Groundwater and solute transport modelling study Vosdonk Noord at Etten-Leur: Examining the effect of two implementation methodologies for highly heterogenic shallow subsurface characteristics

The industrial site of Vosdonk Noord at Etten-Leur in the Netherlands consists of a large soil contamination in combination with highly heterogenic shallow subsurface soil characteristics. In this report, we study the groundwater flow and solute transport behaviour at this project location. Throughout this process, knowledge is gathered about...

Performance Assessment of Global Optimization Algorithms in Automatic Calibration of Groundwater Models

Calibration of groundwater models can be done manually by comparing the measured and computed groundwater heads or automatically using algorithms which do the work for you. Modules for this purpose are included in or linked externally to traditional groundwater modelling software and used. One such module PEST (Parameter ESTimation) uses the...