A model for managing sources of groundwater pollution

Journal Article · Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982 · Water Resour. Res.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/WR018i004p00773· OSTI ID:5856476

Gorelick, S M

The waste disposal capacity of a groundwater system can be maximized maintaining water quality at specified locations by using a groundwater pollutant source management model that is based upon linear programing and numerical simulation. The decision variables of the management model are solute waste disposal rates at various facilities distributed over space. A concentration response matrix is used in the management model to describe transient solute transport and is developed using th U.S. Geological Survey solute transport simulation model. The management model was applied to a complex hypothetical groundwater system. Large-scale management models were formulated as dual linear programing problems to reduce numerically stable, available code. Optimal solutions to problems with successively longer management time horizons indicated that disposal schedules at some sites are relatively independent of the number of disopsal rates. Sensitivity analysis using parametric linear programing showed that a sharp reduction in total waste disposal potential occurs if disposal rates at any site are increased beyond their values.

• Research Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA
• OSTI ID: 5856476
• Journal Information: Water Resour. Res.; (United States), Vol. 18:4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
GROUND WATER
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
WASTE DISPOSAL
OPTIMIZATION
AQUIFERS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
POLLUTION SOURCES
SINKS
TIMING PROPERTIES
WATER QUALITY
CONTROL
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MANAGEMENT
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WATER
520200* - Environment
Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)