Advanced Simulation and Modeling for Urban Groundwater Management - UGROW: UNESCO-IHP (Urban Water Series--UNESCO-Ihp)

''UGROW (UrbanGROundWater) represents one of the most advanced urban water management tools produced to date and fully integrates all urban water system components including groundwater. It will raise the awareness of the interaction between urban water system components, support management decision-making, and solve a wide range of urban water problems. The model has a sound scientific basis, is computationally efficient, and is supported by outstanding graphics. Developed as part of the sixth Phase of UNESCO's International Hydrological Programme (IHP-IV), UGROW was tested and refined under a range of demanding urban conditions. Book includes UGROW software CD-ROM and instruction manual.''--pub. desc. Read more... Content: Machine generated contents note: 1. Challenges in urban groundwater modelling as an introduction to UGROW -- 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 modelling of groundwater in urban areas -- the state of the art -- 1.4.1. Developments in numerical modelling -- 1.4.2. The interim solution -- 1.4.3. The niche for UGROW -- 2. UGROW -- the Urban GROundWater modelling system -- 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 -- 2.1.6. 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 3D Net 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 -- 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 -- 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. Abstract: Presents the theory and software on urban groundwater modelling with one of the most advanced tools that integrates all urban water system components, including groundwater. Read more... "UGROW (UrbanGROundWater) represents one of the most advanced urban water management tools produced to date and fully integrates all urban water system components including groundwater. It will raise the awareness of the interaction between urban water system components, support management decision-making, and solve a wide range of urban water problems. The model has a sound scientific basis, is computationally efficient, and is supported by outstanding graphics. Developed as part of the sixth Phase of UNESCO's International Hydrological Programme (IHP-IV), UGROW was tested and refined under a range of demanding urban conditions. Book includes UGROW software CD-ROM and instruction manual."--Publisher's description During the past three decades, urban groundwater has emerged as one of the worlds most pressing issues. Explosive population growth, most prevalent in cities, has placed an inordinate demand on groundwater supply, prompting concerns for its long-term sustainability at a time when the quality of available groundwater resources is being increasingly This book focuses on challenges in urban groundwater, widely regarded as a serious global issue. Topics covered are extensive and range from the urban water balance and rising groundwater levels to groundwater contamination and the role of aquifer modelin