Task description |
Current practice |
EWM approach and benefits |
Mining Site Geologic Setting Conceptual model |
Labor intensive manual data upload, processing, and visualization |
EWM procedures efficiently use import available geologic setting information.
EWM brings special expertise in developing credible conceptual models of mining site with integrated tools for generating informative sections and horizontal slices. |
Maintain consolidated data repository of site |
Data compiled and used by contractors in different stages of projects generally gets buried in the project reports. |
EWM procedures provide efficient means for object-oriented data storage, editing, and updates. |
Review of monitoring data by site operators, field staff, regulators, and the public |
Site operators and regulators generally depend on the extracted partial data processed by a contractor or staff. |
EWM – SHOWME interfaces with the site database and provides nightly updated plots EWM concise informative displays include all details for site managers and regulators. |
Groundwater level distributions - regional, local, and at the mining site |
Available in tabular forms only. |
EWM EDA provides each well summary tables, each well plot with all associated details. |
Groundwater travel path and rate of flow |
Generally performed occasionally and not maintained up to date. |
EWM tools provide current travel path and travel time estimates with flow vectors. |
Contaminant plumes of chemical of concerns near landfill sites |
These are generally occasionally. |
EWM sets up procedures will most current on line contaminant distribution maps |
RI/FS tasks and Remediation of contaminated groundwater |
Uses manually intensive, costly procedures for data processing and assessments |
EWM tools are automated and provide state-of-the-art technologies |
Long-term monitoring of closed sites |
No detailed conceptual models are used for design |
EWM real time data evaluations allow improvement of monitoring strategies if needed based on current data |
EWM understands scientific, engineering, and regulatory needs. EWM also understands monitoring, data processing, and analyses costs. Rather than piecemeal last minute costly repeated efforts, EWM proposes the development and maintenance of a systematic plan of each site which will keep site operators, regulators, and the concerned public fully informed of the current environmental status through the internet. |
