NGWA announced a special issue of its research publication Groundwater has been 
published on MODFLOW, a program for modeling and predicting groundwater conditions and flow.
As groundwater depletion and groundwater contamination issues have steadily grown more prevalent across the world, the demand for groundwater modeling has widely increased.
The January-February 2024 issue, which is available on Wiley Online Library, explores new research and advances in the computational methods, including examining groundwater data, availability, overall quality, impact on surface water, and interaction with other parts of the environmental factors.
The papers contained within the issue were presented at the MODFLOW and More Conference at Princeton University in 2022. In publication since 1963, Groundwater is the leading international journal focused exclusively on groundwater.
MODFLOW was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey and has been one of the most widely used tools to examine and model groundwater for more than 30 years. MODFLOW 6, which is the most current version of the software, was officially released in 2017 and continues to receive regular updates from the USGS. The issue also contains information on the new capabilities of MODFLOW 6 that will allow its users to expand their knowledge of the program and its functionality.
The special issue was edited by guest editors, Dr. Mary Hill, University of Kansas; Dr. Reed Maxwell, Princeton University; and Dr. Mathew Tonkin, with S.S. Papadopulos & Associates.
"As we continue to see unprecedented challenges to our groundwater supply globally, modeling and programs like MODFLOW will become increasingly important to managing our water supplies,” Hill said. “I think this issue will be a long-lasting resource to those in the industry and I’m proud of the work done by all of our colleagues.”
NGWA members can log in at the NGWA website and then link to Wiley Online Library to read the issue.