The Institute of Nature Management offers consumers a permanent numerical model of filtration and migration of fresh groundwater in the zone of influence of Gomel water intakes under a manufacturing agreement and services for modeling the processes of filtration (movement) of groundwater and the transport of pollutants by them under an outsourcing agreement and/or subcontracting.

Developing a numerical model for fresh groundwater filtration and migration in the zone of influence of water intakes is an important area of ​​hydrogeological research. Such a model allows us to predict groundwater behavior and optimize its use. Let's consider the key aspects of its development and its main applications:

Importance of developing a numerical model.

1. Rational use of water resources:
- The model helps assess groundwater reserves and their sustainability.
- Helps prevent excessive depletion of aquifers.
2. Environmental protection:
- Modeling allows us to predict the impact of water intakes on groundwater-related ecosystems.
- The possibility of salinization, pollution, or degradation of aquifers is taken into account.
3. Change forecasting:
- The model helps assess the impact of climate change, urbanization, and other factors on groundwater.
- Allows us to account for long-term changes in water levels and quality.
4. Water Intake Management:
- Models are used to optimize the placement and operation of water intakes to minimize their interactions and environmental impacts.
5. Scientific Research:
- Numerical models are a tool for studying filtration, pollutant migration, and other hydrogeological processes.

Main Applications of Numerical Models
1. Water Intake Design and Operation:
- Optimizing the placement and capacity of water intakes to ensure a sustainable water supply.
- Preventing negative impacts, such as lowering water levels in adjacent wells or reservoirs.
2. Pollution Assessment and Prevention:
- Predicting the migration of pollutants in groundwater.
- Developing measures to protect aquifers from pollution.
3. Remediation of Contaminated Areas:
- Using the model to plan groundwater treatment and aquifer restoration.
4. Ecosystem Impact Assessment:
- Analyzing the impact of water intakes on natural ecosystems such as wetlands, rivers, and lakes.
5. Hydrogeological Mapping:
- Creating maps of groundwater distribution, flows, and water intake zones of influence.
6. Water Resources Management:
- Developing strategies for sustainable groundwater use at the regional and national levels.
7. Emergency Planning:
- Predicting the consequences of emergency situations, such as chemical spills, and developing measures to address them.

The Institute of Nature Management has developed an exclusive, permanent mathematical model of fresh groundwater filtration and migration in the influence zone of centralized water intakes in Gomel (hereinafter referred to as the Model).
The Model's material basis consists of two modules: 1) a digital geological model of the influence zone of Gomel water intakes, including six aquifers and five low-permeability layers; 2) a digital elevation model and river network of the modeled area. Licensed GWFS computational programs were used to model groundwater filtration (movement) and pollutant transport (migration).
The relationship between groundwater and surface water was reproduced using the author's methodology.
Using the created model, the operation of water intakes in the city of Gomel and the transport of pollutants by groundwater were simulated until 2049.

The information is published in the Catalog "Brands of the NAS of Belarus 2021–2022: A List of the Most Important Developments of the NAS of Belarus" (pp. 161–162).(in Russian)

The availability of exploitable reserves and the preservation of the required quality of fresh groundwater at the Sozh, Iput, Korenevsky, Central, Yugo-Zapadny, and Uritskoye water intake sites in Gomel have been proven, with a flow rate of 248,240 m³/day until 2049. Based on the results of numerical modeling of migration processes, a package of predictive maps of sulfate content in groundwater and interstratal waters in the influence zone of Gomel water intakes, treatment facilities, and Gomel Chemical Plant OJSC was compiled (see figure).
The research results were used in the testing and approval of exploitable fresh groundwater reserves at Gomel water intakes by the Republican Commission on Mineral Reserves of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Republic of Belarus.

The Institute of Nature Management is one of the oldest institutes of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, conducting research in the field of Earth sciences. The Institute's activities are aimed at addressing issues of rational nature management and environmental protection in collaboration with international organizations.

The Institute conducts research in the following areas:
- Developing scientific foundations for nature management and environmental protection;
- Assessing, forecasting, and optimizing anthropogenic impacts on natural systems;
- Scientific justification for the development of resource-saving technologies for the extraction, processing, and use of solid fossil fuels;
- Studying the formation conditions and assessing the condition of fresh drinking and mineral waters;
- Studying the geodynamics of the earth's crust and modern geological processes in Belarus;
- Geoecological justification for the design and placement of critical structures and environmentally hazardous facilities (nuclear power plants, hydroelectric power plants, underground gas storage facilities, highly toxic waste disposal sites, etc.);
- environmental diagnostics using modern aerospace, ground-based, telecommunications, and information-measuring tools;
- study of the global and regional climate and its changes under the influence of natural and anthropogenic factors; forecasting climate change and its impacts.

The Institute participates in scientific support for six international conventions:
- Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution;
- Ramsar Convention on Wetlands;
- UN Framework Convention on Climate Change;
- Stockholm Convention on POPs;
- UN Convention to Combat Desertification/Land Degradation;
- Convention on Biological Diversity.

The Institute maintains scientific contacts with organizations in Russia, Ukraine, Poland, China, the Baltic States, Armenia, and Vietnam.

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Consumers interested in purchasing a permanently operating Numerical Model of Filtration and Migration of Fresh Groundwater in the Influence Zone of Gomel Water Intakes under a manufacturing agreement and services for modeling the processes of filtration (movement) of groundwater and the transport of pollutants by it under an outsourcing agreement and/or subcontracting.