Technical Whitepaper

This technical whitepaper presents the theoretical foundation and mathematical formulations underlying MINEDW’s groundwater flow modeling capabilities.

• Introduction
• Groundwater Flow
  • Forchheimer Equation
  • Effective Specific Storage
• Boundary Conditions
  • Specified-Head Boundary Conditions
  • Constant-Head Boundary Conditions
  • Drain Boundary Conditions
  • Recharge and Evapotranspiration
  • Pumping Wells
  • Variable Flux Boundary
  • Rivers
• Mining and Closure
  • Open-Pit Mining
  • Underground Mining
• References