The TIPS Hydrology Success Team provides leadership and direction to the SMCRA Hydrology Program by delivering software, training, and technical guidance to our customers on hydrology-related issues. Our customers include OSM, State, and Tribe hydrologists, and federal state SMCRA programs.

Focus Areas

The Team provides support in three (3) hydrologic-related areas.  These areas are listed below with examples of mining-related evaluations enabled by our TIPS software:

Groundwater

• Modeling groundwater flow and mine pool seepage
• Fate & transport of chemical constituents
• Characterizing aquifers through evaluation of slug and pumping tests

Surface Water

• Watershed modeling; peak flow analysis
• Design sediment basins & drainage control structures
• Surface & groundwater interaction

Water Quality

• Modeling AMD treatment scenarios & costs
• Characterizing mine water; reaction paths
• Water quality plots including Piper & Stiff Diagrams

Current and Future Direction

• Large Watershed Analysis; CHIA and PHC support
• GIS Integration; Utilizing spatial analysis/evaluations
• Identifying software to model watershed flooding