Baseline Groundwater Monitoring: Uranium Mine
Southwestern Colorado
Western Water & Land designed and implemented a baseline groundwater monitoring program in accordance with Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (DRMS) requirements for a uranium mine in southwestern Colorado. The program consisted of the collection of five quarter of groundwater samples. Western Water & Land designed and supervised the installation of three monitoring wells for the baseline program. The wells were completed in the Salt Wash Member of the Morrison Formation to depths of up 1,200 feet. The monitoring interval exhibited low permeability, limiting groundwater yield to each well.
Western Water & Land developed and implemented site-specific low-flow sampling procedures and protocols to overcome the challenges associated with sampling deep, low-yielding wells. Analytical results for each quarterly sampling event are evaluated and interpreted to assess chemical changes between wells and sampling events. A baseline monitoring report documenting the quarterly results will be prepared and submitted to the DRMS and BLM upon completion of the five quarters.
Southwestern Colorado
Western Water & Land designed and implemented a baseline groundwater monitoring program in accordance with Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (DRMS) requirements for a uranium mine in southwestern Colorado. The program consisted of the collection of five quarter of groundwater samples. Western Water & Land designed and supervised the installation of three monitoring wells for the baseline program. The wells were completed in the Salt Wash Member of the Morrison Formation to depths of up 1,200 feet. The monitoring interval exhibited low permeability, limiting groundwater yield to each well.
Western Water & Land developed and implemented site-specific low-flow sampling procedures and protocols to overcome the challenges associated with sampling deep, low-yielding wells. Analytical results for each quarterly sampling event are evaluated and interpreted to assess chemical changes between wells and sampling events. A baseline monitoring report documenting the quarterly results will be prepared and submitted to the DRMS and BLM upon completion of the five quarters.