USGS package can model seawater aquifer intrusion

Published on October 14, 2013 04:18 by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Technology

n a collaborative effort among USGS, academia, and the private sector, a new modeling tool, called the Seawater Intrusion (SWI2) Package provides water managers with an integrated view of the regional aquifer system that enables them to quickly evaluate how changes to the system may affect future fresh groundwater availability.

For example, in a study focused on evaluating the effect of groundwater pumping on surface-water canal leakage, the SWI2 Package allowed the authors of the study to evaluate the combined effect that increased groundwater pumping and rising sea-level would likely have on the location of the freshwater/seawater interface with time. Application of this new SWI2 package enabled a timely cost-efficient solution to the problem, while accurately representing the system response.

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