Mining Geohydrology and Hydrology
Module description
This module focuses on groundwater influxes in mines, dewatering of mines, water quality management at mines, groundwater risk management, water balances, monitoring of groundwater, as well as modelling of groundwater flows and qualities in the mining environment. It deals with hydrology field techniques with a strong emphasis on surface water-groundwater interaction. It also explains basic flood hydrology and discusses the management of flood levels.
On completion of the module, the student is expected to:
- analyse and interpret groundwater influxes in mines
- calculate dewatering volumes and describe dewatering schemes
- apply groundwater models to estimate the volumes of groundwater influxes
- calculate water balances of a mine
- describe water management systems at a mine
- describe the risks associated with groundwater influxes and dewatering, and perform risk assessments
- apply hydrology field techniques in mines
- discuss surface water-groundwater interactions at a mine
- interpret the results of basic flood hydrology calculations
- explain everyday management of flood levels at a mine.
Lecturers involved
Dr Paul Lourens
Dr Fanie de Lange