Water Resources

Anddes specializes in delivering comprehensive water resources management solutions for the mining, hydrocarbons, environmental, agricultural, and energy sectors.

Our multidisciplinary team of specialist engineers brings extensive experience in hydrology, hydrogeology, geochemistry, hydrochemistry, hydrogeochemistry, and water quality, with a strong focus on sustainable water resources management.

We address all hydrogeological aspects related to the interaction between water and mining components.

 

  • Hydrological, climatological, and water use studies.
  • Hydrological studies under climate change scenarios.
  • Surface water availability assessments.
  • Hydrological studies to support environmental permitting.
  • Flood frequency analysis and peak flow assessments.
  • Assessment of riparian zones (river corridors) and environmental flows.
  • Integrated watershed water balance development.
  • Urban flood analysis.
  • Assessment of watershed recharge and infiltration capacity.
  • Design and implementation of meteorological and hydrometric monitoring stations.
  • Support for the design and development of surface water and groundwater monitoring plans.
  • Support for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM).
  • Hydrogeological studies for water availability and groundwater use.
  • Groundwater exploration and aquifer management studies.
  • Operational hydrogeological studies to support mine expansion or deepening in accordance with the mine plan.
  • Mine dewatering and depressurization studies.
    Hydrogeological studies to support environmental permitting.
  • Aquifer and spring vulnerability assessments.
  • Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) studies.
  • Hydrogeological characterization of the vadose (unsaturated) zone.
  • Integrated water balance development.
  • Seepage analysis.
  • Assessment of groundwater recharge and discharge processes.
  • Design and supervision of piezometer installation, pumping wells, and horizontal drainage systems.
  • Design and development of surface water and groundwater monitoring plans.
  • Support for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM).
  • Assessment of stable isotopes (Deuterium and Oxygen-18) in surface water and groundwater.
  • Assessment of radioactive isotopes (Tritium, Carbon-14) to determine groundwater origin and residence time.
  • Evaluation of sulfate origin and biogeochemical processes using Sulfur-34 and Oxygen-18 isotopes.
  • Tracer analysis using environmental isotopes.
  • Seepage analysis.
  • Environmental isotope monitoring for early warning systems related to contact water infiltration.
  • Liner failure detection and monitoring.
  • Support for karst system assessments.
  • Environmental geochemical characterization through interpretation of mineralogical, static, and kinetic geochemical tests.
  • Assessment of Acid Rock Drainage and Metal Leaching (ARD/ML) potential in mine waste materials.
  • Chemical stability evaluation.
  • Chemical characterization of water constituents, water type classification, origin interpretation, and mixing analysis.
  • Hydrochemical and water quality baseline assessments.
  • Environmental isotope studies to support the understanding of water resource behavior.
  • Execution and supervision of field hydrochemical and geochemical testing programs.
  • Water quality prediction and contaminant load balance assessments.
  • Support for mine closure studies and long-term water quality management.
  • Hydrological modeling using WEAP, SWAT, GR2M, and other platforms.
  • Local and regional groundwater flow modeling using FEFLOW, MODFLOW, Groundwater Vistas, MODFLOW Flex, and other platforms.
  • Contaminant transport simulation models.
  • Local-scale predictive models for mine dewatering and depressurization.
  • Water flow simulation models for quarries, waste rock dumps, Tailings Storage Facilities (TSFs), and leach pads.
  • Mine closure and groundwater recovery models.
  • Groundwater flow and seawater intrusion models.
  • Unsaturated zone (vadose zone) flow models.
  • Modeling to support the design of closure covers for mine components.
  • Hydrological models for climate change impact assessments.
  • Integrated surface water and groundwater models (conjunctive modeling).
  • Water quality prediction models.
  • Geochemical modeling.