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Welcome to the August Edition
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 Product News FEFLOW v.5.0
now includes Fracture Modeling!
Training News 3D
Reactive Transport Modeling Course
in
November!
Consulting News WHI Developing Federal
Groundwater
Information System
for Brazil!
Tips & Tricks Visual MODFLOW Pro 3.0 (Build 173):
New Features Now
Available! |
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Product News |
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The Product News section
provides you with the latest information on our groundwater and
environmental software products. It will keep you up-to-date
on product upgrades, monthly specials, new product announcements,
status reports and software patches. |
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1. FEFLOW v.5.0 now includes Fracture
Modeling! |
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August
Software Spotlight:
SAVE
UP
TO
US$
700
(single-seat license) |
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The most advanced finite
element package for modeling saturated and unsaturated
groundwater flow with contaminant transport, heat transport
and saltwater intrusion...is now even better!
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New Features in FEFLOW v.5.0
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Fracture
flow modeling using an interactive 'fracture editor' that
incorporates Manning-Strickler, Hagen-Poiseuille, or Darcy
laws
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True color
support (256 colors not required)
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Modified 'Van Genuchten'
for simulation of unsaturated / variably saturated
properties
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Automatic parameter
estimation for capillary head vs. saturation curves for
unsaturated zone flow
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And much more... (click
to see a complete listing of new features)
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to review the new features, and contact us with
questions.
Don't miss this opportunity to take
your modeling projects to the next level. Join the
thousands of users around the world leveraging the power
of FEFLOW's robust numerical algorithms and easy-to-use
graphical interface! |
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On sale until August 31st, don't miss this
opportunity to purchase the latest FEFLOW software!
For more
information, please visit our web
page or contact us directly with questions: Tel:
519-746-1798; E-mail: sales@flowpath.com.
We look
forward to hearing from you!
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2. 3D Reactive Transport Modeling Course
in November |
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Location:
Waterloo, ON, Canada
Date: November
11-13, 2002
Course
Description:
This
three-day course will cover the use of MODPATH, MT3D99,
RT3D and PHREEQC, and their applications to two- and
three-dimensional problems with an emphasis on contaminant
transport. This is a hands-on course emphasizing practical
applications such as:
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evaluating and optimizing groundwater remediation
alternatives (e.g. pump-and-retreat, funnel-and-gate, and
trench-and-drain systems);
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simulating natural attenuation of ground water
plumes;
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delineating well capture zones; and
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identifying preferred flow and exposure
pathways
Each
participant will learn the practical skills required to develop
contaminant transport models for problem-solving applications,
strategic decision support, and promoting awareness of the role and
limitations of modeling in the solution of groundwater
issues.
The
course is divided into four parts, as follows:
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Detailed Discussion of Parameters for Contaminant
Transport
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Numerical Considerations in Modeling Transport
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Calibration of Transport Models and Dealing with
Non-uniqueness
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Predictive Analysis - Applications and
Limitations
Each
part of the course includes lectures to provide a basis for the
topic followed by hands-on exercises to provide every participant
with direct experience. No other
ground water modeling course offers a more complete coverage of the
topics and applications that you need to become a qualified
groundwater modeling professional.
Who Should
Attend?
This
course is designed for groundwater professionals who have previously
used MODFLOW to analyze groundwater flow and who have an
understanding of hydrogeological principles. It is suitable for
those who do the modeling and also those who review the work of
others, including engineers, scientists, managers and
regulators. The format and content of the course will be
sufficiently challenging for those who have previously attempted to
model contaminant transport and simple enough for those who are just
beginning.
Course Software:
The
most recent versions of Visual MODFLOW, AquaChem, PHREEQC, Visual
PEST, AquiferTest and Surfer will be provided for use at the course.
These software packages are available at a 15% discount to all
course participants for a period of one
month.
Course Price:
Note: Canadian residents add 7% GST (Ontario residents add 8%
PST)
For more information on course content please click here
to visit the web or contact us
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Consulting News |
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3. WHI Developing Federal Groundwater
Information System for Brazil |
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complete groundwater management system for the Federal
Government of Brazil. The system is being developed in
conjunction with the Brazilian Geological Survey – CPRM, under
a contract from the Geological Survey of
Canada. |
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This project is also funded by the Canadian
International Development Agency, CIDA under the Northeast Brazil
Groundwater Project, PROASNE. The data management system has
three components:
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a Data Entry component to be distributed free of charge to
all well drillers in Brazil. From this system the user can enter
all relevant information about the well and submit it
electronically to CPRM;
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a Data Analysis component. This software allows the users
to perform data analysis, such as producing water level and
concentration contour maps, temporal graphs, bubble plots,
geological cross-sections, etc. These users can also
perform queries on the database and display or print the
results;
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a Web-based Data Visualization System. Any person will be
able to access the database information on-line through CPRM’s web
site. From there the user will perform queries, graphically
visualize the well construction and lithology profiles, and
retrieve data for particular wells in text form.
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An
initial part of the project is to define what fields should be
contained in a national groundwater database and subsequently
how these fields would be organized in tables and their
relationships. A SQL relational database was developed
and was implemented in the central server of CPRM, where the
web-based data visualization system is
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The current database contains 70,000 wells and
many more wells will be immediately added as soon as the system is
finalized with the addition of well information currently stored in
different databases at the State level or in paper form. This
system will allow new wells to be added to the system dynamically
and will speed up the
issuance of well permits. |
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For more information
on this project, please
contact Daniel Gomes in our Consulting
Division directly [Tel: 519-746-1798].
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4. Waterloo
Hydrogeologic Provides Training to Professionals from Pakistan and
the Philippines |
| WHI is currently
providing hands-on training in groundwater modeling and GIS
techniques to Dr. Niaz Ahmad and Naveed Iqbal from the
Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, as well
as Joel Diaz from the Davao Water Authority in the
Philippines. This
training is sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency
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As part
of their capacity building program two real scale models are being
developed, one for the city of Lahore in Pakistan, where
approximately six million people are supplied solely with
groundwater sources.
The second model that is being developed is for the city of
Davao, which is located in the Philippines where there are one
million inhabitants.
Both models are part of an integrated drinking water
management system, which involves isotopic studies, hydrogeochemical
data analysis, groundwater modeling and GIS mapping techniques to
protect and develop groundwater resources.
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For more
information on these models and on-going training, please
contact Daniel Gomes in our Consulting
Division directly [Tel: 519-746-1798].
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Tips & Tricks |
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5. Visual MODFLOW Pro 3.0 (Build 173):
New Features Now Available! |
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Did you know you can now specify a variety of user
preferences in Visual MODFLOW? Import ESRI Shape (.SHP) files
for use as basemaps? Clearly examine your model from a
cross-sectional perspective without rows and columns obstructing
your view?
Yes, Visual MODFLOW has been updated and actually is
constantly being improved to better suit your groundwater modeling
needs and to give you the best tools available to make your modeling
projects a complete success.
This month's Tips &
Tricks section provides a detailed description and
several screen captures of the new features: |
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Option under the File menu for setting the font size of
pumping well labels, observation well labels, axis labels,
ESRI shape labels, and contour labels, and for setting the
color of the background screen and axis labels. |
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(2) ESRI Shape
files (.SHP) may now be imported as sitemaps for the model. The .SHP maps
are visible in Visual MODFLOW and our 3D visualization and
animation tool, the VMOD
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(3) An option under the Overlay settings for
'Gridlines' to hide Vertical Gridlines while viewing in
cross-sectional mode to see the layer structure of the model
without the clutter of rows and columns. |
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If you are a registered user of Visual MODFLOW, please
contact us for Visual MODFLOW 3.0 (Build 173) download
instructions.
As always, we look forward to hearing your feedback on Visual
MODFLOW and we will continue to listen to your suggestions in order
to guide our development direction to best meet the needs of our
clients. If you are experiencing any problems with the
software, please do not hesitate to contact our technical support
specialists for helpful, professional assistance in solving your
problem, or getting the problem fixed.
If you have suggestions for new features or better ways of
doing something, please also pass these suggestions along to our
technical support team: techsupport@flowpath.com.
If you are not a registered Visual MODFLOW 3.0 user, please
contact a Waterloo Hydrogeologic Sales Representative for more
information [E-mail: sales@flowpath.com; Tel:
519-746-1798] or click here to visit the web. |
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