December 16, 2024
New Technology Allows Tailing Storage Facility Risk to Be Monitored from Space
New Technology Allows Tailing Storage Facility Risk to Be Monitored from Space
December 16, 2024
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) is collaborating with Value.Space to deploy satellite-based monitoring and risk profiling to lower the risk profile of tailings storage facilities (TSF). Satellite analysis after the disaster revealed warning signs as early as 15 months before the collapse. For new mining facilities, EcoVAP Matrices can be deployed to reduce the TSF’s liquid content, usually by >90%, and the land footprint by >95%. For both new and existing facilities, EcoVAP Matrices can generally be deployed in 3-20 weeks, depending on size.
Full Article
Latest News
Produced Water Pipelines Also Carry High Environmental Risks, Prompting New Mexico to New Laws
March 2021
For large volumes of wastewater and/or longer distances, piping to injection wells is usually preferred to trucking for both economic and environmental reasons (i.e., less trucking CO2, traffic).
Califorina Imposing First Statewide Rules for Winery Wastewater
March 2021
Califorina’s Wine Industry is a $74bn business, including 3,600 wineries which produce 2-8 gallons of wastewater for every gallon of wine, with the largest wineries producing up to 500,000gpd.
Water-Related Comments from Biden Presidential Platform
January 2021
The article below includes water-specific excerpts from the Biden presidential platform, particularly as related to wastewater disposal environmental issues.
.png)
