GROUNDWATER CONSULTING
JMA Consulting (Pty) Ltd, as groundwater consultants provide the following geohydrological inputs through in-house and associated specialists:
Geohydrological Field Investigations
Specialist Consulting Services
Geohydrological Field Investigations
- Groundwater and surface water hydrocensuses
- Geophysics investigations for the siting of preferred drilling localities
- Design and construction specification of groundwater abstraction boreholes
- Design and construction specification of groundwater and mine water monitoring boreholes
- Drilling and construction of groundwater abstraction, groundwater monitoring and mine water monitoring boreholes
- Geological and geohydrological logging and supervision during the drilling of boreholes
- Re-opening and sealing of existing groundwater abstraction and monitoring boreholes
- Refurbishment of groundwater abstraction and water monitoring boreholes
- Down the hole in-situ profiling of water columns (Temperature, pH, Oxidation Reduction Potential (ORP), Electrical Conductivity (EC), Dissolved Oxygen (DO))
- Down the hole video assessments
- Aquifer permeability (slug) tests and interpretations
- Pumping tests and interpretations
- Continuous groundwater and mine water level monitoring
- Groundwater and mine water sampling and analyses
- Geological and geochemical sampling
Specialist Consulting Services
- Geohydrological database entry, consolidation and management
- Development of Geographic Information Systems and Mapping
- Geochemical testing (Mineralogical and Elemental Analyses including X Ray Diffraction (XRD), X Ray Fluorescence (XRF), Whole Rock Analyses (Acid Digestion / Microwave Digestion), as well as Kinetic and Static Leach Tests) and interpretations
- Acid Rock Drainage Assessments including Acid Base Accounting (ABA) and Net Acid Generating (NAG) potential determination
- Hydrologic Seepage Modelling and Water Balances
- Equilibrium, Mass Transfer, Reactive Transport and Empirical Geochemical Modelling
- Groundwater Numerical Flow and Mass Transport Modelling
- Groundwater Balances for underground and opencast / open pit mines
- Salt Balances for underground and opencast / open pit mines
- Groundwater quality / hydrochemical imaging and assessments
- Geology baseline, impact assessment and management plan specialist studies
- Groundwater baseline, impact assessment and management plan specialist studies
- Groundwater and mine water management review assessments and audits