Developed by R.A. Collenteur & M. Bakker
In this example notebook it is shown how to simulate the effect of a pumping well on the groundwater levels. We will first create a TFN model with the net recharge as the single stress used to explain the observed heads. Second, this model is extended to include the effect of a pumping well on the heads by adding another stress model. The simulated heads are compared and it can be clearly seen how the addition of the pumping well improves the simulation of the heads.
This example was also shown at the 2018 General Assembly of the European Geophysical Union:
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import pandas as pd
import pastas as ps
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
%matplotlib inline
ps.show_versions()
All time series for this example have been prepared as csv-files, which are read using the Pandas read_csv- method. The following time series are available:
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head = pd.read_csv("data_notebook_7/head_wellex.csv",
index_col="Date", parse_dates=True, squeeze=True)
rain = pd.read_csv("data_notebook_7/prec_wellex.csv",
index_col="Date", parse_dates=True)
evap = pd.read_csv("data_notebook_7/evap_wellex.csv",
index_col="Date", parse_dates=True)
well = pd.read_csv("data_notebook_7/well_wellex.csv",
index_col="Date", parse_dates=True)
# Make a plot of all the time series
fig, ax = plt.subplots(4, 1, sharex=True, figsize=(10,5));
ax[0].plot(head, label=head.name, linestyle=" ", marker=".", markersize=2)
ax[0].legend()
ax[1].plot(rain, label="rain")
ax[1].legend()
ax[2].plot(evap, label="evap")
ax[2].legend()
ax[3].plot(well, label="well")
ax[3].legend()
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A pastas Model is created. A constant and a noisemodel are automatically added. The effect of the net groundwater recharge $R(t)$ is simulated using the ps.RechargeModel stress model. Net recharge is calculated as $R(t) = P(t) - f * E(t)$ where $f$ is a parameter that is estimated and $P(t)$ and $E(t)$ are precipitation and reference evapotranspiration, respectively.
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# Create the time series model
ml = ps.Model(head, name="groundwater head")
# Add the stres model for the net recharge
rm = ps.StressModel2([rain, evap], name="recharge", rfunc=ps.Gamma)
ml.add_stressmodel(rm)
ml.solve()
ml.plot()
# Let's store the simulated values to compare later
sim1 = ml.simulate()
res1 = ml.residuals()
n1 = ml.noise()
Interpreting the results
As can be seen from the above plot, the observed heads show a clear rise whereas the simulated heads do not show this behaviour. The rise in the heads cannot be explained by an increased precipitation or a decreased evaporation over time, and it is likely another force is driving the heads upwards. Given the location of the well, we can hypothesize that the groundwater pumping caused a lowering of the heads in the beginning of the observations, which decreased when the pumping well was shut down. A next logical step is to add the effect of the pumping well and see if it improves the simulation of the head.
To simulate the effect of the pumping well a new stress model is added. The effect of the well is simulated using the ps.StressModel, which convoluted a stress with a response function. As a response function the ps.Hantush response function is used. The keyword-argument up=False is provided to tell the model this stress is supposed to have a lowering effect on the groundwater levels.
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# Add the stress model for the pumping well
sm = ps.StressModel(well, rfunc=ps.Hantush, name="well", settings="well", up=False)
ml.add_stressmodel(sm)
# Solve the model and make a plot
ml.solve()
axes = ml.plots.decomposition(figsize=(10,8))
axes[0].plot(sim1) # Add the previously simulated values to the plot
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Interpreting the results
The addition of the pumping well to simulate the heads clearly improved the fit with the observed heads. It can also be seen how the pumping well stops contributing to the lowering of the head after ~2014, indicating the pumping effect of the well has dampened out. The period it takes before the historic pumping has no effect anymore can be approximated by the length of the response function for the well (e.g., len(ml.get_step_response("well"))).
The difference between the model with and without the pumping becomes even more clear when analyzing the model residuals. The residuals of the model without the well show a clear upward trend, whereas the model with a model does not show this trend anymore.
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ml.residuals().plot(figsize=(10, 4))
res1.plot()
plt.legend(["Model with well", "Model without well"])
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