The design, construction and commissioning of a 1500 m3/day water treatment system within an existing gold processing operation. The project is located in Matachewan, Ontario, Canada. The Challenge - To circumvent filling the tailings pond with mine water, the client sought to treat the mine water effluent and discharge the treated water to a nearby river in accordance with strict local regulations.The foremost challenge of the brownfields engineering and construction of the water treatment system was designing within the confines of existing infrastructure and tying the system into the operation without affecting or interrupting production.

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