Determining the Groundwater Balance and Radius of Influence Using Hydrodynamic Modeling: Case Study of the Groundwater Source “Šumice” in Serbia

• Main Authors: Dušan Polomčić, Dragoljub Bajić, Jelena Zarić
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SDEWES Centre 2015-09-01
• Series: Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems
• Subjects: Water supply; aquifer; flow; groundwater regime; numerical modeling; particle tracking
• Online Access: http://www.sdewes.org/jsdewes/pi2015.03.0017

A groundwater flow model was developed to simulate groundwater extraction from the public water supply source of the City of Kikinda. The hydrodynamic model includes the municipal groundwater source of Kikinda (“Šumice”) and the Jezero Well, but also an extended area where there are groundwater sources that provide water supply to three factories (MSK, TM and LŽT Kikinda). Hydrodynamic modeling, based on the numerical method of finite differences, shows the groundwater balance of the sources in the extended area of Kikinda. The impact of the industrial water sources on the regime of the public water supply source is also be assessed. The radius of influence of the groundwater sources is determined by simulating the travel of conservative particles over a period of 200 days. The 200-day period reflected the travel time to the wells and represented the third and widest sanitary protection zone