Client Name: Coal Authority Overview: Cannock Wood Abstraction Borehole Levels of mine water were rising at a dangerous rate, threatening drinking water aquifers in the South Staffs region of Cannock Chase. Urgent action was therefore required on behalf of the client, requiring a large diameter borehole to penetrate the shallow seam mine workings at 161mtr below ground level. This would enable heavy duty pumping equipment to be installed, allowing the mine to be dewatered. allowing the mine to be dewatered. Water pumped from the borehole was then to be pumped through specially constructed reed beds to remove contaminants and from here it would be clean enough to run freely to nearby water courses thus removing the threat to South Staffs drinking water aquifers while at the same time enhanc

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