We use industry-leading technologies to predict outcomes for mining, municipal, and industrial clients.
For more information, contact Hale Barter at 520.881.4912.
With a staff of more than 10 modelers, M&A offers one of the largest, most experienced teams in the southwest U.S. Our staff has the ability to meet critical project deadlines while delivering high-quality work products.
Capabilities
We understand that clients rely on our models to make sound economic, permitting, and operational decisions.
Our team works with a range of models, from simple analytical solutions to complex, finite-element codes, using the best approach to achieve each client’s goals. Our modeling approach entails selecting valid input parameters, developing a representative model structure, calibrating the results to observed conditions, and rigorously evaluating model predictions. M&A can also apply advanced methodologies for inverse parameter estimation and stochastic parameterization (“PEST”). In addition, we can integrate hydrologic modeling results with Decision Support Systems to quantify uncertainties and assess project costs and benefits. We can incorporate results into three-dimensional block models and GIS platforms. M&A has extensive experience reviewing models developed by others to support our clients in EIS studies and litigation.
Applications
Download a brochure (PDF)Water Resources. M&A uses hydrologic models to predict the impacts of pumping on surface water and groundwater resources. We also develop models to assess the feasibility of recharge and recovery projects, to design recharge and recovery operations, and to predict their impacts to groundwater levels and quality.
Mining Hydrogeology. Our hydrologic models can be deployed to identify mine dewatering requirements and pore-pressure distributions for geotechnical design. We also use models to evaluate pit-lake development (and associated groundwater impacts) as well as injection requirements in heap leach pads for metals recovery.
Environmental Hydrology. We often conduct modeling for EIS and other regulation-driven projects. Models can help us predict the containment of groundwater contamination, design remedial actions, and allocate environmental liability for litigation support. They also provide valuable information about surface water / groundwater interactions and contaminant transport in aquifers and the vadose zone.
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