https://doi.org/10.7343/as-2022-607

Polluted aquifer inverse problem solution using artificial neural networks

Vol. 11 No. 4 (2022)
Published: 20 December 2022
artificial neural networks inversion, inverse problems, groundwater modelling, groundwater pollution source identification
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Maria Laura Foddis
DICAAR, University of Cagliari, Italy.
Gabriele Uras
urasg@unica.it
DICAAR, University of Cagliari, Italy.
Philippe Ackerer
University of Strasbourg, France.
Augusto Montisci
DIEE, University of Cagliari, Italy.

The problem of identifying an unknown pollution source in polluted aquifers, based on known contaminant concentrations measurement in the studied areas, is part of the broader group of issues, called inverse problems. This paper investigates the feasibility of using Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) for solving the inverse problem of locating in time and space the source of a contamination event in a homogeneous and isotropic two dimensional domain. ANNs are trained in order to implement an input-output relationship which associates the position. Once the output of the system is known, the input is reconstructed by inverting the trained ANNs. The approach is applied for studying a theoretical test case where the inverse problem is solved on the basis of measurements of contaminant concentrations in monitoring wells located in the studied area. Groundwater pollution sources are characterized by varying spatial location and duration of activity. To identify these unknown pollution sources, concentration measurements data of monitoring wells are used. If concentration observations are missing over a length of time after an unknown source has become active, it is more difficult to correctly identify the unknown pollution source. In this work, a missing data scenario has been taken into consideration. In particular, a case where only one measurement has been made after the pollutant source interrupted its activity has been considered.

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Foddis, M. L., Uras, G., Ackerer, P., & Montisci, A. (2022). Polluted aquifer inverse problem solution using artificial neural networks. Acque Sotterranee - Italian Journal of Groundwater, 11(4), 55–62. https://doi.org/10.7343/as-2022-607
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