is a confined aquifer. The bottom of the second layer is set up to be the datum with 0 elevation. The thicknesses of the layer 1 and 2 are 20 meters and 40 meters, respectively. The length and width of the domain are 350 m, and 600 m, respectively. The shaded areas in layers 1 and 2 have hydraulic conductivity K=10 m/day, and 20 m/day, respectively (sandy materials). All the rest areas in both layer has hydraulic conductivity K=2 m/day. There is a low permeable, thin clay bed between the layer 1 and 2 with a conductance equals 0.01 (day-1). The thickness of the clay layer is 0.5 m. The effective porosity is 0.25, the specific storativity Ss is 10-4 (m-1), and the specific yield Sy is 0.2 for both layers. There are two wells operated in this domain: the first one is a pumping well which fully penetrates both layers and starts to work at time t=0 and continues to pump at a rate Q1=40gpm; the second well is an injecting well which only penetrate the second layer and starts to work at t=10 days and continues to inject at a rate Q2=30gpm. (hint: 1 gallon=3.785 x 10-3 m3). There are nonuniformly distributed recharge rates on the first layer. The shaded area has a recharge rate r=0.008 m/day, the non-shaded area has r=0.002 m/day. The recharge happens at time t= 10 day and stop at t=100 days. The flow is transient. The initial head is a constant h=55 m for both the first and second layers. The entire simulation time is one year.

Applied Ground Water Modeling Homework 1 Due: 5:00PM, March 25, 2010. Based at the given conditions, answer the following questions:
1. Using visual modflow to run the model and present the head, velocity distributions.

2. Analyze the result of your simulation. Problem 2 (50). The town of Hubbertville is planning to expand its water supply by constructing a well in an unconfined aquifer consisting of sand and gravel (see Figure 1). The well was designed to pump constantly at a rate of 20,000 m3/day. Well construction was halted by the State Fish and Game Service, managers of the Green Swamp Conservation area. The state claimed the pumping would significantly reduce the groundwater discharge to the swamp and damage waterfowl habitat. The town claimed that the river and the groundwater divide located somewhere near the center of the valley would prevent any change in flow to the swamp. (a) Construct a transient model of the area between the river and swamp prior to pumping using the information provided in Figure 1. The initial head is uniformly at 1000 m above sea level (the datum of the aquifer is 980 m above sea level, see Fig. 1). Produce a contour map of head distribution and a north-south water table profile. Label the groundwater divide simulated between the river and the swamp. (b) Run the model under steady-state condition to show the effects of the pumping well. (c) Calculate and compare the total steady-state groundwater discharge to the swamp under the pre-pumping scenario described in (a) with the results under the pumping scenario described in (b). In light of the modeling results consider what might be mean by significantly reduced as used by the state. Devise a more quantitative way to describe or judge the impact of the proposed well on the swamp system.