Modeling of Artificial Groundwater Recharge by Wells: A Model Stratified Porous Medium

Carlos Fuentes, Carlos Chávez, Antonio Quevedo, Josué Trejo-Alonso and Sebastián Fuentes
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Carlos Fuentes: Mexican Institute of Water Technology, Paseo Cuauhnáhuac Núm. 8532, Jiutepec, Morelos 62550, Mexico
Carlos Chávez: Water Research Center, Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Autonomous University of Queretaro, Cerro de las Campanas SN, Col. Las Campanas, Queretaro 76010, Mexico
Antonio Quevedo: Mexican Institute of Water Technology, Paseo Cuauhnáhuac Núm. 8532, Jiutepec, Morelos 62550, Mexico
Josué Trejo-Alonso: Water Research Center, Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Autonomous University of Queretaro, Cerro de las Campanas SN, Col. Las Campanas, Queretaro 76010, Mexico
Sebastián Fuentes: Water Research Center, Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Autonomous University of Queretaro, Cerro de las Campanas SN, Col. Las Campanas, Queretaro 76010, Mexico

Mathematics, 2020, vol. 8, issue 10, 1-11

Abstract: In recent years, groundwater levels have been decreasing due to the demand in agricultural and industrial activities, as well as the population that has grown exponentially in cities. One method of controlling the progressive lowering of the water table is the artificial recharge of water through wells. With this practice, it is possible to control the amount of water that enters the aquifer through field measurements. However, the construction of these wells is costly in some areas, in addition to the fact that most models only simulate the well as if it were a homogeneous profile and the base equations are restricted. In this work, the amount of infiltrated water by a well is modeled using a stratified media of the porous media methodology. The results obtained can help decision-making by evaluating the cost benefit of the construction of wells to a certain location for the recharge of aquifers.

Keywords: mathematical modeling; infiltration well; differential equations; porous medium; fractal conductivity model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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