Here are some places you can find information about software that you may need to deal with groundwater in the mining context.
The best laid-out site and the easiest to use re groundwater software is the commercial site Waterloo Hydrogeologic. They list codes in these categories—surely something for every need:
- Parameter Estimation & Statistics
- Pumping Test Analysis
- Borehole Geology
- Groundwater Modeling
- Natural Attenuation & Remediation
- Risk Assessment
- Software Utilities
- Surface Water Modeling
- Unsaturated Zone Modeling
- Visualization
- Water Quality & Data Management
Groundwater.com is an excellent directory of online groundwater resources. The site includes reviews of groundwater software from codes to analyze well data, through three-dimensional flow simulations, to contouring phreatic surfaces. On this site you will also find a description of the leading consultants in groundwater, equipment suppliers, and publications—none related to mining, but of interest nonetheless.
A comprehensive site is Software for Hydrogeologists. Here is a long list of software both free and commercially available. Included are links to EPA, UADA, and USGS software for groundwater analyses. I liked the United Nations site and their software Groundwater for Windows.
GroundwaterSoftware.com included lists of software, a discussion group, and modeling helpdesk, and live online training. There is even a kid’s corner if you have to baby-sit.
Least we forget that groundwater activities rely on a good understanding of the geology and geotechnology of the site and region, go to the Geotechnical & Geo-environmental Software Directory for descriptions of a host of relevant software. Also take a look at Geo Software
To save you the trouble, here are the top Google listed companies for keywords “groundwater software mining.”
