Advanced Simulation and Modeling for Urban Groundwater Management - UGROW

List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Acronyms
List of Symbols
Glossary





Preface: UGROW as an IHP-VI component
Ken W. F. Howard and Dubravka Pokrajac





1. Challenges in urban groundwater modeling as an introduction to UGROW
Ken W.F. Howard and John H. Tellam
1.1 The management of urban groundwater
1.2 What hydrogeological characteristics are unique to urban groundwater systems?
1.2.1 Geology
1.2.2 Aquifer recharge
1.2.3 Aquifer discharge
1.2.4 Groundwater chemistry
1.3 The challenges for model representation of urban aquifers
1.4 Numerical modeling of groundwater in urban areas - the state of the art
1.4.1 Developments in numerical modeling
1.4.2 The interim solution
1.4.3 The niche for UGROW





2. UGROW - the Urban GROundWater modeling system
Dubravka Pokrajac and Milos Stanic
2.1 Model concepts
2.1.1 General features
2.1.2 User interface
2.1.3 The database
2.1.4 Algorithms
2.1.5 Simulation models
2.1.5 Using UGROW
2.2 Model application
2.2.1 Physical model
2.2.2 The urban water balance
2.2.3 Scope of application
2.3 GROW: GROundWater flow simulation model
2.3.1 Introduction
2.3.2 Basic equations
2.3.3 External sources of recharge
2.3.4 Aquifer water balance
2.3.5 Numerical solutions
2.4 Unsaturated soil water movement (UNSAT)
2.4.1 Basic equations
2.4.2 Numerical solution
2.4.3 Boundary conditions
2.4.4 Simulation results
2.5 Surface runoff (RUNOFF)
2.5.1 Delineation
2.5.2 Time-area diagram and unit hydrograph
2.5.3 Direct runoff hydrograph
2.6 Model data
2.6.1 Terrain
2.6.2 Geology
2.6.3 Water
2.7 User interface
2.7.1 Program overview
2.7.2 General 3DNet functions
2.7.3 TERRAIN component
2.7.4 GEOLOGY component
2.7.5 GROW component
2.8 Model application
2.8.1 Calibration
2.8.2 Uncertainty
2.8.3 Sensitivity





3. UGROW applications - case studies
Leif Wolf, Christina Schrage, Milos Stanic and Dubravka Pokrajac
3.1 Testing and validation of UGROW in Rastatt, Germany
3.1.1 Scope and motivation
3.1.2 Geographical setting
3.1.3 Existing investigations and models available for benchmarking
3.1.4 UGROW model setup
3.1.5 Model results
3.1.6 Summary and conclusions
3.2 Case study: Pancevacki rit, Serbia
3.2.1 Introduction
3.2.2 Input data for UGROW
3.2.3 Simulation results
3.2.4 Conclusion
3.3 Case study: city of Bijeljina in Bosnia
3.3.1 Introduction
3.3.2 Geology and hydrogeology
3.3.3 Groundwater regime
3.3.4 Field measurements
3.3.5 Urban aquifer model
3.3.6 Concluding discussion





4. Conclusions
Dubravka Pokrajac and Ken W. F. Howard
4.1 The urban sustainability challenge
4.2 UGROW as a tool for urban water system management
4.3 Validation and testing of UGROW
4.4 UGROW - the future
References


Appendix: UGROW CD-Rom
Milos Stanic and Dubravka Pokrajac