Surrogate Models For Sub-Region Groundwater Management In The Beijing Plain, China

Keywords

BP-ANN; Groundwater level; Groundwater management; Multiple linear regression; Surrogate model

Abstract

Overexploitation of groundwater resources has caused groundwater-related problems all over the world. Effective groundwater governance is a favorable guarantee for its protection and sustainable utilization. Accurate prediction of groundwater level (GWL) or depth to groundwater (GWD) plays an important role in groundwater resource management. Due to the limitations and complexity of numerical models, this study aims to develop surrogate models that can dually control the GWL (or GWD) and groundwater quantity (GWQ) in each district of the Beijing Plain, China, using the methods of multiple linear regression (MLR) and back propagation artificial neural network (BP-ANN). This study used 180 monthly GWD data records, including the first 168 data records for model development (training) and the remaining 12 data records for model verification. The results indicate that the Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency coefficient (NSE) and correlation coefficient (R) for both the MLR and BP-ANN models are high in most districts and that the MLR models are more appropriate in this study. Fifteen scenarios under different conditions of groundwater use and precipitation are designed to demonstrate the applicability of the developed model in groundwater management. The surrogate models are effective tools that can be used by decision-makers for groundwater management.

Publication Date

10-9-2017

Publication Title

Water (Switzerland)

Volume

9

Issue

10

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.3390/w9100766

Socpus ID

85032854140 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85032854140

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