AquaChem
Water quality data management, geochemical plotting, and statistical analysis software for hydrogeologists.
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From analytic well solutions to regional 3D finite-difference models, groundwater tooling spans an enormous range of complexity. This page collects simulation engines, pre/post-processors and calibration frameworks — with notes on which level of complexity each fits.
Water quality data management, geochemical plotting, and statistical analysis software for hydrogeologists.
Pumping, slug, and packer test analysis software for hydrogeologists to calculate aquifer hydraulic properties.
DHI's finite-element groundwater platform — unstructured meshes, density-driven flow, heat and mine dewatering.
The Python interface to MODFLOW — build, run and post-process groundwater models entirely in code.
Monthly total water storage change from satellite gravity — the only direct signal of large-scale groundwater depletion.
Veteran commercial MODFLOW GUI with deep PEST integration — a consultant favourite for calibration-heavy work.
The standard for vadose-zone modelling — variably saturated flow and transport by Richards' equation.
Environmental data management and 3D visualization software for hydrogeologists and site investigation teams.
DHI's integrated hydrological model — coupled overland, unsaturated, groundwater and channel flow.
The USGS groundwater model — the world standard for aquifer simulation, rebuilt as a modular multi-model framework.
USGS particle tracking for MODFLOW — pathlines, travel times and capture zones from flow solutions.
Multi-species solute transport for MODFLOW — advection, dispersion, sorption and reactions in aquifers.
The USGS's free graphical interface for MODFLOW — grid-independent model design without a commercial GUI.
Model-independent parameter estimation and uncertainty analysis — the calibration standard for groundwater models.
USGS geochemical modelling — speciation, batch reactions, 1D reactive transport and inverse modelling.
Time-series analysis of groundwater heads in Python — transfer-function models instead of full aquifer simulation.
Analytic element groundwater modelling in Python — multi-layer steady flow with no grid at all.
3D groundwater flow and transport modeling environment for MODFLOW, SEAWAT, and PEST calibration workflows.
Integrated water resources planning and policy analysis framework for basin-scale supply and demand modeling.
Python framework for PEST/PEST++ workflows — programmatic setup, ensembles and uncertainty analysis.