Development of a Decision Support System for Groundwater Pollution Assessment

Neno Kukuric is groundwater specialist with over 30 years of experience gained in more than 20 countries worldwide. His professional interests lie in international water cooperation and application of informed management, encompassing technical, social-economic, institutional and political aspects of water problems. In the last several years, he has been particularly involved in assessment and management of transboundary groundwaters worldwide. He is the editor of the UNESCO/WMO Transboundary Aquifers of the World Map. Previously, he was responsible, among others, for a development of the Integrated Hydrological Model of the Netherlands and the Hydrogeological Information System of the Netherlands.

Abstract -- Acknowledgements -- Frequently used acronyms -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Encapsulation of knowledge for groundwater quality management -- 2 .1 Introduction -- 2.2 Software review -- 2.3 Groundwater quality management in the light of knowledge encapsulation -- 2.3.1 Site characterisation -- 2.3.2 Groundwater m odelling -- 2.3.3 Groundwater vulnerability assessment -- 2.3.4 Groundwater rem ediation -- 2.4 Artificial Intelligence -- 2.4.1 Reasoning and knowledge representation -- 2.4.2 Case-based reasoning -- 2.4.3 Application of AI in groundwater quality management -- 2.5 Concluding comments -- 3.Development of a Decision Support System (DSS): main considerations and framework -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 A DSS as an integrated software system -- 3.3 A DSS as an integrated information system -- 3.4 A DSS for Groundwater Pollution Assessment - the framework -- 3.5 The DSS knowledge component -- 3.6 Summary -- 4.Knowledge-Based Module for Site Characterisation (SCM) -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Background -- 4.3 Module content and organisation -- 4.3.1 Task Unit ANALYSIS -- 4.3.2 Other Task Units -- 4.3.3 Discussion -- 4.4 Software development and integration -- 4.4.1 Hypertext and knowledge representation -- 4.4.2 Other SCM features -- 4.4.3 A daptability -- 4.4.4 Integration -- 4.5 Examples -- 4.5.1 Hydraulic conductivity -- 4.5.2 Solubility -- Annex: glossary -- 5.Knowledge-Based Module for Vulnerability Assessment (VAM) -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Groundwater vulnerability in theory and practice -- 5.3 Description of methodology -- 5.3.1 Likelihood of release and aquifer pollution -- 5.3.2 Contaminant severity -- 5.3.3 Pathway activity -- 5.3.4 Target exposure -- 5.3.5 Overall assessment score -- 5.3.6 Discussion -- 5.3.7 Testing aggregation procedure -- 5.4 Software development and integration -- 5.5 Case study -- 6.Knowledge-Based Module for Groundwater Pollution Modelling (GMM) -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Definition and ordering of modelling tasks -- 6.3 Knowledge acquisition -- 6.3.1 Define Purpose -- 6.3.2 Model Conceptualisation -- 6.3.3 Modelcode Selection -- 6.3.4 Model Design -- 6.3.5 Calibration and Predictive Simulations -- 6.3.6 Modelling Report -- 6.4 Knowledge systematisation and formalisation -- 6.5 Software development and integration -- 6.5.1 GMM software -- 6.5.2 REPORTER -- 6.5.3 Modelling environment -- 7.Concluding remarks -- References -- Annex: Beyond engineering -- Sam envatting -- Curriculum Vitae.