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The Centre for Water in the Minerals Industry (CWiMI) facilitates the capture of benefits from opportunities associated with sustainable water management in the minerals industry. The Centre aims to achieve this by conducting systems science and engineering research; working with industry and government to facilitate adoption and technology transfer; and establishing, maintaining and providing access to a repository of knowledge. Our research focus is expressed through six strategic hypotheses. These are ordered from most applied to most fundamental.
1. Numerical analysis of water balances in minerals operations is an effective way to improve water management
2. Water reuse, with treatment and clever waste management, is a rational economic approach to meeting industry demands for growth. Operation performance of treatment technologies must be improved to achieve this. Conjunctive use of surface and groundwater will be increasingly important
3. Frugal water use which will result in water savings will only be possible with improvements at the technical level. Examples include: dry processing, designer reagents, understanding process efficiency and water quality, and construction and management of water infrastructure
4. Management of operations following closure requires an ecosystems approach within which water is integral component
5. Understanding the full costs and total values of water (social, environmental and economic) and their interaction with other materials and energy flows will be necessary to achieve sustainable development goals. Water markets and entitlements will be important aspects of the valuations
6.To most effectively exchange knowledge between the CWiMI and industry/government new techniques are required for the capture and sharing of that knowledge
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Science and Technology: Mining, Engineering: Groundwater, Science and Technology: Ecosystem(s), Science and Technology: Ecology, Energy: Environmental Site Use Studies, Science and Technology: Environmental Restoration/Remediation, Social Sciences: Environmental Planning/Policy, Science and Technology: Environmental Management, Engineering: Environmental Engineering, Energy: Environmental Effects, Fossil Energy, Science and Technology: Environmental Effects, Science and Technology: Environmental Conservation, Engineering: Water Treatment, Engineering: Water Resources, Management/Planning, Science and Technology: Water Resources, Environmental Impacts, Engineering: Water Resources Engineering, Engineering: Water Quality, Science and Technology: Water Pollution, Engineering: Mining Engineering |
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