WISH as a water management tool in opencast and underground collieries

[摘要] English: Over the last 15 years the Windows Interpretation System for the Hydrogeologist (WISH) was developed by the author of this thesis. The program is used by numerous mines and consultants all over South Africa and abroad. WISH does not discriminate between mining types as it is just as capable of handling all water issues in the gold mines, platinum mines, iron mines or as the title of this thesis implies coal mines. Many other water related software packages are available. Most of them are developed for a single purpose. (Borehole logs, pumping tests, chemistry graphs or mapping) WISH is different because it can do it all. WISH was developed with the Hydrogeologist in mind. When a graph is requested WISH will create one first and subsequently allow the user to modify the graph. The volume calculations for opencast and underground mines are a breeze and no other existing software can do this with so much ease. Many collieries in South Africa are using WISH, not only for the chemistry and time data capabilities, but also for the management of large volumes of water. Many collieries trust WISH to calculate water capacity and water volumes in the mines. Decisions are taken to build 200 million rand water treatment plants.This thesis discusses the development and existence of WISH. A comparison with all other (ground) water related software available worldwide followed by a more in detail description of WISH and a quick starter guide on how to create a WISH document. A chapter is dedicated to recharge and decant followed by a discussion on how to use WISH in a real life project.

[发布机构] University of the Free State