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Episode Synopsis
Tailings Management
Talking to Andy McMeekin, Project Manager with City of Saskatoon, about tailings management, and unexpected aspects of sewer, and roadways rehab.
The mining life cycle.
Instruments used to monitor tailings.
How water main rehab can cause a water main break.
Strategies to minimize neighborhood disruptions during construction.
Unexpected aspects of city water, sewer, and roadways rehab.
Sewage maintenance of a live force main with a sub 10 minute window.
Instruments Used for Tailings Management
Slope Inclinometer
Hole is bored into a tailings pile.
Slope inclinometer placed inside.
Detects movement in pile.
Piezometer
Installed in a bore hole of a tailings pile.
Measures underwater ground pressure.
Water, Sewer, and Roadways Rehab
Water Main Valve
Generally in the street.
Usually one every city block.
Valve access is at surface depth.
Used to shut off(de pressure) a length of water main for rehab.
Requires water main key to operate valve.
Force Main
Used to move sewage from low point to high point.
Activates when sewage gets to a set level.
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Brumadinho dam disaster
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Talking to Andy McMeekin, Project Manager with City of Saskatoon, about tailings management, and unexpected aspects of sewer, and roadways rehab.
The mining life cycle.
Instruments used to monitor tailings.
How water main rehab can cause a water main break.
Strategies to minimize neighborhood disruptions during construction.
Unexpected aspects of city water, sewer, and roadways rehab.
Sewage maintenance of a live force main with a sub 10 minute window.
Instruments Used for Tailings Management
Slope Inclinometer
Hole is bored into a tailings pile.
Slope inclinometer placed inside.
Detects movement in pile.
Piezometer
Installed in a bore hole of a tailings pile.
Measures underwater ground pressure.
Water, Sewer, and Roadways Rehab
Water Main Valve
Generally in the street.
Usually one every city block.
Valve access is at surface depth.
Used to shut off(de pressure) a length of water main for rehab.
Requires water main key to operate valve.
Force Main
Used to move sewage from low point to high point.
Activates when sewage gets to a set level.
Mentioned in Episode
Brumadinho dam disaster
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Hydrology – Field Work – Plans
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