07 Applied Hydrogeology

07-01 Groundwater Management

Pumping strategies, water allocation, safe yield, operational management, sustainability assessments.

Contents

Index Description
07-01-001 The Dewatering Exercise - Finding A Compromise Solution for Mine Dewatering

07-01-001The Dewatering Exercise - Finding A Compromise Solution for Mine Dewatering

Type: Streamlit app Time: 2-4 hours
The Dewatering Exercise - Finding A Compromise Solution for Mine Dewatering

Figure 1: Interactive plot that demonstrate the effect of parameter uncertainty (Screenshot)

This app is designed to guide non-experts through the use of groundwater models to answer a water resources question. It is presented in eight steps, with an assignment given after every second step.

  • Step 1 General discussion of how surrounding stakeholders might be affected by mine dewatering - qualitative discussion of the response of an aquifer to pumping.

  • Step 2 Quantitative predictions of drawdown versus distance and time for different Q, T, and S.

  • Step 3 Convert drawdown to utility for three stakeholders.

  • Step 4 Introducing Pareto optimization of pumping among stakeholders.

  • Step 5 Putting Pareto optimization in practice.

  • Step 6 Perform a pumping test on data with error to infer T and S with uncertainty.

  • Step 7 Bayesian multimodel analysis.

  • Step 8 Reality: why these methods are almost never used!

The app comes with several interactive plots, assignments, electronic questions for assessing knowledge, and educator notes.

LAUNCH RESOURCE

Detail Value
URL dewatering-exercise-app.str… · open app
Author(s) Ty Ferré (University of Arizona)
Keywords Groundwater management, dewatering, mining, optimization, Theis, pumping
Fit For self learning, classroom teaching
Prerequisites Basic hydrogeology, Aquifer parameters

Streamlit app details

Detail Value
Multipage app yes – approx. 10 page(s)
Interactive plots 22 interactive plot(s)
Assessments included 30 question(s)