GROUNDWATER MODELING APPLIED TO PRODUCTION WELL MANAGEMENT IN A CONTAMINATED AQUIFER

A study was conducted to evaluate production strategies for a well fie ld system near a source of groundwater contamination. Numerical modeli ng of groundwater flow was employed to generate hydraulic head configu rations for different production scenarios. For a given scenario, an e valuation of contamination susceptibility was made by comparing head d istributions in two aquifer units to the positions of the contaminant source and discharging water supply wells. The results of this study s uggest that groundwater flow modeling can be a useful technique for pl anning the production of water supply wells in aquifers at risk of con tamination from anthropogenic pollution sources.