AGE has undertaken several hundred groundwater modelling projects which in all cases have satistified the demands of regulatory or third party reviewers. Some typical examples are:

Ernest Henry Copper/Gold Mine, North Qld

Development of a numerical groundwater model of a 3200km² area of the Great Artesian Basin to Department of Natural Resources (DNR) standards to improve prediction of groundwater inflow to the open pit mine and of the impact of mine dewatering on the regional piezometric pressures and other groundwater users. Provision of ongoing groundwater advice and incorporation of the regional and mine scale monitoring bore data set in into a database/GIS environment.

Toowoomba City Council Emergency Water Supply (GAB), Toowoomba, QLD

Updating of an existing model developed by AGE and numerous model runs to simulate potential impacts of short term extractions of up to ten years from the Helidon Sandstone aquifer on the regional aquifer system. Undertook predictive modelling for over twenty scenarios and varying numbers and locations of production bores to assess the impacts on existing users and of baseflow discharge to Lockyer Creek.

Grande Cote Zircon Project - Dredge Pond Water Balance, Senegal

Numerical groundwater flow modelling using FEFLOW software was undertaken of the "sand sheet" aquifer to assess the water balance and make-up requirements for a 4ha moving dredge pond taking into consideration that the pond level would be both at and above water table level. The modelling considered water inflow from the aquifer and disposal and recovery of water from the tailings discharged at the back of the moving pond for different unsaturated thickness of the dune sands above the wate table.