Mine Water Management

Sustainable water management is fundamental for all mining projects, and while legislation, best practice and conditions vary, the core principles remain. And with climate change, the stakes are only getting higher and permitting harder to achieve.

Overview

Our water experts understand mining is a competing beneficiary, whose life-cycle of water usage needs to be assessed, modelled, managed and permitted using the best practices available. SLR recognises water must be managed in a way that optimises operations, but ensures it is used sparingly and responsibly, and whether from quantity or quality, it neither causes harm or leaves legacy issues and liabilities.

Mine Water Management Services

  • Our services include
    • Baseline assessments and investigations, including impacts
    • Water supply, dewatering or remediation, surface and groundwater
    • Water balances, modelling and integrated water management
    • Environmental geochemistry and water treatment
    • Permitting, Compliance and Monitoring Services
    • Water infrastructure, flood defence, diversions, dewatering, wetlands, remediation, pumping and pipelines.

Mine Water Management Projects

  • Project

    Sudbury, Ontario

    IAMGOLD Corporation

    Mining & Minerals

    Côté Gold Project


    Read more
  • Project

    Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Public Ministry of Minas Gerais (MPMG)

    Mining & Minerals

    Technical Audits of Dam Safety in Brazil


    Read more
  • Project

    California, USA

    Vulcan Materials Company

    Mining & Minerals

    Surface and groundwater hydrology EIR support


    Read more
  • Project

    Idaho, USA

    Confidential

    Mining & Minerals

    Precious metal underground mine


    Read more
  • Project

    Angels Camp, California, USA

    BHP

    Mining & Minerals

    Operations, maintenance, & monitoring services at gold mine


    Read more
  • Project

    Salmon, Idaho, USA

    Meridian Beartrack Company, Inc.

    Mining & Minerals

    Beartrack Mine heap leach closure


    Read more
  • Project

    California, USA

    Bureau of Land Management

    Mining & Minerals

    Abandoned mines preliminary assessments and removal investigations


    Read more
  • Project

    Anchorage, Alaska, USA

    Nova Minerals

    Mining & Minerals

    Geochemical characterisation & mine waste management assessment


    Read more
  • Project

    Arizona, USA

    BHP

    Mining & Minerals

    BHP Arizona legacy assets environmental management system


    Read more
  • Project

    Nevada, USA

    Ioneer

    Mining & Minerals

    Renewable energy microgrid analysis for powering water supply operations


    Read more
  • Project

    Mineral Park Mine, Arizona, USA

    Origin Mining Company

    Mining & Minerals

    Hardy Dump Wellfield


    Read more
  • Project

    New South Wales, Australia

    Confidential

    Mining & Minerals

    Assessing groundwater dependence of River Oak community


    Read more
  • Project

    UK

    The Coal Authority

    Mining & Minerals

    Acidic metalliferous mine water treatability term contract


    Read more
View all projects

Sustainable Water Management in Mining

Our team understand that sustainable water practices are essential for the successful development, operation, and closure of mine sites. We are committed to the creative application of best practices available, as well as identifying innovative technologies and approaches for water management.

Our Team Includes

Get in Touch

We're here to support you in Making Sustainability Happen. Get in touch for a collaborative discussion about what that could look like for your organisation.

Our locations

Fill in the below form and we'll get you to the right place.

Further Reading

Recent articles

  • Insight

    07 June 2024

    6 minutes read

    Understanding the new global sustainability reporting standard for the mining sector

    by Laura Burroughs, Sarah Bortz , Tom Patterson


    View post
  • Insight

    19 May 2022

    3 minutes read

    ESG Insights: Four reasons why the Mining industry should act on ESG

    by Brandon Stobart


    View post
  • Insight

    12 May 2022

    2 minutes read

    ESG Insights: What does ESG mean for the Mining industry?

    by David Walker


    View post
View all