Application of numerical models for improvement of wellhead protection management: Case study: Korbovo wellhead

Abstract

Advanced mathematical models of groundwater flow provide exceptional support in designing of new wellheads, but also optimization analyses of the existing groundwater resources management. However, for reliable forecasts their application requires a large data base that may be obtained exclusively through field research. The paper demonstrates the application of advanced mathematical models in an optimization analysis of the wellhead protection system management, with the case study of the wellhead 'Korbovo', at the Danube riverbank. Required field investigations and background data were presented as the basis for the formulation of mathematical model. On the basis of numerical analysis, a solution was proposed for the wellhead protection management, which generates significant energy savings in relation to the existing conditions.

Savremeni matematički modeli strujanja podzemnih voda pružaju izuzetnu podršku kod projektovanja novih, ali i kod različitih optimizacija rada postojećih izvorišta podzemnih voda. Međutim, njihova primena u cilju pouzdanih prognoza zahteva obiman fond podataka do kojih se dolazi isključivo terenskim istraživanjima. U radu se demonstrira primena naprednih matematičkih modela u cilju optimizacije rada bunarske zaštite izvorišta podzemnih voda na primeru izvorišta "Korbovo" pored Dunava. U tom smislu, prezentovana su neophodna istraživanja i podloge kao osnova za formiranje matematičkog modela. Na osnovu numeričkih analiza predloženo je rešenje rada bunarske zaštite kojom se ostvaruju značajne energetske uštede u odnosu na postojeće uslove.