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