SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF GROUNDWATER FLOWS

AN EFFICIENT TECHNIQUE FOR DETERMINING OPTIMAL GROUNDWATER USAGE IS CRUCIAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPROVED APPROACH FOR MANAGING AND PLANNING WATER RESOURCES. A METHOD, BASED ON THE BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATION METHOD (BIEM), IS PROPOSED FOR PERFORMING ANALYSIS OF ROUNDWATER FLOWS. THE NEW APPROACH RESULTS IN A PORTABLE COMPUTER CODE, EVEN FOR REGIONAL AQUIFER SYSTEMS. THE PROPOSED COMPUTER MODEL WILL PROVIDE WATER RESOURCES PLANNERS, ENGINEERS, HYDROLOGISTS, AND HYDROGEOLOGISTS, A POWERFUL TOOL FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION SUCH AS: 1) THE INFLUENCE OF PUMPING ON THE DRAWDOWN AT DIFFERENT SITES; 2) THE OPTIMAL PUMPING/RECHARGE RATE REQUIRED TO CONTROL GROUNDWATER MOVEMENT AND THE MIGRATION OF CONTAMINATING SOURCES. THE CODE WILL ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPROPRIATE PREVENTION MEASURES.