NOTE: Custom models are normally very time consuming projects that include many phases, including design, construction, quality assurance and delivery. This process will normally take 6-12 months and may involve a contract with payment at each phase. As you are planning your project or preparing a grant application, please consider the amount of time the project will take. We are happy to discuss your needs and anticipated time for your project. Please, call or e-mail us. Envision has the capability of producing groundwater models that represent your local geology or groundwater flow characteristics. Custom models typically cost over $1500.00 to produce, but can be an excellent education tool. To manufacturer custom models, the buyer will need to provide information to Envision, including a cross-sectional diagram of the local geology and hydrogeologic flow patterns. Our designer will work with the buyer to produce a model that realistically represents the requested geographic location or geologic setting.
If you would like additional information on custom models, contact our distributor at kjordan@creativelabworks.com. Please, include your contact information. Also, be sure to include reference to the geographic area or geologic setting that the custom model will represent. (e.g. Northeast New Hampshire or glacial valley fill aquifer underlined by bedrock)
Current and Past Projects include:
- oversized museum models - Punxsatawney, Pennsylvania Water Cycle Model exhibit - click here to see an example
- minor customization of E3000 and E2000 models to simulate local conditions - click here to see an example
- Edwards Aquifer Custom Simulator - A tabletop simulator that represents the Edwards Aquifer in Texas. Designed by EnVision with guidance from the Edwards Aquifer Authority, this simulator is approxmately 3 foot long by 2 foot high. Unique in that it represents a karst aquifer with large solution channels and quick movement of ground water. - click here for photos -
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- Impression 5 Interactive Groundwater Exhibit - Lansing, Michigan - designed and built in partnership with Lansing Board of Water and Light and Impression 5 Science Center. This simulator is over 6 feet long and 4 feet high and is a general representation of the Saginaw Aquifer in the Lansing area (total exhibit is over 8 foot x 6 foot). It includes 7 contamination points - user button activated, Rain Garden, stormwater pipe, 6 pumping wells. User selects well and rotates handle to pump well. Surface has representative buildings from downtown Lansing, suburban buildings and rural buildings. Other unique featurs include an upper unconfined aquifer that discharges at the central River, while the lower semi-confined aquifer travels the length of the simulator from left to a right side discharge. It also has an improperly abandoned well that leaks contaminant from a septic system to the lower semi-confined aquifer. - click here for photos - (to be uploaded soon)
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- Science North Interactive Ground Water Traveling Exhibit - Sudsbury, Canada - designed and built by EnVision with guidance from the Science North exhibit team. This exhibit is part of the Science North WaterWorks traveling exhibit (North America). This simulator is approximately 5 foot long x 4 feet high and has a general gravel aquifer that discharges to a central River. User interface is divided into right and left panels that allow the user to interact with that side of the simulator. User interactions include dye contaminate injection points, well selector knob and rotating handle to pump wells. Much of the well tubing is exposed clear PVC which allows the users to see the water travel from the wells, down the sides of the exhibit and discharge to a central drain (tanks hidden). Surface is generalized rural landscape with trees and animals. Exhibit consists of a steel framework with laminated wood panels to match other exhibits in WaterWorks. - click here for photos - (to be uploaded soon)
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- Inland Empires Utility Agency - Southern Califonia Groundwater Basin Traveling Simulator - Chino Basin - replication of the Chino Basin in southern California. Traveling exhibit designed for use by a trained operator. Significant user control to replicated conditions found in the Chino Basin.
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