Start with the seasonal flow
Read how observations of snow and runoff become decisions about water allocation.
A snowmelt peak becomes a water-allocation problem.
Follow the water through the operation
Move from the catchment to the tailings facility, where storage, seepage and observation become connected responsibilities.
Tailings water is a second orebody without a grade.
Question the pathway
Examine the geological structures that can change how a fluid moves through the ground.
A fault can be a flow path until stress turns it into a barrier.
Define the comparison
A baseline establishes the conditions against which later change is interpreted. Read how that comparison becomes part of project approval.
A baseline study creates the boundary a project must later prove it did not cross.