DATE : 01/10/2019

Base tailings dam drainage – BC, CANADA

Multi-Linear Drainage Geocomposites are not sensitive to creep, even under high loads. Those products are therefore well adapted for mining applications against Dams drainage issues. DRAINTUBE has been used for pore pressure release at the base of tailings dams or as finger drains.
DRAINTUBE is installed directly on the cycloned sand, in the slope of the dam in strips, or on its subbase in full area. All the rolls are connected using couplers to maintain the flow constant through that connections. The product is then backfilled with the tailings.

Application : Pore pressure release in Tailings Dams (at the base or as finger drains)
Client : Copper Mines
Location : BC, CANADA
Quantity : 90,000 m2