Item talk:Q229391

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 "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/idaho-water-science-center/science/groundwater-flow-modeling-idaho-national-laboratory",
 "headline": "Groundwater Flow Modeling - Idaho National Laboratory",
 "datePublished": "September 23, 2017",
 "author": [
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     "@type": "Person",
     "name": "Jason C Fisher",
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     "text": "Our scientists continue to collect new observations about the depth to groundwater, the groundwater flow deeper in the aquifer, and the aquifer\u2019s geology. Adding these new data sets will improve model predictions for tracking contaminant movement and forecasting groundwater availability."
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     "text": "The steady-state model assumes inflows into the aquifer equal outflows, and there are no time-dependent changes in aquifer storage or changes in the direction and velocity of water movement."
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     "text": "The models, developed at the INL, afford scientists a framework to organize their knowledge and concepts of groundwater systems and to provide insights for water-resource managers for future water demands and contaminant movement in the aquifer at the INL."
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     "text": "In 2012, we compared the steady-state model's estimates of groundwater source areas and velocities to independently derived estimates. We've learned that our model is most accurate where the aquifer's geology includes large sediment beds."
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     "text": "What's the difference between \"steady-state\" and \"transient\" models?"
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     "text": "Numerical models are being used to better understand the flow of groundwater and the transport of radiochemical and chemical constituents in the eastern Snake River Plain aquifer system."
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     "text": "The transient model allows water inflows and outflows to vary in response to short-and long-term changes in climate or water-use patterns resulting in an increase or decrease in aquifer storage and changes in the direction and velocity of groundwater flow."
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     "text": "OUR RECENT MODELS"
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     "text": "In 2010, our project office developed 3D steady-state and transient flow models that can be used to show how human- and natural climate-induced stresses affect groundwater storage, flow direction, and the velocity of water movement."
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