Groundwater Modelling for Fort Hills Oilsands Mine Freeze Wall Assessment Modelling

Managing water inflow into mine pits is a challenging aspect of mine development. This work involved testing numerous, alternative, water-management strategies designed to reduce groundwater inflow and included, freezing a portion of the aquifer to reduce groundwater inflows during mining. Each alternative strategy was quantitatively assessed based on realizations from previously conducted nonlinear, parameter uncertainty analysis.