Mine dewatering and impact assessment in an arid area: Case of Gulf region

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 188, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Yihdego, Yohannes ^a   Drury, Len ^a  

^a Level 6   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Analytical; Arid environment; Mine dewatering; Mine inflow; Mine water; Open pit mining; Recovery; Water management

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEWATERING; GROUNDWATER; LAKES; RECOVERY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER LEVELS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYTICAL; ANALYTICAL ELEMENT METHOD; ARID ENVIRONMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION; MINE WATERS; RADIUS OF INFLUENCES; WATER BALANCE METHOD; WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES;

OPEN PIT MINING;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; DEWATERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MINE; MINING; OPEN PIT MINE; WATER BUDGET; WATER LEVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EVAPORATION; FLOW RATE; MINE DEWATERING; MINING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THICKNESS; WATER MANAGEMENT; DESERT CLIMATE; LAKE; SAUDI ARABIA; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUND WATER;

DESERT CLIMATE; GROUNDWATER; LAKES; MINING; SAUDI ARABIA; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84992359579     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-016-5542-6     Document Type: Article

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