Climate risk assessment and adaptation practices in mining operations: the use of smart water monitoring systems in surrounding watersheds

This research focuses on identify practical strategies for proactively managing the climate-related risks and design remote water monitoring networks that can support the ecosystem-based adaptation planning, related to hydrologic systems. Aquatic Life Ltd. has developed equipment for remote water monitoring system: Aquahive. This equipment provides the ability to remotely collect, analyze and report data from various environmental sensors in real-time. The system detects critical events, trigger commands, notify the end user, generate data visualization, alerts, and reporting. The study will investigate the properties of Aquahive, to support a monitoring and evaluation framework to support climate change adaptation planning using remote water monitoring networks, and therefore reduce the risks associated with climate change impacts.

Faculty Supervisor:

Bern Klein;Nadja Kunz

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Partner:

Aquatic Life Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining

University:

The University of British Columbia

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