Tailings Management
Talking to Andy McMeekin, Project Manager with City of Saskatoon, about tailings management, and unexpected aspects of sewer, and roadways rehab.
- The mining life cycle.
- Instruments used to monitor tailings.
- How water main rehab can cause a water main break.
- Strategies to minimize neighborhood disruptions during construction.
- Unexpected aspects of city water, sewer, and roadways rehab.
- Sewage maintenance of a live force main with a sub 10 minute window.
Instruments Used for Tailings Management
Slope Inclinometer
- Hole is bored into a tailings pile.
- Slope inclinometer placed inside.
- Detects movement in pile.
Piezometer
- Installed in a bore hole of a tailings pile.
- Measures underwater ground pressure.
Water, Sewer, and Roadways Rehab
Water Main Valve
- Generally in the street.
- Usually one every city block.
- Valve access is at surface depth.
- Used to shut off(de pressure) a length of water main for rehab.
- Requires water main key to operate valve.
Force Main
- Used to move sewage from low point to high point.
- Activates when sewage gets to a set level.