The superwell package will provide functions to calculate estimates of the global volume and unit-costs of accessible groundwater production in 235 GCAM water regions.
The superwell package is used to determine...
superwell can be installed directly from its GitHub repository using the R devtools package. From an R prompt, run the command:
devtools::install_github('JGCRI/superwell')The superwell code requires three input files:
- wellParams.yml
- GCAM_Electrical_Rates.yml
- Inputs.csv
File wellParams.yml contains values of the following parameters:
- Annual operation time
- Depletion Limit
- Energy cost rate
- Interest Rate
- Maintenance factor
- Max lifetime in years
- Pump efficiency
- Specific weight
- Static head
- Well diameter
- Well Install 10
- Well Install 20
- Well Install 30
- Initial Well Yield.
File GCAM_Electrical_Rates.yml contains assumptions on the cost of electricity in 172 countries.
File Inputs.csv contains data on permeability, porosity, depth, thickness, area and the WHY class of 235 water basins.
The output file contains the following:
- Number of iteration
- Time (1-20 years)
- Unit cost
- Hydraulic conductivity
- Radial extent
- Number of wells
- Volume of water produced
- Total volume of water produced
- Total volume of water Available
- Continent
- Object ID
- Country GCAM ID
- Basin name