Groundwater Modeling

The purpose of the conceptual flow and transport modeling at LANL is:

• To provide a fundamental understanding of flow and transport on the Pajarito Plateau
• To describe the hydrologic conceptual model as determined from hydrologic studies of groundwater in the alluvial, vadose zone and regional aquifer
• To provide a framework for specific contaminant transport investigations
• To demonstrate how grounwdwater flow and transport models provide technical assistance to communities

The technical approach is accomplished through three aspects:

• Deep well drilling for geological characterization, geophysical logs, identification of perched water, geochemical sampling and contaminant sampling
• Hydrologic of measurements testing
• Analysis of these data to identify recharge zones, travel times and creation of conceptual and numerical models to quantify conclusions

Hydrogrologic Conceptual Model

Documents

• Conceptual Flow and Transport Model

Data & Documents

• Environmental Monitoring Data (RACER)
• Fact Sheets
• Plans & Procedures
• Publications & Reports
• Requirements Documents

Public Notices

• Review of November 2008 Groundwater Data

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