Cellular Automata Approach for 2D Pollution Transport Modelling in Urban Groundwater

Integrated modelling requires many simplifications in order to speed up long time calculations and simulations. Therefore, many non-traditional methods are being widely used. Cellular automata (CA) represents one of these methods. The paper presents the application of the CA approach in modelling of the contaminant transport in unsteady groundwater conditions. It compares the results obtained using the two CA models modified for groundwater problems. Results obtained in this paper show that CA approach can be successfully used for simulations of unsteady groundwater conditions, caused by surface-groundwater interaction, and pollution transport.