Proceedings of

MODFLOW and MORE 2006:

Managing Groundwater Systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

Featured Presentations

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   List of Featured Presentations

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   Uncertainty Assessment in the Modelling Process - beyond Statistical Uncertainty

        Jens Christian Refsgaard, Anker Lajer Højberg

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   Putting the GIScience in Groundwater

        David Steward

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  Exploiting Eigen Vectors and Eigen Values to Understand Groundwater Models

        Theo Olsthoorn

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  All Models Are Wrong: How Do We Know Which Are Useful?

       Eileen Poeter

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  New Programming Environments for Uncertainty Analysis

        Mary Hill

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   A New Groundwater Management Model for MODFLOW-2000

        David Ahlfeld

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   Use and Abuse of Groundwater Resources on the North China Plain: Hydrogeology,
History, and Sustainable Development

        Chunmiao Zheng

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   Groundwater Modeling on Trial: Constraints of the Courtroom and the Problem of
Inference

        Steve Luis

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   Understanding the Dynamics of Freshwater and Saltwater Mixing Processes in
Unconfined Aquifers- Laboratory Scale Model Results

        Prabhakar Clement

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   An Analytical Model for Optimal Groundwater Sharing and Water Trading Impact
Assessment

        Noel Merrick

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   Applications of Backward-in-Time Modeling of Groundwater Contamination

        Roseanna Neupauer

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   Influence of NAPL-Mixture Dissolution on Contaminant-Plume Movement

        John McCray

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SECTION 1 (VOLUME I)

MODFLOW limitations, and direction for future development

        Session Chairs: Paul Barlow, Mary Hill

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  Overview and Advancements of the Farm Process for MODFLOW-2000

        Wolfgang Schmid, R.T. Hanson, Thomas Maddock III

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   A New Algorithm to Simulate Free-Surface Conditions within MODFLOW

        Greg M. Pohll, Richard G. Niswonger, David E. Prudic

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   ZONECONC: A simple post-processor for tabulating concentration statistics from
MODFLOW-GWT

        Philip T. Harte

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SECTION 2 (VOLUME I)

Uncertainty Reduction and Quantification

        Session Chairs: Jens Christian Refsgaard, Peggy Barroll

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   Use of Alternative Conceptual Geologic Models to Evaluate Contaminant Transport
Modeling Uncertainty in a Glacial Aquifer System

        Lawrence D. Lemke, Joseph A. Cypher

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   Considering Alternative Conceptual Models: The Pahute Mesa Flow Model

        Gregory J. Ruskauff, Andrew V. Wolfsberg

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   Data-Driven Modeling Approach to Enhance MODFLOW Head Prediction

        Y.K. Demissie, A.J. Valocchi, B. S. Minsker, B.A. Bailey

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   A Strategy for Constructing Models to Minimize Prediction Uncertainty

        Randall J. Hunt, John Doherty

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  A Robust Framework for Contaminant Source Identification Using MODFLOW/MT3DMS

        Alexander Y. Sun, Scott L. Painter, Gordon W. Wittmeyer

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   Numerical evaluation of uncertainty propagation in transport models:
nonmultiGaussian heterogeneous formations

        Gerónimo Llerar, Daniel Fernàndez-Garcia, Eduardo F. Cassiraga, J.Jaime Gómez-Hernández

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   Parameter estimation in a heterogeneous synthetic aquifer with different quantities
of information on geologic features

        Toshihiro Sakaki, Tissa H. Illangasekare, Mitsuru Komatsu

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SECTION 3 (VOLUME I)

Surface-water/Ecological/Ground-water Interaction Modeling

        Session Chairs: John McCray, Paul Hulme

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   A Phased Approach to Simulating Existing and Future Hydrologic Conditions
in Napa County, CA Using Integrated Surface Water and Groundwater
Models

        J.S. Kobor, M.L. Loinaz, J.D. Hughes, M.B. Anderson, C.J. Borden, Q.M. Cotton

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   Beyond simulated versus observed: gaining insight to shallow ground water -
surface water exchange using visualization and sensitivity analysis

        Gilbert Barth, Karen MacClune, Nabil Shafike, Deborah L. Hathaway

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   A Methodology for Modelling the Distribution of Groundwater Discharge and Salt Accumulation in Semi-Arid Floodplains: Implications for Riparian
Vegetation Health

        Rebecca Doble, Craig Simmons, Glen Walker

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   Flexible integrated modeling of groundwater, soil water and surface water

        Albert Veldhuizen, Paul van Walsum, Aris Lourens, Pim Dik

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   Modeling Ground-water/Surface-Water Interaction with GSFLOW, a New USGS Model

        Richard G. Niswonger, Steven L. Markstrom, R. Steven Regan, David E. Prudic, Greg Pohll, Roland J. Viger

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   Development of a Detailed Conceptual Model of River-Aquifer Interaction Through
the Simulation of a Pumping Test Next to the River Nith, Scotland

        Christopher R. Jackson, Majdi M. Mansour

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   Towards More Accurate Leakage and Conjunctive Use Simulations: A Coupled FLOWMODFLOW Application

        Daniel Feinstein, Henk Haitjema, Randy Hunt

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   A mapping tool to help prioritise riparian rehabilitation in catchments

        D. Rassam, D. Pagendam

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   Coupled Groundwater - Surface Water Modeling at the Regional and Local Scale
in Mining an Post mining Areas

        Mike Müller, Holger Mansel, Peter Jolas, Bernd-Stefan Tienz

119

   Evaluation of MODFLOW-2000 Streamflow-Routing Package Options for the
Gila River and Selected Tributaries in East-Central Arizona

        Peter A. Mock

124

   Surface-water Groundwater Interaction Model for Marsh Driven Operations to
Manage the Ecosystem of the Rocky Glades

        Vivek Bedekar, Sorab Panday, Hosung Ahn, Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm

129

   Simulation of Groundwater Driven Flood Risks

        Christoph Braun, Christoph Schoepfer

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   MODFLOW….NOT: A Simple But Effective Solution to a Regulatory Question

        Deborah Hathaway, Gilbert Barth, F. Bryan Grigsby, Karen L. MacClune

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   Uncertainty Analyses for Evapotranspiration in the Integrated Hydrologic Model

        Alaa Aly, Patrick Tara, Jeff Geurink

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   Coupled groundwater and surface water simulation

        Peter Schätzl, Bertram Monninkhoff

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   Towards More Accurate Leakage and Conjunctive Use Simulations: A Coupled
Analytic Elements-Finite Difference Approach

        Henk Haitjema, Daniel Feinstein, Randy Hunt

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   Challenges in Groundwater Flow Modeling to Characterize Hyporheic Exchange

        Michael N. Gooseff, Jay P. Zarnetske, Roy Haggerty, Justin LaNier, Steve M. Wondzell

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   Consequence of Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions for Groundwater
Contamination in a Variably Saturated Aquifer

        Yunjung Hyun, Kang-Kun Lee, Yoon Young Kim

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   Water Resource Management at Catchment and Local Scale: Restoring
Sustainable Abstraction whilst Protecting Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems

        Keith Phillipson, Tim Lewis, Gordon Coombs, Mark Grout, Michael Hutchinson

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   High-Resolution Groundwater Models for the Assessment of Riparian Restoration
Options and River Conveyance Efficiency

        Karen L. MacClune, Gilbert Barth, Nabil Shafike, Deborah Hathaway

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   Modeling Hyporheic Exchange and Analyzing the Influence of Stream Morphology
and Aquifer Heterogeneity

        Jorge Eurico R. Matos

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   Simulation of groundwater flow and stream-aquifer interaction within a
conjunctive use hydro-economic optimization model

        Manuel Pulido-Velazquez, Andrés Sahuquillo, Joaquín Andreu, David Pulido-Velazquez

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   Modeling the Hydrology and Water Quality of the Upper Maurice River Watershed, New Jersey, Including Recharge to the Underlying Aquifer, Using BASINS/HSPF

        Anne A. Shirinian-Orlando, Christopher G. Uchrin

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   Groundwater-surface water interaction: Influence of accurate river descriptions
for groundwater simulations

        Thomas D. Krom, Douglas Graham

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SECTION 4 (VOLUME I)

Reactive Transport Modeling

        Session Chairs: Prabhakar Clement, Chunmiao Zheng

183

   New Features in RT3D for Modelling MNA at Chlorinated Solvent Sites

        Christian D. Johnson, Michael J. Truex, T. Prabhakar Clement

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   A New Reaction Module to Simulate Destruction of Chlorinated Solvents with Permanganate

        Mikhail Gogolev, Serguei Chmakov, Rick McGregor

190

   Biologically Enhanced Mass Transfer of PCE from DNAPL Pools: Influence
of Pool Morphology on Reactive Transport Processes

        Kent C. Glover, Tissa H. Illangasekare, Junko Munakata-Marr

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   Reactive transport modeling of a groundwater contamination by ammoniacal liquor

        Bruno Haerens, Henning Prommer, David N. Lerner, Alain Dassargues

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   The Dipole Flow and Reactive Tracer Test: Initial Field and Modeling results

        M. Mohamed, D. Nayagum, D. McKnight, C. Berryman, N. Thomson, S. Banwart

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   Modeling the fate of phenoxy acids in a landfill leachate plume

        Henning Prommer, Nina Tuxen, Poul L. Bjerg

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   Modeling TEAPs and computing redox zonation in contaminated aquifers

        M. Rolle, V. Zolla, R. Sethi, A. Di Molfetta, T.P. Clement

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   Numerical element distinction for reactive transport modeling regarding reaction rate

        Winfried Kessels, Stefan Wessling, Li Xuan, M. W. Wuttke

220

   Challenges for inland desalination: Assessing the lifetime expectancy of injection wells using geochemical modeling

        Elizabeth Keating, June Fabryka-Martin, Patrick Brady, Richard Kottenstette

225

   Phenomenological Modelling of Zero-Valent Iron Deactivation Processes

        Michael Finkel, Irina Kouznetsova, Markus Ebert, Peter Bayer

230

 

 

SECTION 5 (VOLUME I)

Model Calibration and Parameter Estimation

        Session Chairs: Mary Hill, Theo Olsthoorn

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   Identification of Geological Structures Using the Level Set Method

        Zhiming Lu, Bruce Robinson, Chuan Lu

233

   Calibration of a Groundwater Flow Model of the Frenchman Flat Basin,
Nye County, Nevada for Prediction of Radionuclide Transport

        Nicole DeNovio, Edward Kwicklis, Alaa Aly, Carl W. Gable

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   Use of cross validation to analyze predictive capabilities of alternative groundwater models

        Laura Foglia, Steffen W. Mehl, Mary C. Hill, Paolo Burlando

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   Automated screening of observations for an inverse model

        Dave Dahlstrom

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   Modification of MODFLOW to calculate a wide range of analytical derivatives and its use in Sensitivity Analysis

        Maged Hussein, Amir Gamliel

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   Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis for a Groundwater Flow Model. A case study

        Wolf von Igel, Lucila Candela, Francisco Javier Elorza

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   Evaluating Alternative Groundwater Flow Models with Geochemical Mixing Targets

        Andrew V. Wolfsberg, Zora V. Dash, Edward M. Kwicklis, Gregory J. Ruskauff, Alaa H. Aly

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   Parameter Estimation and Calibration for Modeling the Fate and Transport of Chlorinated Ethenes Using SEAM3D and PEST

        Mark Widdowson and Qasem Abdelal

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   Hydrogeological Database Use in Heterogeneous Aquifer Materials Parameterization

        Roberta Bellini, Tullia Bonomi, Angelo Cavallin

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   Modeling Groundwater Flow and Heat Transport within a Fen/Stream Complex

        Christopher S. Lowry, Mary P. Anderson, Randall J. Hunt

278

   Application of LSQR to Calibration of a MODFLOW Model: A Synthetic Study

        Chris Muffels, Matthew Tonkin, Haijiang Zhang, Mary Anderson, Tom Clemo

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   A Finite Difference Groundwater Flow Model for the Sandy Complex Aquifer in North-Western Turkey

        Sebnem Okten and Hasan Yazicigil

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   Local and Global Sensitivity Analysis of a Complex Flow Model

        Gregory J. Ruskauff, Srikanta Mishra, Neil Deeds, John Ewing

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   An Application of PEST to the Calibration of an Integrated Ground Water / Surface Water Model in Southeastern Florida

        M. M. Wilsnack, R. Arteaga, D. J. Dahlstrom, D.E. Welter, V.A. Kelson

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   Model Calibration for Groundwater in a High Topographic Relief Setting

        Chuan-Mian Zhang, David V. Williams, John W. Thackston

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  Groundwater Flow Model Calibration Using Instantaneous Water Level Measurements

        Abu N. M. Ahsanuzzaman, Robert C. Earle, M. Mingyu Wang, David G. Jewett, Susan C. Mravik 304

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   An innovative use of observations to alleviate weighted-residual asymmetry

        Gilbert Barth

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   Using a Analytic Element Cross-sectional Model and PEST to Develop Seepage Coefficients for the South Florida Regional Simulation Model

        Victor A. Kelson, Mark M. Wilsnack, David J. Dahlstrom

310

 

 

SECTION 6 (VOLUME I)

DB/GIS Advances and Applications of Database Management and Graphical Information Systems

       Session Chairs: David Steward, Roseanna Neupauer

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   Designing a Data-Centered Groundwater Modeling Process for the South Platte Decision Support System, Colorado

        Michael Smith, Gordon McCurry, Ray Alvarado, Ray Bennett, Brian Ahrens, Andy Moore

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   Integrating MODFLOW Model Input and Output Data using HydroGeo Analyst

        Sharon Wadley, D.J. Miln Harvey, Aschalew Debebe

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   GIS-based Modeling of Groundwater Resources in the Denver Basin Aquifer System

        Kyle E. Murray

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   A New Telescopic Mesh Refinement Technique Applied to Water Use Permitting in Florida

        James O. Rumbaugh, Robert O. Peterson, Ken Weber

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   The Potential for Natural Systems Modeling Data Analysis Support with On-Line Analytical Processing Technology

        Tanya S. Unger Holtz

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   The Arc Hydro Ground Water Data Model

        Gil Strassberg, Norman Jones, David R. Maidment

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