Water Management Careers with SRK
Efficient water management is essential to most mining and mineral processing activities and must be carefully considered during every cycle of development and operation, from preliminary approvals through production, decommissioning, and closure. Its practices must adhere to stringent environmental and social responsibility policies, with due consideration of all stakeholders.
Hydrologists, hydrogeologists, and hydraulics engineering specialists focus on efficient water management and work collaboratively with geotechnical, environmental, and mining specialists. It requires innovative thinking to find a balance between cost savings whilst meeting regulatory compliance. This includes the conjunctive use of surface, groundwater, and recycled water; collecting baseline surface and groundwater data early on in an exploration project, including borehole water levels, surface flows, and water quality data; and integrating each water component with the total mine water system. We bring a sound understanding of the process and tailings circuits and integrate this with climatic data and recycling opportunities to form an interactive range of water balances.
Examples of our services include: baseline studies, studies linked to flood prediction, water balance modeling, slope stability design (pressure distribution and depressurization), water supply, mine dewatering, seepage control
and contamination assessment, diversion structures (storm-water controls and spillways), water treatment, permitting, and licensing.
