A groundwater model is a computational method of approximating fluxes in the hydrogeological system. Groundwater models are used to address a range of groundwater problems and are key tools in the decision-making process.
WHY THIS SERVICE?
Let’s TalkA good groundwater model is one that is based on a sound understanding of the real-world system.
A SERVICE OFFERED FROM START TO FINISH
Our Experience
Rockwater has been using numerical groundwater models since 1980. We have continued to keep abreast of advances in modelling concepts and software, giving us advanced capabilities in the modelling of flow, solute, density (salinity) and heat.
Recent developments at Rockwater include predictive uncertainty analysis using MODFLOW coupled with FloPy, and the use of Python scripts within FEFLOW for complex, density-driven models.
Rockwater applies groundwater models in a wide variety of settings, ranging from high-temperature geothermal reservoirs, through dewatering of open-cut and underground mines, to assessing the sustainable yield of large municipal water-supply aquifers.
Software
- AQTESOLV
- FEFLOW
- MODFLOW
- MT3DMS
- SEAWAT
- Python
- FloPy
- PEST
- Finite difference coupled wellbore / reservoir code
- DoubletCalc
- Phreeqc (geochemistry)
- Leapfrog (geology)
APPLICATIONS
- Local and regional groundwater flow systems
- Impacts of extraction on aquifers and other users
- Impacts of extraction on groundwater dependent ecosystems
- Borefield layout and dewatering management
- Mine dewatering requirements
- Final mine void water levels and quality
- Viability of managed aquifer recharge
- Saline wedge intrusion in coastal regions and palaeovalley aquifers connected to salt lakes
- Heat transport and thermal breakthrough modelling
- Fate of nutrients and pollutants, and impact on receptors