Mathematical Models for Water Resources Policy and Management with Application to the Eutaw-McShan Aquifer

摘要

The study sets forth a set of models for the simulation of groundwater flow in confined or unconfined aquifers along with optimization methods for the purpose of facilitating the work of the water manager. In particular the procedure contains routines for simulation of hydraulic head within the aquifer, power for transport of water from well source to demand center, unit cost of transport/treatment alternatives and well field development, and optimization of the many possible source locations with the demand centers. Application of the models was made to a hypothetical scenario of well fields and demand centers within the Eutaw-McShan aquifer in Mississippi. Twenty-six possible well field locations were to serve nine demand centers. Unit costs were computed and the optimum alternatives were determined from the Out-of-Kilter algorithm.