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Solids-laden water
Process water carrying high suspended solids.
Water & wastewater engineering forMineral & Mining Operations
Water management for solids-intensive industrial environments.
From process water and solids separation to wastewater treatment, recovery and reuse.
Understanding the application
In solids-intensive operations, water is worth recovering.
Mineral and mining operations can use water across processing, dust control and site services.
That water often carries high suspended solids, and separating them is the first step to treating or returning it.
We engineer solids separation, treatment and recovery around the site's process and discharge requirements.
The water challenge
Conditions that shape the treatment path.
Treatment starts with the actual water, wastewater and operating context. These are the typical considerations our engineers assess for mineral & mining applications.
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Solids separation
Separating solids so water can be treated or returned.
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Wastewater treatment
Treatment matched to the site's discharge requirements.
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Recovery and reuse
Returning treated water to the process where appropriate.
Our water & wastewater focus
Engineering around the requirement.
The final treatment train depends on characterisation, site constraints and the required discharge or reuse quality.
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Process water
Water supplied to the quality the process needs.
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Solids separation
Separation stages that release water for treatment or reuse.
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Wastewater treatment
Treatment to the discharge standard.
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Recovery
Recovering water from process and wastewater streams.
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Reuse
Returning treated water to suitable applications.
Relevant solutions
A complete treatment path, where required.
Relevant technologies
Process options matched to the application.
Selected after characterisation
For this application, the right process depends on the actual water or wastewater, the required outcome and the wider project interfaces. We do not prescribe a named technology before those conditions are understood.
Before the first conversation
What to prepare before discussing treatment.
None of this is required to start. The more of it is available, the faster a mineral & mining requirement can move from conversation to an engineering basis.
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Where water is used — processing, dust control and site services — and the volumes involved.
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Suspended-solids load and any other analysis of process and wastewater streams.
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How much water could be recovered and returned to the process.
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The discharge requirement applicable to the site.
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Site layout, terrain and available utilities.
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Existing settling, treatment or recovery infrastructure.
Engineering & treatment approach
Start with the water. Design for the outcome.
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Understand
Understand the application and operating requirement.
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Characterise
Assess the water or wastewater characteristics.
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Design
Select the appropriate treatment pathway.
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Treat
Integrate suitable process stages.
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Recover
Evaluate reuse or recovery where appropriate.
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Support
Commission, operate, maintain and improve the system.
Mineral & Mining applications
Let's discuss your site's water challenge.
Share the water source, wastewater characteristics, operating context and required outcome. Our engineering team can help define the appropriate treatment path.