Why optimize long term groundwater monitoring design? A multiobjective case study of Hill Air Force Base

Patrick M. Reed; Barbara S. Minsker; Albert J. Valocchi

doi:10.1061/40569(2001)502

Why optimize long term groundwater monitoring design? A multiobjective case study of Hill Air Force Base

Patrick M. Reed, Barbara S. Minsker, Albert J. Valocchi

Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Mathematical tools from the field of optimization have significant potential for reducing long-term monitoring costs and aiding site managers in making informed decisions on sampling strategies for sites undergoing long-term monitoring. A case study is presented that demonstrates the use of a Nondominated Sorted Genetic Algorithm (NSGA) for monitoring design at Hill Air Force Base (AFB). The method combines fate-and-transport simulation (although it can also be used only with historical data), plume interpolation, and adaptive search to identify the tradeoff between monitoring costs and mass estimation error. The method efficiently provides decision makers a direct representation of the tradeoff between monitoring objectives such as cost and error. Additionally, the most and least significant monitoring wells in a preexisting monitoring network are identified. Copyright ASCE 2004.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Bridging the Gap
Subtitle of host publication	Meeting the World's Water and Environmental Resources Challenges - Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2001
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1061/40569(2001)502
State	Published - 2004
Event	World Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2001 - Orlando, FL, United States Duration: May 20 2001 → May 24 2001

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Name	Bridging the Gap: Meeting the World's Water and Environmental Resources Challenges - Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2001
Volume	111

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Other	World Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2001
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando, FL
Period	5/20/01 → 5/24/01

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Water Science and Technology

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Reed, P. M., Minsker, B. S., & Valocchi, A. J. (2004). Why optimize long term groundwater monitoring design? A multiobjective case study of Hill Air Force Base. In Bridging the Gap: Meeting the World's Water and Environmental Resources Challenges - Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2001 (Bridging the Gap: Meeting the World's Water and Environmental Resources Challenges - Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2001; Vol. 111). https://doi.org/10.1061/40569(2001)502

Why optimize long term groundwater monitoring design? A multiobjective case study of Hill Air Force Base. / Reed, Patrick M.; Minsker, Barbara S.; Valocchi, Albert J.
Bridging the Gap: Meeting the World's Water and Environmental Resources Challenges - Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2001. 2004. (Bridging the Gap: Meeting the World's Water and Environmental Resources Challenges - Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2001; Vol. 111).

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Reed, PM, Minsker, BS & Valocchi, AJ 2004, Why optimize long term groundwater monitoring design? A multiobjective case study of Hill Air Force Base. in Bridging the Gap: Meeting the World's Water and Environmental Resources Challenges - Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2001. Bridging the Gap: Meeting the World's Water and Environmental Resources Challenges - Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2001, vol. 111, World Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2001, Orlando, FL, United States, 5/20/01. https://doi.org/10.1061/40569(2001)502

Reed PM, Minsker BS, Valocchi AJ. Why optimize long term groundwater monitoring design? A multiobjective case study of Hill Air Force Base. In Bridging the Gap: Meeting the World's Water and Environmental Resources Challenges - Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2001. 2004. (Bridging the Gap: Meeting the World's Water and Environmental Resources Challenges - Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2001). doi: 10.1061/40569(2001)502

Reed, Patrick M. ; Minsker, Barbara S. ; Valocchi, Albert J. / Why optimize long term groundwater monitoring design? A multiobjective case study of Hill Air Force Base. Bridging the Gap: Meeting the World's Water and Environmental Resources Challenges - Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2001. 2004. (Bridging the Gap: Meeting the World's Water and Environmental Resources Challenges - Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2001).

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