Stygofauna monitoring
Establishment of groundwater monitoring infrastructure for subterranean groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDEs) (stygofauna).
Client
BHP
Location
West Musgrave, Western Australia
Markets
Supporting BHP to manage water and environmental impacts in remote Western Australia
CDM Smith has been assisting BHP, and previously Oz Minerals, with the West Musgrave Project since 2017, providing groundwater and surface water support for water supplies, mine water management and water-related environmental issues. The nickel-copper mining project required a groundwater conceptual model, the development of surface water and groundwater baseline reports, groundwater and surface water effects assessments, water infrastructure cost estimates and numerical contaminant transport modelling.
Contaminant transport modelling
Numerical modelling to understand contaminant transport from pit lake water contaminants of concern.
Client
BHP
Location
West Musgrave, Western Australia