Klm Consulting Services

Groundwater ConsultantsServices We offer a full range of services related to ground water resource assessment, from mine dewatering to environmental management and reporting. These include: Mine dewatering design KLM Consulting Services has led the groundwater profession in Southern Africa in providing comprehensive hydrogeological and dewatering consulting services to major Mining Houses. Open pit and underground mines require dewatering and depressurisation to ensure high-wall stability and pit floor workability. It is important to maintain the water table below the mine sump and to lower the pore pressures in the slopes. To obtain background data on water levels and pore pressures and calculate the effectiveness of the dewatering system that will be used, dewatering has to begin before the onset of mining. All mines that are excavated below the water table need some form of dewatering. The scale of the dewatering effort is dependent upon the following factors: • The hydrogeological characteristics of the rock mass in which the excavation takes place. • The depth of the excavation below the water table. • The strength of the materials making up the pit slopes. Our areas of mine dewatering design and depressurisation expertise include the following: