Groundwater Flow & 
Transport Modeling with GMS

Course Description

The course begins with a review of groundwater modeling concepts and then attendees immediately begin building groundwater models. A series of lectures and instructor led exercises will be presented on using GMS with MODFLOW, MODFLOW-USG, PEST, MODPATH, MT3DMS, borehole data, and GIS data. Attendees will learn how to generate numerical models from high-level conceptual models constructed with GIS tools.

Course Outline - 4 Days

• Benefit from hands on instruction throughout the course.
• Perform flow modeling with MODFLOW & MODFLOW-USG.
• Create conceptual models using GIS objects.
• Integrate GIS data into groundwater models.
• Learn to calibrate groundwater models using PEST.
• Analyze simple transport problems with MODPATH.
• Learn to model transport with MT3DMS.
• Create stratigraphy models from borehole and other subsurface data.
• Learn how to generate professional output of modeling projects.

Course Agenda

Instructors

Alan Lemon - Arc Hydro Groundwater Teamleader and member of the GMS development team and software engineer at Aquaveo. Alan has years of experience developing groundwater modeling software and teaching. He has also been involved in several consulting projects using GMS and Arc Hydro to model groundwater systems.

Todd Wood - Mr. Wood is a water resources engineer at Aquaveo. Mr. Wood received his Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Brigham Young University. He has conducted professional training courses in the use of AHGW, GMS, SMS and WMS throughout the United States and worldwide. He works on surface-water, groundwater, coastal, and hydrologic modeling projects at Aquaveo. Todd is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Utah.

Cost

The cost of the 4-day course is $1695 (USD) per attendee. Save on all registrations made at least 30 days prior to the course – add $100 to the price above for late registration.

Registration includes the following:

• Instruction and hands-on use of GMS.
• Comprehensive Course Notes.
• A 30-day trial license of the Groundwater Modeling System.
• 25% Discount (up to $500.00) on the purchase of a GMS license.
• Lunch.

Training Attendee Cancellation Policy

Course Requirements

Participants may be required to provide their own computer with the following specifications:

• Operating System: Windows 11
• RAM: 4 GB (8 GB recommended)
• CPU: GMS software is CPU intensive. Some models and utilities integrated with GMS can take advantage of multiple processor cores simultaneously. We recommend the fastest CPU your budget allows.
• Graphics Card: For all display features to be enabled, OpenGL 1.5 or higher must be supported. The use of a dedicated graphics card is strongly recommended. Integrated graphics cards are often problematic.
• Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080 or greater

Location/Accomodations

Air Travel

• The Salt Lake City International Airport is about a 40 minute drive from Provo (without traffic).
• The Provo Airport is a small regional airport that is close to where the training course will be held, but offers far fewer carrier and flight options.

Hotels

For training courses held in Provo, Utah, the following hotels are located within a short distance of the training course:

• Best Western Plus Provo University Inn
• Springhill Suites by Marriott Provo
• Residence Inn by Marriott Provo North University

There are many other hotels available in the area that can be found online.

Transporation

In addition to renting a car, there are other transportation options to the Provo area

• Ride share (Uber/Lyft etc.)
• Private or shared shuttle service
  • SLC Airport Shuttle
  • SuperShuttle
• UTA Frontrunner from Salt Lake City to Provo (requires a Lyft or Uber from Provo Central Station to your hotel)