DOE · DOE-659 · record R3515
Groundwater Modeling
Department of Energy · LM HQ - Office of Legacy Management (LM)
Overview
- Development stage
- DeployedSource: c) Deployed – The use case is being actively authorized or utilized to support the functions or mission of an agency.
- High-impact designation
- Not high-impactSource: c) Not high-impact
- Impact justification
- This AI use case does not serve as a principal basis for decisions or actions with legal, material, and binding
- Start date
- 2003-01-02 (day precision)Source: 2003-01-02T00:00:00
- Withheld from public reporting
- NoSource: a) No
Mission
- Topic area
- Energy and the Environment
- Operational functions
- No function tag matched Derived by keyword rules; see methodology
Problem the AI is intended to solve
Solves critical challenges in water modeling by providing forward-looking monitoring.
Expected benefits
Forward cast ground water behavior
System outputs
AI outputs is a ground water model and that model will be evaluated by humans.
Technology
- AI classification
- Classical / predictive MLSource: Classical/Predictive Machine Learning: Models trained on data to make predictions or classifications based on identified patterns or relatio…
- System name(s)
- LMGSS
- Custom-developed code
- No
- Public source code
- Not reported
Sourcing
- How it was built
- Purchased from vendorSource: a) Purchased from a vendor
- Vendor (as reported)
- PEST
- Vendors (standardized)
- None on the standard list
A vendor is the supplier named by the agency. It does not identify the underlying model or AI technology.
Data and privacy
- Involves PII
- No
- Privacy Impact Assessment
- Not reported
- Authorization to Operate
- Yes
- Demographic features
- k) None of the above
- Training and evaluation data
- Data is held back from the models to validate model outputs.
- Federal Data Catalog
- Not reported
Governance
8 of 8 minimum-practice questions answered. A blank answer means the agency reported nothing; it does not mean the practice is absent.
Pre-deployment testingReported in placeSource: a) Yes
AI impact assessmentReported in progressSource: b) In-progress
Independent reviewReported in progressSource: d) In-progress
Ongoing monitoringReported in progressSource: b) Development of monitoring protocols is in-progress
Operator trainingReported in progressSource: b) Establishment of sufficient and periodic training is in-progress
Fail-safeReported in placeSource: a) Yes
Appeal processNot applicableSource: b) Not applicable
User and public consultationReported in placeSource: a) Direct usability testing
Potential impacts and how they were identified
Improved management of the remedy