DHS Research Science Themes: Groundwater Modeling

The Desert Research Institute Groundwater Modeling group conducts research in the areas of unsaturated, saturated and multiphase flow, and heat and solute transport modeling activities in porous and fractured geologic media. Current research directions and expertise include predictions of water supply in arid systems, contaminant transport predictions in the context of parametric and conceptual uncertainty, design of monitoring well networks in support of natural attenuation strategies, geothermal reservoir simulation, integration of groundwater and surface water models, value of information analysis, and theoretical development and implementation of novel groundwater flow and transport equations and solutions. Current modeling projects are sponsored by local, state and federal agencies.

DHS research projects related to "groundwater modeling" are listed below.
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1 11/01/11 Technical Research Engineering and Development DOE/NNSA/NSO contract (TREDS) - CEMP
2 11/01/11 Technical Research Engineering and Development DOE/NNSA/NSO contract (TREDS) - CRMP and AIP
3 11/01/11 Technical Research Engineering and Development DOE/NNSA/NSO contract (TREDS) - Soils
4 11/01/11 Technical Research Engineering and Development DOE/NNSA/NSO contract (TREDS) - UGTA
5 05/17/11 Groundwater Model Development to Assess Aquifer Recharge and Recovery in the City of Fernley
6 01/13/11 Canal lining and afforestation to prevent raised groundwater tables and field salinization in Khorezm, Uzbekistan
7 07/28/10 Water Supply Study of Grass Valley, NV
8 03/23/09 Investigation of Methods of Potential Value to Monitor Groundwater Recharge in the Mountains of California

SEPHAS Program

Landscape and the Environment
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Applying science to environmental issues such as climate change, water recharge, flooding, and contaminant transport.

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Solving Critical State Water Problems
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