Interactive Groundwater Modeling using the MDEQ statewide GW

database and application to the Augusta Creek Watershed

Shu-Guang Li, Qun Liu, Hassan Abbas, Shu-Guang Li, Qun Liu, Hassan Abbas, Civil & Environmental Engineering, MSUCivil & Environmental Engineering, MSU

Steve Miller, Institute of Water Research, MSUSteve Miller, Institute of Water Research, MSUJames Nicholas, USGSJames Nicholas, USGS

Three Closely Related ProjectsThree Closely Related Projects

NSF - Interactive Groundwater Project, NSF - Interactive Groundwater Project, PIs: Li, Liu, since 1997PIs: Li, Liu, since 1997

MDEQ - Statewide Groundwater MDEQ - Statewide Groundwater Mapping Project, PIs: Lusch, Reeves, Mapping Project, PIs: Lusch, Reeves, MillerMiller

MDEQ – The IGW-MDEQ Database MDEQ – The IGW-MDEQ Database Interface Project. PIs: Li and LiuInterface Project. PIs: Li and Liu

MDEQ StatewideMDEQ Statewide Groundwater Groundwater

DatabaseDatabase

Water Wells

Oil/Gas Wells

Streams

Based flows

Trout streams

Recharge

Lakes

Lakes

Trout streams/lakes

Wellogic dataWellogic data Field dataField data

KA Field DATA KA Wellogic DATA

LIVINGSTON Field DATA

CLARE Field data

LIVINGSTON Wellogic DATACLARE Wellogic

DATA

If processed properly, the wellogic SWL

matches very well with standard water level

measurements

AugustaAugusta

Kent countyKent county

Ionia county 1Ionia county 1

Ionia county 2Ionia county 2

Kalamazoo Kalamazoo countycounty

Branch countyBranch county Washtenaw CountyWashtenaw CountyCity of ClareCity of Clare

The orientation of WHPAs based on field data matches well with the direction of head gradient estimated from the Wellogic data

Additional Evidence showing the wellogic SWLs are very valuable

Lansing Drawdown Lansing Drawdown Cone DynamicsCone Dynamics

60’s: 856pts; 740ft to 894ft 80’s: 1552pts; 740ft to 892ft70’s: 1774pts; 722ft to 908ft

90’s: 894pts; 776ft to 901ft 00’s: 1053pts; 769ft to 890ft Avg: 6278pts; 748ft to 910ft

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SpatialMODInterpolation, Filtering &

Trend Analysis

GSLIBGeostatistical Simulation

Library

3D Flow Deterministic & Stochastic

Olectra Chart2D Graphics Control

GISMap Object

Control

VTK3D Visualization

Control

3D TransportDeterministic & Stochastic

Interactive Ground Water

Surficial Deposits

Lithologies, Statigraphies

Basin Delineations

Geological Framework DataSpecific

Capacities

T/SPump tests

Well logsLithologies

Hydraulic Property Data

Static heads & Water Levels

River /Lake Base Flows

Calibration & Verification Data

Pump Tests, Obs wells,

Hydrographs

Aquifer Stress Data

Streams &Lakes

Recharge RatesProduction

WellsLand Use, Soil Type

Chemical Stress Data

Land Use

ContaminationSites

DEQ Statewide Groundwater Database

Soil Type

Surficial Deposits

Inventories of Waste Generators

Michigan Groundwater (MG) An Integrated Software for Analyzing, Modeling, & Visualizing Michigan Statewide Groundwater Data

Topo data,Digital Elevation

Models

Augusta Creek Watershed Augusta Creek Watershed Groundwater Modeling SystemGroundwater Modeling System