SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Hydrological Services

Project Briefs

	These figures illustrate the aggregation of 1D solutions from the SwRI-developed code BREATH covering a 3 km x 5 km area over a potential high-level waste repository (white outline).

Project briefs for hydrological services at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) include:
 

• Development of a Three-Dimensional MODFLOW Flow Model for Yucca Mountain, Nevada

• Integration of GIS-Based Geologic Framework Models with Groundwater Flow Models

• Integration of GIS and Watershed Modeling of Runoff and Infiltration

• Modeling Steam Injection/Vapor Extraction of Contaminated Groundwater and Soils

• Development of an Efficient Mass and Energy Coupled Transport Simulator for the Vadose Zone

• Trace Metal Transport from an Archeological Site in Akrotiri, Greece, As a Natural Analog for Radionuclide Transport from a Geological Repository

• Development of a Two-Dimensional Saturated Zone Flow and Transport Model for Yucca Mountain, Nevada

For more information about saturated zone, unsaturated zone, and surface hydrological services and project briefs at SwRI or how you can contract with SwRI, please contact Dr. Gary Walter at gwalter@swri.org or (210) 522-3805, or Dr. Robert Lenhard at rlenhard@swri.org or (210) 522-6418.
 

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September 19, 2008