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A Risk-based Approach to Water Management at Rotowaro Open Cast Coal Mine
20/04/2010
The Rotowaro Opencast Coal Mine, located near Huntly in the Waikato, is one of New Zealand’s largest mining operations. Water management at the Rotowaro site is vital to the operation, the two key issues at the site being: water in the opencast mine pits interfering with coal winning operations; and the requirement to protect the local environment by the collection, conveyance and treatment of site water. Solid Energy uses a modelling and risk-based approach to plan the water management infrastructure at the site.