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Tentative MODFLOW 6 Development Plans

Last updated November 5, 2020

MODFLOW 6.2.1 (January 2021)

• Formalization of the Basic Model Interface (BMI)
• Submit BMI paper for review
• Submit paper on the Water Mover for review
• Publish report on the Compaction and Subsidence Package
• Submit Groundwater Transport Model report for review

MODFLOW 6.2.2 (March 2021)

• Release the Interface Model approach for coupling through exchanges
• Creating packages from memory
• Conductance recalculation as needed
• Condense advanced package functionality into parent class
• Alternative READASARRAYS input for MAW, SFR, LAK, UZF
• Buoyancy Package with static density array

MODFLOW 6.3.0 (Summer 2021)

• Node Property Flow (NPF) Package enhancements for the GWF Model
• • Variable Hydraulic Conductivity with Depth (VKD) Capability
• • Time-Variant Hydraulic Conductivity (TVK) Capability
• Storage (STO) Package enhancements for the GWF Model
• • Variable Storage with Depth (VSD) Capability
• • Time-Variant Storage (TVS) Capability
• Agricultural Demand (AG) Package
• SFR n-point cross section as alternative to rectangular channels

MODFLOW 6.4.0 (Fall 2021)

• Parallelization of multiple coupled models using the Message Passing Interface (MPI)
• Linear Network Flow (LNF) Model
• Particle Tracking (PRT) model

Other efforts (perhaps MODFLOW 6.5.0)

• Groundwater Heat Transport Model
• Adaptive time stepping
• Save state mechanism
• Revised file input/output