Hydraulic Optimization – General Information

Hydraulic Optimization Demonstration for Groundwater Pump-and-Treat Systems, EPA/542/R-99/011, December 1999
The final report is presented in two volumes: Volume 1 Pre-Optimization Screening (Method and Demonstration), and Volume 2 Application of Hydraulic Optimization.

• Volume 1 Pre-Optimization Screening (Method and Demonstration) – provides a spreadsheet screening approach for comparing costs of alternative pump-and-treat designs.
  Download Part I(1.3MB/63pp/PDF)
  Download Part II (1MB/71pp/PDF)

• Volume 2 (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3) describes the application of hydraulic optimization for improving pump-and-treat designs.
  Download Part I (1MB/71pp/PDF)
  Download Part II (1.4MB/15pp/PDF)
  Download Part III (977KB/55pp/PDF)

Groundwater Contamination: Optimal Capture and Containment – This book summarizes a set of tools and techniques that can be used to design efficient and cost-effective capture and containment systems for groundwater remedial action operation. Gorelick, S. R.A. Freeze, D. Donahue, and J.F. Keely, Lewis Publishers, 1989
 

Optimal Management of Flow in Groundwater Systems – This book combines optimization methods with numerical models for the management of groundwater flow. The resulting management model provides a quantitative tool for optimizing the groundwater system within the context of the specified objective function and constraints. Ahlfeld, D.P and A.E. Mulligan, Academic Press, 2000