Tools
Play with the aquifer.
One-concept interactive sandboxes. Each takes 60 seconds to play with and teaches one idea: travel time, pumping, contamination, balance, vulnerability. Use them in class. Share them. Argue with them.
Travel Time Calculator
Enter a distance and aquifer type. See how many years ago the water under your feet fell as rain.
Pump Test Simulator
Drop a well, turn on the pump, and watch the cone of depression form. Adjust hydraulic conductivity and pumping rate.
Contamination Plume
Click to drop a contaminant. Watch it move with groundwater flow and spread through dispersion.
Water Budget Game
Balance recharge against withdrawal. How much pumping can the aquifer sustain before the budget goes negative?
Breach Vulnerability Check
Click any neighborhood in Shelby County. See whether the clay shield is protecting the Memphis Sand below it.
Wellfield Stress Test
Add and remove production wells. Watch the aquifer level change across the network.