Introduction to Groundwater Modeling
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Agenda
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Thursday, August 7, 2025
9:00 am – 12:20 pm CST
Friday, August 8, 2025
9:00 am – 12:20 pm CST
Presented by: Dr. Gordon McCurry
Agenda: Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Overview of Groundwater Modeling
- Common purposes and uses of groundwater models
- Types of groundwater models
- General process of groundwater modeling
Principles of Groundwater Flow and Solute Transport
- Aquifers and aquifer properties
- Groundwater flow and hydraulic gradient
- Solute transport processes
Analytical Groundwater Models
- Steady and transient flow
- Stream depletion due to pumping
- Solute transport
Agenda: Thursday, February 13, 2025
Numerical Flow Model Development
- Governing equation for groundwater flow
- Model domain and discretization
- Model boundary conditions (fluxes)
- Model material properties
Numerical Flow Model Calibration and Reporting
- Model calibration
- Model documentation
MODFLOW Summary
- Design of MODFLOW
- MODFLOW processes and packages
- MODFLOW discretization
- MODPATH
- MODFLOW example
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Credits
Engineers
6.0 PDHs
PIE - Practicing Institute of Engineering
6.0 PDHs
Floodplain Managers
6.0 ASFPM CECs
Continuing Education Credit Information
This webinar is open to the public and is designed to qualify for 6.0 PDHs for professional engineers in most states; please refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida (Provider License No: CEA362), Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00049300) and North Carolina (S-0130). HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York engineers via its course approval with the Practicing Institute of Engineering (PIE). Other states do not preapprove continuing education providers or courses.
This webinar has been evaluated for compliance with NYS Mandatory Continuing Education requirements for professional engineers by the Practicing Institute of Engineering, and has been approved for 6.0 PDHs.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this course for 6.0 CECs for floodplain managers.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the webinar for those who attend the entire course and score a minimum 80% on the quiz that follows the course (multiple attempts allowed).
On-Demand Credits
The preceding credit information only applies to the live presentation. This course in an on-demand format is not pre-approved by any licensing boards and may not qualify for the same credits; please consult your licensing board(s) to ensure that a structured, asynchronous learning format is appropriate.
Speakers
Dr. Gordon McCurry
Hydrologist at McCurry Hydrology LLCDr. Gordon McCurry has more than 35 years of experience in hydrology, including the investigation, analysis and modeling of aquifer systems, and assessments of hydrologic impacts. His areas of expertise include the quantitative analyses of flow and solute transport, stream/aquifer interactions, climate change, regulatory permitting, and aquifer remediation. He has been involved with modeling groundwater flow and solute transport since the 1980s. In addition to his consulting career, Dr. McCurry has taught courses on groundwater modeling and hydrogeology since the early 1990s at several universities and to state and federal regulatory agencies.
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