IGWC 2025 International Groundwater Conference

About FEFLOW

FEFLOW is the most intuitive and comprehensive software package for groundwater and porous media modelling. It can simulate a multitude of processes involving fluid flow, groundwater age, contaminant and heat transport under fully or variably saturated conditions - from local to regional scale.

Introduction to FEFLOW and its graphical interface
Introduction to groundwater modelling and governing equations
Definition of boundary conditions
Discretization of finite-element mesh
Exercise 1: Modelling confined aquifers (2D case)

Result evaluation
Well Capture Zone analysis using particle tracking methods

Exercise 2: Modelling phreatic and multi-layer aquifers (3D case)
Closing remarks of Day 1

Introduction to solute transport
Exercise 1: Modelling contaminant transport (2D case)

Best practice discretization
How to deal with numerical oscillations
Mass balances, etc.

Exercise 2: Transient contaminant transport (3D case)

Evaluate leaching of contaminants to groundwater system
Evaluate contaminant arrival to drinking water wells

Introduction to multi-species transport with FEFLOW
Exercise 3: Trichloroethylene (TCE) and Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) transport
Introduction to reactive transport with PHREEQC and FEFLOW (coupling)
Exercise 4: Modelling acid-mine drainage (Optional exercise)
Closing remarks of Day 2
Certificate ceremony

Is this course right for me?

The course is designed for consultants, engineers, hydrogeologists, and geologists with some basic understanding of hydrogeological concepts. If you are interested in getting started with groundwater modelling and/or are not yet familiar with FEFLOW, then this course is perfect for you.

Prerequisite

Prior experience in groundwater modelling with FEFLOW will be beneficial but is not mandatory. Participants are encouraged to take the free self-paced course: Getting started with groundwater modelling using FEFLOW before attending.

What are my expected outcomes?

Upon course completion, you will be able to start building your first groundwater model with FEFLOW. You will learn how to implement a conceptual model through the FEFLOW Supermesh concept, how to build a finite-element mesh suitable for groundwater calculations and to verify its quality, to completely parametrize the model (materials and boundary conditions). You will also be able to run the model, do a basic visualisation and check the model results.

Course benefits

All the course participants will receive a digital copy of the training manual (PDF), all the model exercise and a full FEFLOW license for the duration of the course.

Course certificate will be granted upon completion of the course.

Course Instructor

Dr. Carlos Rivera Villarreyes is a Global Product Specialist and Product Owner for FEFLOW at the DHI Group. Dr. Rivera has a PhD in Hydrology from the University of Potsdam, Germany, an MSc in Water Resources from Ben-Gurion University of Israel, and a Civil Engineering degree from the University of Piura, Peru. Dr. Rivera has several publications and has supervised several students in the field of groundwater modelling. Dr. Rivera has profound knowledge of groundwater, unsaturated zone modelling, contaminant transport, heat transport, and parameter estimation in the context of mining, geothermal, water resources, and water quality applications, among others. He has led several groundwater modelling projects and trained professionals in groundwater modelling around the globe.

Last Date

Last Date for pre-conference workshop registration is 1st March 2025. However, registration may be closed before the last date in case all seats are occupied.

How to Register?

1. To participate in the pre-conference workshop, conference registrations is mandatory at registration page. After completing your registration, please verify the email address used during registration.

2. The Fee for Pre-Conference Workshop is ₹3000 plus GST (@18%) and transaction charges.

3. The Pre-Conference Workshop fee is an addition to the conference registraion fee. Conference registraion is mandatory to attend pre-conference workshop.

Instructions:

Seats are limited (30 Nos.) and reserved for conference participants.
Seats will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Prior experience in groundwater flow modeling is essential.