ABSTRACT
Dream is a program designed to help model simple groundwater problems. Dream can calculate drawdowns, water level elevations, steady-state velocities and steady-state streamlines. The user must provide aquifer characteristics, grid specifications and well field parameters. Dream is an ideal teaching tool for a basic course in subsurface hydrology. The menu-driven, user-friendly interface allows inexperienced computer users to operate Dream without any trouble. The ease with which aquifer parameters and well configurations can be changed allows the student to explore the influence of the various aquifer parameters on the groundwater flow. For many field situations, dream can provide a valuable first-estimate of actual flow conditions. The analytical models used by dream require that the aquifer be confined, homogeneous, isotropic, and without boundaries.
