3000m3/day Mine Water Treatment Plant Design including a Gravel Bed Bioreactor (GBBR)
Project Highlights
Integrated Sustainability designed a mine water treatment plant, with a capacity of 3,000 m3/day that featured a design for a gravel bed bioreactor and an equalization pond to manage flow fluctuations.
Project Deliverables
- Developed comprehensive treatment concepts for mine-impacted water aligned with the client's operational and regulatory objectives
- Delivered a design focused on sustainable discharge quality, meeting or exceeding environmental criteria for downstream release
- Conducted design optimization to simplify the system footprint while maintaining robust treatment performance under variable influent conditions
- Recommended integration pathways into the client’s existing water management infrastructure, minimizing the need for standalone systems
- Provided technical guidance on selection of treatment technologies, balancing performance, capital cost, and operational resilience
- Enabled informed decision-making through development of a treatment strategy that accounted for both short-term operational needs and long-term closure planning. Achieved peak inlet water flow of: 3,000 m3/d (125 m3/hr)
