Design proposal
Kurmuk Gold Mine
Kurmuk, Ethiopia
Mining
400 kL/day
Water by sector
Water treatment for mining
Mine sites bring together camp supply, operating demand and process-water requirements. Each use needs a clear water-quality specification and a supply plan that reflects the source and operating conditions.
Plan around the site
Set the operating brief.
- Separate camp-supply and process-water quality requirements.
- Understand available borehole or surface-water flow and seasonal variability.
- Connect treatment, storage, pumping and monitoring to the operating duty.
Source, treatment and supply
Connect the right solutions.
Project context
Related project records.
Kurmuk illustrates a proposed source-water design for a mine site. Its 400 kL/day figure is a design capacity, with commissioning and current performance unconfirmed.
Useful answers
Questions for the project brief.
Where does a mine-water brief start?
List the water sources, available flow, camp demand and each process-water specification. Keep the quantities and quality requirements for different uses separate.
Can one plant supply every mine application?
That depends on the source and the required outputs. Drinking-water and process-water duties need their own design basis, even when parts of the supply infrastructure are shared.
Start with the water
Tell us about
your water project.
Your source, demand and intended use give our team a useful starting point.