A collaborative approach to address the cumulative impacts of mine-water discharge: Negotiating a cross-sectoral waterway partnership in the Bowen Basin, Australia

Eberhard, Rachel; Johnston, Nathan; Everingham, Jo-Anne

doi:10.1016/j.resourpol.2013.02.002

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“…Our study provides information on water provision conditions such as hotspot areas and annual volumes that could potentially improve hydrological ecosystem management for management of Great Barrier Reef catchments and for assessing impacts associated with economically valuable minerals production [59,108,109] as water provision could affect either the reef environment or the large water demands from the mining industry in the region [110,111]. There needs to be and there is a large focus on planning for water resources and regional ecological sustainable development in the Fitzroy Basin [50,86,112].…”

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Ecosystem Services Mapping Uncertainty Assessment: A Case Study in the Fitzroy Basin Mining Region

Wang

Lechner

Baumgartl

2018

Water

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Ecosystem services mapping is becoming increasingly popular through the use of various readily available mapping tools, however, uncertainties in assessment outputs are commonly ignored. Uncertainties from different sources have the potential to lower the accuracy of mapping outputs and reduce their reliability for decision-making. Using a case study in an Australian mining region, this paper assessed the impact of uncertainties on the modelling of the hydrological ecosystem service, water provision. Three types of uncertainty were modelled using multiple uncertainty scenarios: (1) spatial data sources; (2) modelling scales (temporal and spatial) and (3) parameterization and model selection. We found that the mapping scales can induce significant changes to the spatial pattern of outputs and annual totals of water provision. In addition, differences in parameterization using differing sources from the literature also led to obvious differences in base flow. However, the impact of each uncertainty associated with differences in spatial data sources were not so great. The results of this study demonstrate the importance of uncertainty assessment and highlight that any conclusions drawn from ecosystem services mapping, such as the impacts of mining, are likely to also be a property of the uncertainty in ecosystem services mapping methods.

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Section: Es Mapping Uncertainty In the Context Of The Fitzroy Basin Amentioning

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Ecosystem Services Mapping Uncertainty Assessment: A Case Study in the Fitzroy Basin Mining Region

Wang

Lechner

Baumgartl

2018

Water

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“…Given this need for time, we were repeatedly told that the pace of change has led to unrealistic timeframes and hasty responses. This inevitably restricts the opportunity to build trust and other foundations for effective collaboration (Eberhard, Johnston, & Everingham, 2013).…”

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Energy from the foodbowl: Associated land-use conflicts, risks and wicked problems

Everingham

Collins

Cavaye

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“…The major water quality parameters of concern associated with coal mining are salinity (based on electrical conductivity usually measured in μS/cm), heavy metal and metalloid ion concentrations (mg/L), and acidity/alkalinity (pH). The impacts of water discharges from coal mines accrue in time and space, and can interact in synergistic ways [8]. These impacts may have on the river environment and the quality of water in the river basin and may generate high levels of public concern and result in the prohibition of mining companies' social license to operate.…”

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“…Next, the Euclidean distance of each alternative from and were computed using Equations (6) and (7). After that, the closeness coefficients were solved using Equation (8). Finally, the values of each alternative for final ranking are illustrated in Table 4.…”

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“…For instance, in terms of improving water use efficiency, the companies may recycle water, reduce evaporation, and reduce the water content in concentrates and tailings. However, quantifying the effects of these practices remains difficult partly because mine water use has cumulative impacts [8]. The identification of good mine water management practices is critical for mine water managers to adopt more rational and sustainable management solutions by referring to good management cases.…”

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Evaluating Water Management Practice for Sustainable Mining

Zhang

Gao

Barrett

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Abstract:To move towards sustainable development, the mining industry needs to identify better mine water management practices for reducing raw water use, increasing water use efficiency, and eliminating environmental impacts in a precondition of securing mining production. However, the selection of optimal mine water management practices is technically challenging due to the lack of scientific tools to comprehensively evaluate management options against a set of conflicting criteria. This work has provided a solution to aid the identification of more sustainable mine water management practices. The solution includes a conceptual framework for forming a decision hierarchy; an evaluation method for assessing mine water management practices; and a sensitivity analysis in view of different preferences of stakeholders or managers. The solution is applied to a case study of the evaluation of sustainable water management practices in 16 mines located in the Bowen Basin in Queensland, Australia. The evaluation results illustrate the usefulness of the proposed solution. A sensitivity analysis is performed according to preference weights of stakeholders or managers. Some measures are provided for assessing sensitivity of strategy ranking outcomes if the weight of an indicator changes. Finally, some advice is given to improve the mine water management in some mines. OPEN ACCESSWater 2014, 6 415

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A collaborative approach to address the cumulative impacts of mine-water discharge: Negotiating a cross-sectoral waterway partnership in the Bowen Basin, Australia

Cited by 22 publications

References 52 publications

Ecosystem Services Mapping Uncertainty Assessment: A Case Study in the Fitzroy Basin Mining Region

Ecosystem Services Mapping Uncertainty Assessment: A Case Study in the Fitzroy Basin Mining Region

Energy from the foodbowl: Associated land-use conflicts, risks and wicked problems

Evaluating Water Management Practice for Sustainable Mining

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