Published Applications

• Simulated impacts of artificial groundwater recharge and discharge on the source area and source volume of an Atlantic Coastal Plain stream, Delaware, USA. Learn more
• Containment of groundwater pollution (methyl tertiary butyl ether and benzene) to protect a drinking-water production site in Belgium. Learn more
• Simulating Seepage into Mine Shafts and Tunnels with MODFLOW: As part of a mine environmental impact assessment, it is a requirement to evaluate the predicted drawdown and seepage rates caused by underground mine workings (UMWs), such as shafts and tunnels. Various techniques of modeling these affects are reviewed. Learn more
• Simulating the impacts of groundwater pumping on stream–aquifer dynamics in semi-arid northwestern Oklahoma, USA. Learn more
• Using Visual MODFLOW to Assess Accidental Leakage from Sewage Plant and the Impact on groundwater in the Guanting Reservoir area of Beijing. Learn more
• Postaudit evaluation of conceptual model uncertainty for a glacial aquifer groundwater flow and contaminant transport model. The groundwater supply in a small village in Michigan, USA was contaminated with Benzene, DCE, and MTBE. Numerical models were developed to assess remedial actions of contaminant plume. In this paper, a post-audit was conducted to evaluate conceptual model uncertainty. Learn more
• Prediction of inflow from overlying aquifers into coalmines: A Case Study in Jinggezhuang Coalmine, Kailuan, China. Learn more
• Groundwater regime and calculation of yield response in North China Plain: A Case Study of Luancheng County in Hebei Province. Learn more
• Modeling effects of nitrate from non-point sources on groundwater quality in an agricultural watershed in Prince Edward Island, Canada.Learn more
• Characterization of the shallow groundwater system in an alpine watershed: Handcart Gulch, Colorado, USA. Visual MODFLOW was used to model hydraulic test data and for simulating a watershed-scale model. Learn more
• A systematic field-based testing program of hydraulic conductivity and dispersivity over a range in scale. Camp Dodge, Iowa, USA. Visual MODFLOW was used for a regional-scale estimate of K, in a model domain 6.1 km x 3.6 km. Learn more
• A regional-scale groundwater flow model for the Leon-Chinandega aquifer, Nicaragua. Heyddy Calderón Palma and Laurence R. Bentley. Hydrogeology Journal - June 6 2007. Learn more...
• Vertical migration of municipal wastewater in deep injection well systems, South Florida, USA. Deep well injection is widely used in South Florida, USA for wastewater disposal largely because of the presence of an injection zone (“boulder zone” of Floridan Aquifer System) that is capable of accepting very large quantities of fluids, in some wells over 75,000 m3/day. Learn More.

Professional Applications of Visual MODFLOW:

At Schlumberger Water Services, our goal is to develop powerful, yet easy-to-use software that meets the needs of groundwater and environmental professionals around the world. Visual MODFLOW Pro is an excellent example of how we have accomplished this goal by making groundwater modeling accessible for any hydrogeologist or engineer who is familiar with the basic concepts and limitations of groundwater modeling.

Applications include:

• Predict impacts from saltwater intrusion from over pumping in coastal regions
• Delineate well capture zones for municipal drinking water supplies
• Design and optimize pumping well locations for dewatering projects
• Evaluate groundwater remediation systems (pump & treat, funnel & gate, etc.)
• Simulate natural attenuation of contaminated groundwater
• Estimate the reductive dechlorination of TCE, PCE and DCE in groundwater
• Determine contaminant fate and exposure pathways for risk assessment