Hydraulic Optimization — General Information

• Hydraulic Optimization Demonstration for Groundwater Pump-and-Treat Systems (December 1999), EPA/542/R-99/011
  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