Engagement
GMDSI is an important conduit for discussion of important modelling issues – we aim to initiate and facilitate discussions on decision-support modelling within the groundwater industry.
In particular, we engage via:
- this website, which serves as a source of ideas, inspiration and discussion, as well as a platform to share issue papers, reports on GMDSI activities, educational resources, news and more
- webinars and workshops on topics vital to model-based decision-support – you can read about our recent events below.
Over time, we’ll be developing and sharing resources, including:
- information on upcoming GMDSI and industry events
- GMDSI reports and monographs
- downloadable software and educational resources.
We also aim to host and facilitate discussions that complement our webinars, and you can read our most recent newsletter here.
Recent activity

GMDSI Workshop: Focus on the problem. Don’t let the model become the problem
Monday 27 November 2023 Auckland 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM NZDT There are many management contexts where numerical simulation can productively support environmental decision-making. This

Webinar: Applied decision support groundwater modelling with python
Date: 22 August 2023 GMDSI and the USGS have co-funded the development of a series of jupyter notebooks that use python scripting to demonstrate many

Problem Decomposition in Decision-Support Groundwater Modelling
Decision-support groundwater modelling is as much an art as it is a science. Much of the “art” is in decomposing the management problem that modelling